Reliability & Maintenance Leader — Plant Operations

Dart Container; Ada (OK); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with company matching

Paid vacation and holidays

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Dart Container is seeking a hands‑on maintenance leader for our Ada, OK facility to build reliable systems, develop teams, and partner across the plant to improve uptime and performance.

You will drive preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs, analyze downtime trends, and lead root cause investigations to implement permanent corrective actions. This role demands strong leadership and collaboration with Operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of manufacturing leadership experience or equivalent.
• Experience improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience using CMMS, SAP, or similar maintenance management systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance, reliability, and facilities operations.
• Lead implementation and sustainment of reliability improvement initiatives to reduce equipment failures and improve asset performance.
• Drive equipment uptime through preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs.
• Analyze equipment performance, downtime trends, and maintenance metrics using SAP, CMMS, and other reliability systems to drive continuous improvement.
• Manage maintenance technicians, employee development, and performance.
• Partner with Operations to prioritize maintenance activities and maximize production performance.
• Lead root cause investigations and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Manage maintenance budgets, backlog prioritization, and capital improvements.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Team development

Leadership communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Tools

SAP

CMMS

Job description

Dart Container is seeking a hands‑on maintenance leader for our Ada, OK facility to build reliable systems, develop teams, and partner across the plant to improve uptime and performance.

You will drive preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs, analyze downtime trends, and lead root cause investigations to implement permanent corrective actions. This role demands strong leadership and collaboration with Operations.