Mgr, Manufacturing Maintenance

About Hillman

The Hillman Group recently acquired Campbell Chain, bringing together more than a century of manufacturing excellence with the resources and opportunities of a leading industrial organization.

For over 100 years, Campbell Chain has manufactured high-quality commercial and industrial chain products used in critical lifting, rigging, transportation, and material handling applications across North America. Since 1919, Campbell has built a reputation for producing durable, safety critical products that customers trust in demanding industrial environments

Job Summary

Campbell is seeking an experienced MGR, Manufacturing Maintenance to lead maintenance operations and ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective equipment performance. This highly engaged leadership role combines team management with active involvement in daily maintenance activities, including troubleshooting equipment issues, coordinating repairs, supporting preventive maintenance, and minimizing production downtime.

The manager will develop the maintenance team, strengthen equipment reliability, and partner closely with production and operations to address immediate priorities while advancing long-term maintenance and continuous improvement initiatives.

Essential Job Functions*

• Develop and implement maintenance strategies aligned with business goals.
• Oversee supervisors and maintenance teams across shifts or facilities.
• Monitor KPIs such as downtime, MTBF, MTTR, and maintenance costs.
• Manage budgets, staffing, and resource allocation.
• Lead preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance programs.
• Oversee capital projects, equipment upgrades, and installations.
• Partner with engineering and operations on process improvements.
• Ensure compliance with safety, regulatory, and environmental standards.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives (Lean, reliability engineering).
• Manage vendor relationships and external service providers.
• Develop leadership capability and succession plans.
• Resolve high-impact equipment and operational issues.
• Other duties as assigned.
• This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Employees are expected and encouraged to participate in safety and health program activities including immediately reporting hazards, immediately reporting unsafe work practices and incidents to supervisors, wearing required personal protective equipment, and participating in and supporting safety committee activities.

Education & Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Bachelor's degree in manufacturing, operations, or a related field preferred.
• 8+ years of manufacturing, warehouse, industrial, or related experience.
• 2+ years of management experience.

Competencies - Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Advanced knowledge of maintenance and reliability engineering required to optimize equipment performance and lifecycle.
• Ability to lead leaders and develop high-performing maintenance organizations.
• Skill in analyzing operational and financial data to guide strategic decisions.
• Knowledge of predictive maintenance technologies and asset management systems.
• Ability to manage large-scale maintenance operations, budgets, and capital investments.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams to align maintenance with production goals.
• Ability to drive organizational change and continuous improvement in asset reliability and safety.

Operational Equipment

• N/A

Work Environment and Physical Demands

Work Environment

Maintenance: Self-paced, 8 hr shifts. May be exposed to fumes, loud noises and extreme temperatures infrequently. Functional near, far and peripheral vision and functional hearing required.

Physical Demands

Maintenance: Medium - Very heavy, lifting up to 150 lbs.

The Hillman Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, protected veteran or military status, genetic information, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants.