Senior Maintenance Manager

Judge Direct Placement; Siloam Springs (AR); On-site; USD 150,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

STD

LTD

401k match 6%

Tuition reimbursement

3 weeks PTO

Relocation offered

Job summary

Judge Direct Placement is sourcing a Senior Maintenance Manager for a large-scale industrial plant in Siloam Springs, AR. You will lead Maintenance, Automation, and Facilities across 3 shifts, driving reliability, safety, quality, and downtime reduction.

You will manage operating and capital budgets, mentor a 40+ technician team, and implement predictive and preventive maintenance programs with a TPM framework.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 7+ years in maintenance management.
• Proven leadership, planning, communication, and influencing skills.
• Experience with predictive and preventive maintenance software and CMMS.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day maintenance operations across multi-shift teams of 40+ technicians.
• Develop and implement preventive maintenance programs and inventory systems.
• Manage operating and capital budgets for Maintenance and Facilities.
• Schedule work to meet monthly PMs and calibration compliance.
• Lead diagnostics and root cause analysis for equipment and facilities.
• Implement Predictive Maintenance programs and TPM.
• Use CMMS to schedule PMs and manage spares.
• Drive Lean continuous improvement to improve OEE.
• Oversee contractors, vendors, and ensure compliance.

Skills

Maintenance management

Leadership

Budgeting

CMMS

Lean manufacturing

Cross-functional collaboration

Vendor management

Compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CMMS

Job description

The Senior Maintenance Manager leads the Maintenance, Automation, and Facilities teams at a large-scale industrial products manufacturing plant with 400+ employees and a Maintenance team of 40+ technicians on 3 shifts. You will own plant and departmental goals for reliability, cost and waste reduction, safety, quality, and downtime reduction, while ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures. You will also track progress against goals and ensure capital projects and resources deliver maximum value to the facility.

Location: Siloam Springs, Arkansas

Compensation: $150,000 - $165,000 base salary + 15% bonus (Company + Performance).

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD, LTD, 401k match (6%), Tuition reimbursement, 3 weeks PTO. Benefits start on the first day of the month following hire.

*Relocation offered for candidates moving.

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership: Manage day-to-day maintenance operations, including multi-shift supervisors and a team of 40+ Maintenance Technicians.
• Process & Program Standardization: Ensure all maintenance processes are fully documented (capital start-up plans, SOPs, DOPs, and run documents). Develop and implement effective preventive maintenance programs and a well-run MRO and inventory system.
• Budget Management: Build and manage operating and capital budgets for Maintenance and Facilities in partnership with plant leadership. Develop short- and long-term cost containment strategies, and monitor repair, labor, parts, services, and supplies spending.
• Maintenance Planning: Schedule work to achieve on-time monthly PM and calibration compliance, complete the workload backlog, and advance continuous improvement activities.
• Technical Oversight: Lead diagnostics, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and repair of facilities, manufacturing equipment, electrical systems, HVAC, boilers, and air compressors.
• Predictive Maintenance & Reliability: Implement routine predictive testing (vibration analysis, air leak detection, thermography) and administer the TPM program.
• CMMS Management: Use the plant CMMS to schedule PMs, assign personnel, order parts, and maintain critical spares inventory.
• Continuous Improvement: Apply Lean methods to improve OEE, and track and eliminate top downtime contributors.
• Contractor Management: Contract with and oversee vendors for plant and facilities maintenance, monitoring cost and quality of work.
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations and maintain thorough records.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Lead project teams to deliver safety, quality, and delivery solutions for Operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, with 7+ years of maintenance management or supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment
• Proven leadership, planning, communication, and influencing skills, including leading exempt staff
• Proficiency with predictive and preventive maintenance software, CMMS
• Strong diplomacy and cross-functional communication skills, with the ability to translate strategy into clear, actionable plans and influence at all levels, including upward
• Comfort representing the plant with suppliers, vendors, key customers, and corporate teams (HQ Engineering, Marketing, Packaging Development, and other plants)
• Experience mentoring and coaching teams on technical skills

Scope & Impact

This role has full management responsibility for a sizeable team of supervisors and professionals, including performance management and input on compensation decisions. You will make sound decisions from complex information, apply technical expertise to solve problems, and share responsibility with the Plant Leadership Team for resource and financial planning. Your performance directly affects production across multiple lines of business, with significant influence on plant, division, and company results.