Maintenance Manager

Position Summary

The Maintenance Manager is a key leader responsible for ensuring the reliability, safety, and performance of all production assets across Crossroads Seamless USA’s Hot Mill, Cold Drawn, and Quench & Temper facilities. This role provides daily alignment with operations priorities while partnering with the VP of Operations on long-range maintenance strategy, capital planning, and modernization initiatives.

This leader is charged with developing a highly accountable and responsive workforce that approaches challenges with a bias for structured problem solving and decisive action. Success in this role depends on building a capable maintenance organization, reducing reliance on reactive fixes, and leading projects that improve asset reliability and support business growth.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Team Development

- Build, lead, and develop a skilled maintenance organization focused on accountability, responsiveness, and continuous improvement.

- Set clear expectations, provide regular feedback, and coach team members to increase technical capability.

- Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and proactive problem solving.

Maintenance Strategy & Execution

- Develop and implement a preventive and predictive maintenance program to reduce unplanned downtime.

- Oversee daily maintenance execution and ensure all work is completed safely, efficiently, and to standard.

- Optimize spare parts inventory, tooling, and resource planning.

Capital Projects & Continuous Improvement

- Lead major maintenance and capital projects from conception to completion, including budgeting and execution.

- Champion structured root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives such as TPM, kaizen, and failure mode elimination.

Safety & Compliance

- Enforce safety, environmental, and regulatory compliance in all maintenance activities.

- Support a culture of hazard identification, risk mitigation, and zero-incident performance.

Financial Management

- Develop and manage maintenance budgets, track KPIs, and report on performance.

- Support vendor selection and manage external service provider relationships.

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, maintenance management, or related field preferred.

- 7+ years of progressive maintenance leadership experience in heavy manufacturing or steel processing.

- Proven track record leading teams, executing capital projects, and improving asset performance.

- Strong technical understanding of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical systems.

- Experience with CMMS, predictive technologies, and reliability programs preferred.

- Excellent communication, leadership, and project management skills.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

- 401(k)

- Dental insurance

- Health insurance

- Vision insurance

Work Location: In person