Director of Maintenance
Location: Modesto, CA
Travel: ~20%
Industry: Corrugated Paper Manufacturing
Reports to: VP Operations
Pay Range: $180,000- $215,000 with bonus eligibility
Position Overview
The Director of Maintenance is a people-first, enterprise-minded leader responsible for building a high-performing maintenance organization that enables safe, reliable, and efficient operations across a complex, multi-shift manufacturing environment. This role acts as a strategic partner to Operations, ensuring maintenance strategies support organizational goals through disciplined application of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Reliability practices.
This leader will focus on developing teams, strengthening cross-functional collaboration, solving systemic problems, and driving continuous improvement—ensuring equipment reliability supports throughput, quality, cost, and safety goals.
Key Responsibilities
Lead & Develop People
- Build, coach, and develop a strong maintenance leadership team and skilled maintenance workforce.
- Establish clear expectations, accountability, and development pathways for leaders and team members.
- Foster a culture of ownership, engagement, and continuous learning aligned with PSC values of 360-degree health, teamwork, quality, and sustainability.
- Champion safety, compliance, and respectful leadership at all levels of the organization.
Strategic Alignment & Partnership
- Partner closely with Operations, Engineering, Safety, Quality, HR, and Finance to align maintenance priorities with production and business objectives.
- Translate organizational goals into clear maintenance strategies, priorities, and execution plans.
- Serve as a trusted thought partner to manufacturing and company leadership—balancing short-term needs with long-term reliability.
TPM & Reliability Leadership
- Lead the deployment, maturity, and sustainability of TPM and Reliability-centered maintenance practices.
- Establish standards for preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance.
- Drive operator engagement in equipment care and loss elimination.
- Use data and KPIs (OEE, MTBF, MTTR, downtime, cost) to inform decisions and prioritize improvement efforts.
Problem Solving & Continuous Improvement
- Lead root cause analysis (RCA) for chronic equipment issues, safety incidents, and performance losses.
- Shift the organization from reactive to proactive maintenance through disciplined problem-solving and standard work.
- Champion continuous improvement initiatives that reduce waste, improve uptime, and increase production capacity.
Operational & Financial Stewardship
- Own maintenance budgets, capital planning input, and cost control while maintaining equipment reliability.
- Ensure maintenance practices comply with regulatory, safety, and environmental requirements.
- Support capital projects, equipment installs, and technology upgrades in partnership with Engineering and Operations.
Enterprise Scope & Travel
- Provide leadership and consistency across multiple facilities or operations as applicable.
- Travel approximately 20% to support alignment, capability building, and company initiatives.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Maintenance, Operations, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 10+ years of progressive maintenance leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
- At least 2 years of multi-site or enterprise maintenance leadership experience.
- Demonstrated success leading people, not just assets—strong coaching, communication, and change leadership skills.
- Deep working knowledge of TPM, Reliability, and continuous improvement principles.
- Strong cross-functional partnership and influence skills in a complex, fast-paced environment.
Preferred:
- Experience in corrugated, packaging, paper, or similar industry is preferred.
- Experience in a family-owned or values-driven organization.
- Exposure to Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.
What Success Looks Like
- Maintenance teams are engaged, capable, and aligned to business priorities.
- Equipment reliability improves measurably, enabling safer operations and higher throughput.
- TPM is embedded as a way of working—not a program.
- Operations and Maintenance operate as true partners, solving problems together.
- The organization moves from reactive fixes to disciplined, data-driven reliability.
