Maintenance & Reliability Manager

At Ecore, we transform reclaimed rubber into innovative performance surfaces that protect people and the planet. Our products power everything from playgrounds and gyms to hospitals, courts, and even rocketshelping people in motion be their strongest, healthiest selves. As a high-growth, sustainability-driven company, we're leading the way in circular innovation by keeping rubber out of landfills and turning waste into wellness, safety, and performance. We're excited to find individuals who are eager to be part of a team that's driving global impact through innovation, sustainability, and purpose.

We are seeking a highly skilled Maintenance & Reliability Manager to lead and elevate maintenance and reliability performance within a capital-intensive, heavy manufacturing environment. This is a strategic, engineering-focused leadership role responsible for driving equipment reliability, advancing a best-in-class Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program, and implementing data-driven reliability initiatives.

This role goes beyond traditional maintenance management, requiring a leader who can analyze systems, optimize asset performance, and build a proactive reliability culture. The ideal candidate will bring a strong engineering foundation, deep experience with reliability practices, and the ability to lead both people and programs at a high level.

The Maintenance & Reliability Manager will oversee preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance strategies, reduce downtime and production losses, and lead continuous improvement initiatives across multiple sites. This position manages approximately 16 direct reports and balances technical leadership (40%) with strategic and people leadership (60%).

We are seeking candidates with deep experience in heavy manufacturing environments and a strong background in reliability engineering and maintenance program development.

• Lead, develop, and mentor a team of maintenance professionals, fostering a culture of accountability, reliability, and continuous improvement
• Own and advance the site's reliability strategy, including preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programs
• Design and implement scalable maintenance and reliability systems, ensuring consistency across multiple plants
• Drive root cause analysis (RCA), failure mode effects analysis (FMEA), and reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) to eliminate recurring failures
• Partner with operations, engineering, and leadership teams to improve asset utilization, uptime, and operational efficiency
• Analyze equipment performance data and maintenance metrics to identify trends and drive proactive solutions
• Lead the evolution of the CMMS (MaintainX) as a reliability and planning tool, including asset data integrity, work order optimization, and spares strategy
• Develop and manage a critical spares and asset strategy aligned with reliability goals and risk mitigation
• Support capital projects with a focus on equipment reliability, maintainability, and lifecycle cost optimization
• Champion initiatives such as TPM, Lean Manufacturing, and continuous improvement programs, including Gemba walks and Kaizen events
• Ensure compliance with safety standards, regulatory requirements, and company policies
• Lead and execute reliability-focused projects, including system upgrades, automation improvements, and predictive technologies

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or related field strongly preferred)
• 10+ years of experience in maintenance, reliability engineering, or asset management within heavy manufacturing environments
• Demonstrated success in building or leading reliability programsnot just maintenance execution
• 7+ years of leadership experience managing maintenance or reliability teams
• Strong expertise in predictive maintenance technologies, reliability tools, and failure analysis methodologies (RCA, FMEA, RCM)
• Experience implementing or advancing TPM or reliability-centered maintenance frameworks
• Proven ability to use data and analytics to drive decision-making and performance improvement
• Experience with CMMS systems (MaintainX preferred) with a focus on system optimization and data integrity
• Strong technical acumen with knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and automation systems
• Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Financial acumen related to maintenance cost optimization and capital planning
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with PLCs, AutoCAD, or ERP systems is a plus

• Focus on engineering and reliability leadership, not just maintenance supervision
• Opportunity to build and enhance a best-in-class reliability program
• High visibility role with impact across multiple sites and leadership teams
• Emphasis on data-driven decision-making and long-term asset strategy

• Combination of office and manufacturing environments
• Manufacturing conditions may include exposure to loud noise, extreme temperatures, dust/pigment, hazardous gases, and moving machinery
• Required use of PPE, including safety glasses, steel-toe/composite boots, and hearing protection

• Ability to move throughout manufacturing facilities as needed
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail, time management, and safety awareness
• Ability to work in physically demanding and high-pressure environments

What we offer you:

• Competitive medical, dental, vision, and prescription insurance coverage
• 401k with a company match
• PTO Hours are accrued from Day 1
• Tuition reimbursement
• Opportunities for development and internal promotions
• Two minute walk to eco-friendly public transportation from rabbittransit

Sometimes the best jobs get missed because people think they don't have what it takes. At Ecore, we know hard work, reliability, and a good attitude matter most. No matter your background, experience, or where you've come from, if this job sounds like something you'd be proud to do, we're excited to meet you.

Ecore International is an equal opportunity employer. (Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans). We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law. NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS: Ecore International and its subsidiaries participate in the E-Verify program. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States. This employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and/or the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. If, after an applicant has been extended and accepted an offer of employment, the Government cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to provide you written instructions and an opportunity to contact SSA and/or DHS before taking adverse action against you, including withdrawal of the offer of employment or terminating your employment. Employers may not use E-Verify to pre-screen job applicants or to re-verify current employees and may not limit or influence the choice of documents presented for use on the Form I-9. In order to determine whether Form I-9 documentation is valid, this employer may use E-Verify's photo screening tool to match the photograph appearing on some permanent resident and employment authorization cards with the official U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) photograph.