Senior Maintenance Manager

Henkel; Brandon (SD); On-site; USD 115,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401k matching

Annual bonus

Employee share plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Henkel's Adhesive Technologies team in the United States is seeking an experienced Maintenance Leader to oversee plant maintenance operations, drive reliability, and lead a high-performing team.

You will manage preventive maintenance, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement, ensuring uptime across electrical, HVAC, and process systems, with CMMS/SAP data integrity and budgeting responsibilities. This role offers a safety-first culture, career growth, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• 7-10 years of manufacturing maintenance, facilities, and/or reliability experience.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing maintenance or technical teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, and CMMS platforms (SAP preferred).
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and organizational skills with a track record of driving results.
• Hands-on expertise with critical facility systems, including electrical, HVAC, compressed air, vacuum, chilled water, hot oil, and fire/life safety systems.

Responsibilities

• Champion safety, 5S, and operational excellence across the maintenance organization.
• Lead maintenance operations, ensuring timely and safe equipment repairs while maximizing reliability and uptime through preventive maintenance, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee maintenance systems, work orders, data integrity, and reporting through CMMS/SAP platforms.
• Manage maintenance budgets, capital projects, energy conservation initiatives, and facility compliance programs.
• Lead, develop, and grow the maintenance team through hiring, coaching, training, mentoring, and performance management.
• Drive strategic maintenance and facilities programs that improve equipment performance, building security, efficiency, quality, and overall operational effectiveness.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance management

Problem-solving

Analytical thinking

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

CMMS/SAP

Microsoft Excel

SAP

Job description

About this Position

AtHenkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future throughinnovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands likePersil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edgetechnologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths andgrow.

Thisposition is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit - where we empower ourpeople to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitiveadvantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career andmake an impact at Henkel.

What you’ll do

• Champion a culture of safety, 5S, and operationalexcellence across the maintenance organization.


• Lead maintenance operations, ensuring timely and safeequipment repairs while maximizing reliability and uptime throughpreventive maintenance, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.


• Oversee maintenance systems, work order execution, dataintegrity, and reporting through CMMS/SAP platforms.


• Manage maintenance budgets, capital projects, energyconservation initiatives, and facility compliance programs.


• Lead, develop, and grow the maintenance team throughhiring, coaching, training, mentoring, and performance management.


• Drive strategic maintenance and facilities programsthat improve equipment performance, building security, efficiency,quality, and overall operational effectiveness.

What makes you a good fit

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technicalfield.7-10 years of manufacturing maintenance, facilities,and/or reliability experience.


• 5+ years of leadership experience managing maintenanceor technical teams.


• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel,and CMMS platforms (SAP preferred).


• Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, andorganizational skills with a track record of driving results.


• Hands-on expertise with critical facility systems,including electrical, HVAC, compressed air, vacuum, chilled water, hotoil, and fire/life safety systems, with the ability to apply engineeringprinciples to operational challenges.

Some benefits of joining Henkel

• Health Insurance: affordableplans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1


• Work-Life Balance:Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, and vacation buy / sellprogram


• Financial: 401kmatching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matchingshares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loanreimbursement


• Family Support:12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents givingbirth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discountedchild and elderly care, and scholarships


• Career Growth: diversenational and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skillsdevelopment courses, and tuition reimbursement

Thesalary range for this role is $115000.00 and $150000.00. This range represents thegood-faith minimum and maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offerfor this role at the time of posting.In addition to base salary, thisposition may be eligible for incentive pay or other forms of compensation, asapplicable. The Company also offers a comprehensive benefits package asdescribed above. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as thecandidate’s skills, experience, education, training, and work location. Thisposting is intended to comply with all applicable state and local paytransparency laws.

Henkeldoes not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies.Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore,Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of anunsolicited referral.

AtHenkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and lifeexperiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us.Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicantswithout regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability,veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.