Maintenance Manager - Manufacturing

Job Title: Maintenance Manager Department: Maintenance Work Location: Transformers AR Reports To: Plant Manager, Transformers FLSA Status: Exempt About CMI: Central Moloney has been a trailblazer in manufacturing distribution transformers and transformer components since 1949. Our ISO 9001-certified legacy is built on delivering top-notch products, on-time reliability, and pushing the boundaries of excellence. Join us in powering a future resonating with Central Moloney's strength. Position Summary: The Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading maintenance operations for Central Moloney's Transformer manufacturing facility, ensuring manufacturing equipment, machinery, and facility systems operate safely, reliably, and efficiently. This position leads a team of approximately 10–15 union skilled-trades employees, including electricians and mechanics, and is accountable for preventive and corrective maintenance, equipment reliability, troubleshooting, shutdown planning, and maintenance execution. This role works closely with Operations, Engineering, Manufacturing Services, Safety, and other plant leadership to minimize unplanned downtime, improve equipment performance, and support production requirements. The Maintenance Manager is expected to build a proactive maintenance culture focused on safety, accountability, planning, root-cause problem solving, and continuous improvement while effectively leading within a union manufacturing environment. Responsibilities Maintenance Leadership: Lead, schedule, develop, and provide day-to-day direction to a team of union electricians and mechanics, ensuring appropriate coverage, work prioritization, productivity, and accountability across plant maintenance activities. Team Development & Structure: Build structure, accountability, and consistency within the maintenance team — including training, meeting cadence, and documentation practices — developing technicians' skills and reducing reliance on any single individual for troubleshooting. Equipment Reliability: Drive equipment uptime and reliability by identifying recurring failures, leading root-cause analysis, and implementing corrective and preventive actions to reduce unplanned downtime. Preventive Maintenance: Develop, maintain, and continuously improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs, ensuring PM activities are properly scheduled, completed, documented, and evaluated for effectiveness. Maintenance Planning & Execution: Coordinate planned maintenance, emergency repairs, equipment shutdowns, and maintenance projects with Operations to minimize production disruption and ensure resources are effectively utilized. Technical Troubleshooting: Provide leadership and technical support for complex mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, controls, and manufacturing equipment issues, engaging internal technical resources and outside vendors when necessary. Safety & Compliance: Ensure maintenance activities are…