Formica Group North America

Maintenance And Engineering Manager

Formica Group North America Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Wholesale Building Materials · 501-1,000 employees

Oct 16
engineering-manager Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time United States
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About the role

Lead the site maintenance organization in a 24/7 manufacturing environment, improving reliability, equipment availability, and maintenance costs through effective maintenance strategies and execution. Partner with Operations and Engineering to improve plant performance, lead change initiatives, resolve workforce conflicts, and develop a high-performing maintenance team.

What they look for

Maintenance Leadership Asset Reliability Equipment Availability Preventive Maintenance Predictive Maintenance Reliability-Centered Maintenance Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Corrective Maintenance Continuous Improvement Change Management Team Development and Coaching Union Workforce Relations Conflict Resolution PLC-Controlled Systems Hydraulic Equipment Industrial Boilers

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline is preferred, along with at least 8 years of manufacturing maintenance leadership experience. Candidates should have experience with complex manufacturing equipment and a record of improving reliability and uptime, leading continuous improvement, and communicating effectively; union manufacturing experience is preferred.

Benefits

Comprehensive Benefits

Full description

We are looking for a hands-on Maintenance And Engineering Manager to lead the transformation of maintenance and reliability performance at our Evendale manufacturing facility. This leader will improve equipment availability, reduce downtime, implement maintenance best practices, and build a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across a unionized workforce.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the site maintenance organization in a 24/7 manufacturing environment.
  • Improve asset reliability, equipment availability, and maintenance cost performance.
  • Implement preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance strategies.
  • Ensure effective planning, scheduling, and execution of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities to minimize downtime and improve asset reliability.
  • Partner with Operations and Engineering to solve problems and improve plant performance.
  • Lead change initiatives and drive maintenance best practices.
  • Build strong relationships within a unionized workforce and effectively resolve conflicts.
  • Develop and coach a high-performing maintenance team.

What We're Looking For

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline preferred.
  • 8+ years of maintenance leadership experience in manufacturing.
  • Demonstrated maintenance leadership experience supporting complex manufacturing operations with PLC-controlled systems, hydraulic equipment, rotating and static equipment, industrial boilers, utilities, motors, and related process equipment.
  • Proven success improving reliability, uptime, and maintenance performance.
  • Experience leading maintenance transformation and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Union manufacturing experience preferred.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and conflict resolution skills.
  • Results-oriented leader with a bias for action and the ability to perform under pressure.

Why This Role Matters

  • This is a high-impact leadership opportunity. The successful candidate will help transform maintenance performance, increase reliability and plant availability, improve costs, and build a stronger maintenance culture that supports the future success of the Evendale facility.

We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, an exciting, challenging, and fast-paced work environment.

To inquire, please visit our Career Center at http://www.formica.com/en-us/careers.

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An Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, M/F/Disability/Vets

Only qualified individuals (those who meet the fundamental qualifications) will be considered as applicants for this position. Applications will be accepted for a minimum of 3 business days from the date of the initial posting.

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