Plant Reliability & Capital Projects Leader

STEM Talent Solutions; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

STEM Talent Solutions seeks an Engineering & Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance, reliability, and capital projects across manufacturing operations. You will enhance equipment uptime, productivity, and safety while guiding a small corporate team and partnering with plant leadership.

The role requires a Bachelor's in engineering or related field with 7–10 years of leadership experience, strong CMMS knowledge, and proven continuous improvement in manufacturing settings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
• 7–10 years of leadership in engineering, maintenance, or manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance, CMMS, asset management, and root cause analysis.
• Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives and cross-functional teams.
• Strong leadership, analytical, project management, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement maintenance, reliability, automation, and asset management strategies across multiple plants.
• Lead preventive and predictive maintenance programs, equipment reliability improvements, and CMMS initiatives.
• Partner with Plant Managers to improve equipment uptime, productivity, and OEE.
• Lead capital projects from planning and budgeting through installation, commissioning, and startup.
• Drive continuous improvement using World Class Manufacturing (WCM), TPM, Lean, root cause analysis, and other reliability methodologies.
• Establish engineering standards for equipment, instrumentation, controls, automation, and maintenance practices.
• Troubleshoot complex equipment failures and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Manage departmental budgets, capital investments, contractors, and technical resources.
• Lead and mentor engineers, project managers, and plant maintenance teams.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

CMMS

Job description

STEM Talent Solutions seeks an Engineering & Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance, reliability, and capital projects across manufacturing operations. You will enhance equipment uptime, productivity, and safety while guiding a small corporate team and partnering with plant leadership.

The role requires a Bachelor's in engineering or related field with 7–10 years of leadership experience, strong CMMS knowledge, and proven continuous improvement in manufacturing settings.