Plant Maintenance Leader: Maximize Uptime & Safety

Metal Technologies; Auburn (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Metal Technologies is seeking a highly experienced Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance across the plant. You will plan, direct, and coordinate preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance for critical foundry equipment, aiming to maximize uptime and safety.

The role requires coordinating with Production, Engineering, Quality, and Safety teams to address chronic issues and drive reliability improvements.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of progressive maintenance leadership experience in manufacturing or foundry settings.
• Experience supervising multi-craft maintenance teams including electricians, millwrights, mechanics, and controls technicians.
• Experience with automated manufacturing systems, robotics, PLCs, and industrial controls is preferred.
• Knowledge of OSHA requirements, lockout/tagout procedures, machine guarding, and safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Direct, plan, and coordinate all maintenance activities to support safe and efficient foundry operations.
• Ensure maximum uptime and reliability of critical foundry equipment including melting furnaces, molding lines, core machines, sand systems, conveyors, and more.
• Develop and execute predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance programs to reduce unplanned downtime.
• Lead root cause analysis investigations for major equipment failures and implement corrective actions.
• Manage maintenance support for plant shutdowns, outages, and capital projects.
• Oversee contractor activities to ensure compliance with safety standards and project requirements.

Skills

Foundry processes

Maintenance leadership

Predictive maintenance

CMMS systems

Root cause analysis

Industrial safety

Tools

CMMS

PLCs

Robotics

Job description

Metal Technologies is seeking a highly experienced Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance across the plant. You will plan, direct, and coordinate preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance for critical foundry equipment, aiming to maximize uptime and safety.

The role requires coordinating with Production, Engineering, Quality, and Safety teams to address chronic issues and drive reliability improvements.