Job Description

About the Role

The Maintenance Manager is a hands-on player-coach responsible for the reliability, uptime, and safety of plant equipment and facilities while building the foundation for a two-site maintenance organization (MPL & IMI). The role combines electrical and mechanical troubleshooting expertise with leadership and systems-building: implementing preventive maintenance (initially grassroots, maturing into software/CMMS), optimizing contractor vs. in-house work, and partnering with Operations to prioritize throughput, cost, and safety.

This is a rare opportunity to step into a critical leadership role with clear career growth, including building your own team and shaping a two-facility maintenance strategy. You will have the chance to leave your mark by creating the first standardized PM program, capture immediate cost savings by reducing contractor reliance, and position yourself for future advancement as MPL and IMI expand operations. For candidates who thrive on challenge, impact, and visibility, this role offers the chance to become a trusted technical leader and business partner in a close‑knit, fast‑moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Reliability & Uptime: Own equipment availability, mean time to repair (MTTR), and mean time between failures (MTBF); lead structured RCA and corrective actions. Rapid-response troubleshooting for air compressors, resin pumps, spray systems (high complexity), conveyors, and material transfer systems; competent and safe work in electrical panels.
• Preventive/Predictive Maintenance: Build and execute a resource-light PM program (routes, checklists, criticality ranking) that matures into a CMMS with basic analytics and compliance tracking. Create quick-recovery contingencies (e.g., temporary compressor hookups) to minimize line downtime.
• Leadership & Team Build: Act as a player–coach; plan to hire, train, and develop one Maintenance Technician at each site (MPL and IMI) to standardize best practices across plants. Instill a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Budget, CapEx & Contractors: Own the maintenance operating budget (labor, parts, services); optimize contracted services (~$40k+/yr baseline) vs. insourcing to capture savings. Build CapEx proposals with clear ROI, total cost of ownership, and payback; manage vendor selection and project execution.
• Safety & Compliance: Ensure compliance with OSHA/EHS requirements, LOTO, machine guarding, and environmental standards; drive near-miss capture and corrective actions.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate daily with Production, Quality, and EHS; align maintenance priorities with schedule, changeovers, and improvement projects.

Qualifications

• Education: AS/BS preferred in Electro-Mechanical, Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Industrial Maintenance, or related; equivalent experience considered.
• Experience: 5+ years as an Electro-Mechanical engineering/maintenance leader in a manufacturing plant, including hands-on troubleshooting and people leadership (player–coach).
• Technical Depth: Strong electrical and mechanical diagnostics (VFDs/drives, sensors, relays, pneumatics, hydraulics, pumps, compressors, conveyors, spray systems). Safe, competent work inside electrical panels; reads schematics, uses meters safely, applies LOTO rigor. PM design and execution with limited resources; CMMS exposure and the capability to mature into a software-driven approach.
• Leadership & Business Acumen: Builds small, high-performing teams; coaches technicians; standardizes best practices across sites. Owns budgets, parts inventory, and contractor management; constructs ROI-positive CapEx cases.
• Industry Fit: Comfortable in a heavy industrial environment.

Required Skills

• Exceptional Executor: Bias for action with disciplined follow-through; converts diagnoses into sustained fixes.
• Resourcefulness: Designs practical solutions with tight resources; prioritizes what matters.
• Agility: Adapts as volumes and schedules shift; maintains service to operations under pressure.
• Player–Coach: Sets standards, models the work, and develops others.
• Professional Challenger: Engages leaders (incl. VP Ops) with respectful, data-driven pushback when it improves outcomes.
• Safety First Mindset: Proactively identifies risk and enforces safe work practices.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• Plant-based role; frequent presence on the floor with exposure to noise, dust, chemicals/resins, and moving equipment (PPE required).
• Regular standing, walking, climbing, reaching; ability to lift up to 50 lbs occasionally.
• After-hours/on-call support as needed to restore production or perform scheduled downtime work.

About the Company

MPL is an industry leader for commercial shower and bath solutions. Diversified and long-standing experience is the cornerstone to MPL. As one of the original cultured marble companies in the US, MPL was founded in 1962 and has been a leader in industry advancements and technology ever since. We focus on variety, offering a number of patterns, colors, textures, and accessories to make commercial shower spaces as unique as the buildings they are a part of. We focus on continuous advancement, tirelessly working to find the perfect balance between style, function, durability, and ease of installation.

Our mission is to be the industry leader providing solutions, innovation, and superior products for showers and baths in the hospitality and commercial markets. We will offer superior customer experiences and high-quality product that is delivered on time at a competitive price. MPL is a proud member of its parent company, the American Bath Group.

The American Bath Group is a manufacturing, e-commerce, assembly, and distribution business specializing in bathing products. With seventeen divisions spread across 37 facilities in our North American footprint, our international organization is home to well-known companies in the bathing industry such as Bootz, Vintage and Mr. Steam. Our 5000-employee workforce consists of a diverse range of backgrounds and skills working hard every day to build long-lasting reliable products that make a positive impact on people’s lives. From improving the quality of life for senior citizens, enhancing North America’s health and wellness, to giving back to our communities, the American Bath Group makes a true difference in the everyday lives of North Americans.

American Bath Group provides a comprehensive offering of bathware products, including showers, tub showers, bathtubs, shower bases, shower doors, bath and shower wall panels, jetted whirlpools and spas, vanities, steam units, kitchen and utility sinks through a broad portfolio of recognized brands. American Bath Group sells products through commercial, wholesale, e-commerce, and retail channels to a diverse base of builders, plumbers, general contractors, and individual end-users.

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