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Maintenance Shift Business Manager
Are you a hands-on maintenance leader who thrives in fast-paced manufacturing environments? We’re looking for a Maintenance Shift Business Manager to lead skilled trades teams and play a critical role in keeping our operation running safely, efficiently, and at peak performance.
In this role, you won’t just manage maintenance—you’ll own shift reliability, influence plant performance, and develop high-performing teams while making a visible impact every day.
What You’ll Do
As a key frontline leader, you will:
- Lead and develop a team of skilled maintenance technicians, fostering a culture of accountability, safety, and continuous improvement
- Drive equipment reliability by executing and prioritizing preventive and corrective maintenance work
- Minimize downtime by quickly diagnosing and resolving mechanical, electrical, and control system issues
- Partner with operations and engineering to align maintenance priorities with production goals
- Champion safety and compliance, ensuring all work meets environmental and regulatory standards
- Monitor performance metrics such as uptime, work order completion, and safety KPIs—and take action to improve results
- Identify and escalate systemic issues, contributing to long-term reliability improvements
- Coach and mentor your team, helping build technical capability and engagement across the shift
- Support continuous improvement initiatives that drive plant-wide efficiency and performance
What Makes You a Great Fit
You bring a blend of technical expertise and leadership capability, along with the ability to stay composed under pressure.
Your Strengths Include:
- Proven ability to lead and motivate frontline teams
- Strong troubleshooting skills across mechanical, electrical, or control systems
- A mindset focused on reliability, uptime, and continuous improvement
- Commitment to safety, compliance, and doing things the right way
- Ability to prioritize and execute in a dynamic, fast-moving environment
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across departments
- A proactive approach to problem-solving and root cause analysis
What You Bring
Required:
- 3+ years of maintenance or skilled trades experience in manufacturing
- Demonstrated leadership experience (supervisor, lead, or similar role)
- Hands-on experience troubleshooting industrial equipment
- Working knowledge of preventive and corrective maintenance practices
Preferred:
- Associate degree or technical certification (Industrial Maintenance, Electrical, Mechanical, etc.)
- Experience with CMMS systems
- Background in heavy manufacturing (tubing, pipe, or similar industries)
How You’ll Make an Impact
Success in this role means:
- Driving reduced downtime and improved equipment performance
- Maintaining a safe, incident-free work environment
- Developing a highly engaged and capable maintenance team
- Contributing to plant-wide reliability and operational excellence goals
- Delivering clear, actionable communication across shifts and departments
Work Environment
This is a hands-on leadership role based primarily on the plant floor. You’ll be:
- Actively engaged with equipment, teams, and operations
- Working in a dynamic industrial setting with noise, heat, and moving machinery
- Required to follow all PPE and safety protocols
- Occasionally responding to urgent or after-hours maintenance needs
- Must be able to work a minimum of 8 hours per day, including off-shifts or weekends as required
- Frequent walking, standing, and climbing within the manufacturing facility
- Must be able to lift, carry, or move items weighing up to 50 lbs.
- Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range
- Must be able to use diagnostic tools, hand tools, and power tools safely
- Requires ability to climb ladders, access platforms, and navigate tight spaces
Why Join Us?
- Visible impact: Your leadership directly drives plant performance
- Career growth: Opportunities to develop into higher-level leadership roles
- Team environment: Work alongside skilled professionals who take pride in their craft
- Purpose-driven work: Help build a culture of safety, reliability, and continuous improvement
If you’re ready to lead from the front, solve complex challenges, and make a measurable impact every shift, we’d love to hear from you.
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