Senior Manufacturing Maintenance & Facilities Leader

Heligear Acquisition Co; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

Performance-related bonuses

Employee assistance program

Total Rewards

Hybrid work in smart mode

Job summary

GE Aerospace in Phoenix is seeking a Maintenance & Facilities Manager to lead the site maintenance and facilities organization, ensuring safe, compliant, reliable operation of manufacturing equipment, buildings, utilities, and grounds.

You will drive preventive and predictive maintenance programs, manage contractors and external partners, coordinate environmental and regulatory compliance, and champion Lean, TPM, and continuous improvement to enhance asset performance and uptime across the site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university, or high school diploma/GED with significant directly related maintenance/facilities management experience.
• Minimum of 7+ years of experience in maintenance and/or facilities leadership within manufacturing, preferably in machining or industrial operations.
• Minimum of 3+ years of people leadership experience with direct reports, and preferably experience leading leaders, supervisors, contractors, or cross-functional teams.
• Experience with manufacturing equipment maintenance, facility infrastructure, utilities, contractor management, and regulatory/compliance coordination.
• Experience building and managing preventive maintenance systems, reliability improvement plans, and CMMS processes.
• Experience leading problem solving and continuous improvement initiatives with measurable operational impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall maintenance and facilities function for the site, ensuring safe, compliant, efficient, and reliable operation of manufacturing equipment, buildings, utilities, and grounds.
• Establish and drive the site’s maintenance and facilities strategy, including preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, asset reliability, infrastructure planning, and lifecycle management.
• Own departmental performance to operating objectives, including equipment uptime, response time, planned vs. unplanned maintenance, contractor effectiveness, compliance execution, and cost performance.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve the preventive maintenance program for manufacturing equipment, machinery, buildings, and infrastructure, building from manufacturer recommendations, equipment knowledge, and historical performance.
• Lead planning and coordination of installations, equipment moves, facilities projects, infrastructure upgrades, and maintenance outages while minimizing operational disruption.
• Manage site contractors, service providers, and external partners, including scope definition, scheduling, performance oversight, and compliance to site requirements.
• Lead the site maintenance management system (CMMS) to ensure work order quality, preventive maintenance adherence, asset history integrity, spare parts coordination, and reporting discipline.
• Own facilities-related environmental, health, safety, and regulatory coordination for the site, including support for HAZWOPER, RCRA, wastewater discharge, storm water discharge, SPCC, air quality permits, and radiation control, in partnership with the SHEA Manager.
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies, OSHA requirements, permits, government regulations, and industry practices while maintaining accurate documentation and audit readiness.
• Lead investigations related to maintenance, facilities, and infrastructure-related incidents, near misses, and property damage; ensure root cause analysis, corrective actions, and record retention are completed.
• Partner with operations and site leadership to prioritize maintenance and facilities work, synchronize shutdowns and repairs, and remove constraints affecting safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Drive Lean, TPM, and continuous improvement activities across maintenance and facilities, including standard work, 5S, SMED, kaizen, and equipment reliability improvements.
• Lead talent development for the maintenance and facilities organization, including hiring, onboarding, training, performance management, succession planning, and building technical and leadership capability.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Facilities leadership

Project management

CMMS

Lean/Six Sigma

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Budget management

Contractor management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

CMMS

AutoCAD/Design knowledge

Job description

GE Aerospace in Phoenix is seeking a Maintenance & Facilities Manager to lead the site maintenance and facilities organization, ensuring safe, compliant, reliable operation of manufacturing equipment, buildings, utilities, and grounds.

You will drive preventive and predictive maintenance programs, manage contractors and external partners, coordinate environmental and regulatory compliance, and champion Lean, TPM, and continuous improvement to enhance asset performance and uptime across the site.