Maintenance Manager
Maintenance Manager
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Salary: $130,000 - $160,000 + bonus
Company Summary
I'm partnered with a global advanced materials manufacturer recognized as a pioneer in high-performance carbon fiber and composite technologies. With a history spanning nearly 100 years, the organization has evolved from a textiles business into one of the world's leading producers of advanced materials used across aerospace, defense, automotive, industrial, and energy markets.
The company has invested heavily in the United States over the past several decades and operates a highly strategic manufacturing network supporting some of the most demanding applications in the world. Their South Carolina operation serves as a critical site within their composites business, producing advanced carbon fiber materials that support customers where quality, reliability, and performance are mission-critical.
Despite being part of a large global organization, the site maintains a collaborative, team-oriented culture with strong leadership visibility and a focus on continuous improvement, operational excellence, and employee development.
What you'll be doing:
- Leading, mentoring, and developing the maintenance team for a large manufacturing operation
- Managing daily maintenance activities while driving a strong culture of safety, quality, and accountability
- Developing and optimizing preventive maintenance and mechanical integrity programs
- Planning and coordinating maintenance support for scheduled and unscheduled shutdowns
- Identifying equipment reliability issues and implementing long-term corrective actions
- Driving capital projects and maintenance-related continuous improvement initiatives
- Managing maintenance planning, spare parts inventory, and resource allocation
- Partnering closely with operations, engineering, and site leadership to improve reliability and plant performance
- Supporting incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation
- Utilizing CMMS systems to improve maintenance planning and execution
What they're looking for:
- 8+ years of maintenance leadership experience within manufacturing
- Strong background in preventive maintenance, equipment reliability, and mechanical integrity
- Experience leading maintenance technicians in a continuous manufacturing environment
- Exposure to capital projects and maintenance program development
- Experience with CMMS platforms and maintenance planning systems
- Strong communication, leadership, and team development skills
- Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline preferred
- Chemical manufacturing, composites, advanced materials, aerospace materials, fibers, or other process manufacturing experience strongly preferred
Why this role stands out:
- Opportunity to lead maintenance for a highly specialized advanced materials manufacturing operation
- Critical leadership position with ownership over site reliability and mechanical integrity programs
- Exposure to innovative manufacturing technologies supporting aerospace and other high-performance industries
- Strong visibility with site leadership and opportunity to influence plant performance
- Backed by a financially stable global organization with significant long-term investment in the business
- Blend of hands-on plant involvement and strategic maintenance leadership
- Located in the growing Spartanburg market with access to Greenville, Charlotte, and the broader Southeast manufacturing corridor
This is an ideal opportunity for a maintenance leader who enjoys building high-performing teams, improving equipment reliability, and partnering closely with operations to drive world-class manufacturing performance in a technologically advanced environment.
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