Manufacturing Maintenance Manager: Reliability Leader

Avero; Goshen (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Gilder Search Group is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead a sizeable maintenance organization within a complex production environment. The role focuses on developing people, strengthening accountability, and improving preventive maintenance execution to drive equipment reliability.

The position requires leading 35–40 team members across shifts, overseeing budgets, and coordinating with operations and engineering leadership to optimize capital projects and reliability programs.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a large maintenance team in manufacturing.
• Strong troubleshooting and equipment reliability focus.
• Budget, forecasting, and vendor management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a maintenance organization of 35–40 team members through two maintenance leaders and a team lead.
• Drive execution and accountability within preventive maintenance programs.
• Lead root-cause investigations and implement corrective actions to prevent downtime.
• Oversee maintenance budgets, forecasting, vendor relationships, capital projects, and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Support reliability of production equipment and facility systems across multiple buildings.
• Communicate issues and priorities clearly to plant leadership.
• Partner with operations, engineering, safety, purchasing, and senior maintenance leadership on decisions.
• Coach maintenance leaders and technicians to maintain safety and performance.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Budget management

CMMS

Root-cause analysis

Preventive maintenance

Cross-functional collaboration

Multi-shift leadership

Education

Engineering or technical education beneficial

Tools

CMMS documentation

Job description

An established manufacturer is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead a sizable maintenance organization within a complex production environment. This opportunity is best suited for a technically capable, financially minded leader who can develop people, strengthen accountability, improve preventive maintenance execution, and drive greater equipment reliability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a maintenance organization of approximately 35–40 team members through two maintenance leaders and a team lead.
• Drive execution and accountability within an established preventive maintenance program, ensuring work is completed and documented accurately.
• Lead root-cause investigations following equipment failures and implement corrective actions that prevent recurring downtime.
• Oversee maintenance budgets, forecasting, vendor relationships, capital projects, repair spending, and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Support the reliability of production equipment and facility systems across multiple buildings and manufacturing operations.
• Communicate equipment issues, repair priorities, and operational risks clearly across shifts and to plant leadership.
• Partner with operations, engineering, safety, purchasing, and senior maintenance leadership on equipment and facility decisions.
• Coach maintenance leaders and technicians while establishing clear expectations around safety, integrity, follow-through, and performance.

Qualifications:

• Previous maintenance management experience within a large manufacturing operation, preferably automotive or another equipment-intensive environment.
• Experience leading supervisors, team leads, and skilled maintenance technicians across multiple shifts.
• Strong technical aptitude with the ability to understand equipment failures, challenge incomplete information, and guide effective troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated experience managing maintenance budgets, forecasting expenses, working with vendors, and supporting capital projects.
• Working knowledge of preventive maintenance programs, CMMS documentation, root-cause analysis, safety practices, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to remain composed under pressure, make informed decisions, and communicate openly with plant and senior leadership.
• Practical, patient leadership style with the judgment to hold others accountable without overcomplicating execution.
• Engineering or technical education is beneficial but not required with equivalent manufacturing maintenance experience.

This is a highly visible opportunity to lead a well-resourced maintenance organization, improve reliability across a large manufacturing campus, and make a measurable impact on operational performance.

Schedule: Primarily Monday–Friday, approximately 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.