Reliability-Driven Maintenance Manager – Plastics Plant

Guided Search Partners; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Guided Search Partners presents a Maintenance Manager role for a 24/7 plastics operation in Indiana. The candidate will lead maintenance teams, ensure equipment reliability, safety, and continuous improvement across extrusion blow molding systems and plant systems.

Ideal profiles include 5+ years in plant-wide maintenance leadership, strong electrical and mechanical troubleshooting skills, and TPM/Lean experience. Hands-on leadership and strong collaboration with Production are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of plant-wide Maintenance Manager experience.
• Extrusion blow molding experience required.
• Plastics manufacturing experience.
• Electrical maintenance experience required.
• High‑voltage electrical experience strongly preferred.
• Support systems experience with compressors and chillers required.
• Strong mechanical troubleshooting background.
• Hydraulic and pneumatic systems experience.
• Robotics troubleshooting experience.
• Preventative and predictive maintenance experience.
• TPM background preferred.
• Lean manufacturing experience.
• Maintenance KPI and metrics experience.
• Budgeting experience.
• Project planning experience.
• OSHA 30
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent preferred.
• Engineering discipline preferred.
• Strong leadership and team development skills.
• Hands‑on maintenance approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead plant maintenance with responsibility for people, equipment reliability, safety, planning, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Lead and develop a team of mechanical and electrical maintenance personnel
• Manage preventative, predictive, and routine maintenance programs
• Improve equipment availability and plant reliability
• Minimize machine downtime
• Lead equipment repairs and rebuilds as needed
• Troubleshoot hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, and mechanical equipment
• Diagnose equipment problems and implement corrective actions
• Support extrusion blow molding equipment
• Support compressors, chillers, HVAC, conveyors, robotics, and other plant systems
• Manage maintenance planning and scheduling
• Improve utilization of maintenance technicians and equipment
• Manage spare parts inventory and inventory controls
• Establish maintenance goals and KPIs aligned with plant objectives
• Track and report maintenance performance metrics
• Support capital projects and equipment upgrades
• Manage maintenance and capital spending
• Develop training plans and identify skill gaps across the team
• Evaluate employee performance and development needs
• Partner closely with Production
• Support Lean manufacturing and TPM activity
• Support OSHA and plant safety requirements
• Troubleshoot robotics and electrical systems
• Provide hands‑on maintenance support when needed

Skills

Hands-on leadership

Maintenance leadership

Preventive maintenance

Predictive maintenance

Troubleshooting

Extrusion blow molding

Plastics manufacturing

Electrical maintenance

High-voltage electrical

Robotics troubleshooting

Safety and TPM

Lean manufacturing

KPIs and metrics

Budgeting

Project planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Engineering discipline preferred

Tools

NA

Job description

Guided Search Partners presents a Maintenance Manager role for a 24/7 plastics operation in Indiana. The candidate will lead maintenance teams, ensure equipment reliability, safety, and continuous improvement across extrusion blow molding systems and plant systems.

Ideal profiles include 5+ years in plant-wide maintenance leadership, strong electrical and mechanical troubleshooting skills, and TPM/Lean experience. Hands-on leadership and strong collaboration with Production are essential.