Are you inspired by challenging the status quo? Do you thrive in collaborative environments that drive results? If so, Gates could be for you.

Gates is a leading manufacturer of application-specific fluid power and power transmission solutions. We push the boundaries of material science to engineer solutions that continually exceed customer expectations.

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Position Summary

The Plant Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading all maintenance activities within the manufacturing facility to ensure the safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of production equipment, utilities, buildings, and infrastructure. This position develops and executes maintenance strategies focused on equipment reliability, preventive and predictive maintenance, continuous improvement, asset management, and operational excellence.

The role manages maintenance personnel, contractors, and budgets while ensuring compliance with safety, environmental, quality, and corporate standards. The Plant Maintenance Manager partners closely with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, EHS, and Quality teams to maximize plant performance and minimize downtime.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

- Lead and develop the plant maintenance organization, including maintenance supervisors, technicians, and external contractors.
- Establish and execute preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities to ensure optimal performance and reliability of manufacturing equipment, utilities, and facility assets.




- Drive continuous improvement initiatives using reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), root cause analysis (RCA), and other reliability.
- Monitor and improve key maintenance performance indicators, including equipment uptime, MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures), MTTR (Mean Time To Repair), maintenance costs, and schedule compliance.
- Ensure all maintenance activities comply with company safety requirements, environmental regulations, and applicable legal standards.
- Partner with Production and Engineering teams to minimize downtime and improve manufacturing performance.
- Lead troubleshooting efforts for critical equipment failures and implement sustainable corrective actions.
- Manage the plant maintenance budget and control maintenance-related expenditures.
- Develop and execute capital improvement projects related to equipment upgrades, infrastructure improvements, and plant expansion initiatives.
- Ensure effective spare parts management and inventory optimization.
- Drive implementation and utilization of CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) tools and maintenance best practices.
- Support new equipment installation, commissioning, validation, and start-up activities.
- Evaluate contractor performance and ensure compliance with Gates and site standards.
- Promote a culture of accountability, teamwork, engagement,



and continuous improvement throughout the maintenance organization.
- Participate in strategic planning activities and support long-term asset management strategies.

Job Profile

- Manages an area or multiple teams within a plant or corporate function
- Adapts departmental plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges
- Decisions are guided by policies, resources and business plan; receives moderate guidance from direct manager
- Integrates industry best practices in own area to the achievement of objectives
- Identifies and resolves moderately complex business problems
- Decision making involves compiling and organizing information and selecting best option from a range of alternatives, and put forward to Senior Management's approval, wherever necessary.
- Impacts the level of service and the team's ability to meet quality, volume and timeliness of objectives
- Guided by departmental policies, resource requirements, budgets and business plan
- Implements, Interprets and executes policies; makes process modifications
- Guides, influences and persuades others internally and/or externally

Keys to Success

- Requires in-depth conceptual and practical knowledge in own areas and knowledge of other areas

Supervisory Responsibilities

- 3+ direct reports
- Manages a generally homogeneous team; adapts plans and sets priorities to meet service and/or operational challenges
- Has performance management and people development responsibility for managers or associates
- Provides subject matter guidance to associates, colleagues and/or customers

Requirements And Preferred Skills

- 8-10 years of experience within a manufacturing en

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