Maintenance Senior Manager

Job Description

Are you ready to lead a dynamic team in transforming maintenance operations and advancing groundbreaking automation within the LEGO Manufacturing Virginia facility?
 

Lead the charge in revolutionizing maintenance at the Virginia LEGO production facility. Drive innovation and automation to ensure equipment reliability and operational excellence in a brand new, highly automated environment.
 

In the role of Senior Manager, Maintenance, you will:

• Lead all aspects of all packaging maintenance activities to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient equipment operation.

• Develop and implement the maintenance strategy for transitioning to future manufacturing sites.

• Lead and develop maintenance professionals, encouraging skill growth and engagement.

• Lead preventive and predictive maintenance programs to reduce downtime and extend equipment life.

• Collaborate with Engineering and Global Maintenance colleagues to implement global standards for equipment and automation.

• Partner with Operations, Facilities, and QEHS teams to align maintenance priorities with production goals.

• Build organizational capability to support future technologies, including robotics and automated systems.

The Maintenance function ensures reliable operation, upkeep, and continuous improvement of packaging production equipment across LEGO Manufacturing Virginia. This includes mechanical, electrical, and automation systems crucial for meeting safety, quality, and delivery standards. The department is currently responsible for maintaining equipment reliability and efficiency in existing operations while preparing for the future transition to a highly automated manufacturing environment at the new LEGO Group facility. Maintenance plays a key role in building the technical foundation, processes, and team.
 

The Maintenance Senior Manager provides strategic and hands-on leadership for the site's maintenance organization, ensuring equipment reliability, operational uptime, and readiness for future automation and technology integration. This role is responsible for building a proactive maintenance culture that drives safety, reliability, and continuous improvement across all systems and teams. The Senior Manager will play a meaningful role in crafting the future-state maintenance structure and aligning current operations with global standards and protocols. This position requires both strategic foresight and direct operational engagement — leading teams on the shop floor while influencing the development, readiness, and long-term strategy for maintenance within LEGO Manufacturing Virginia.
 

Progressive experience in maintenance or engineering roles within a manufacturing environment.

Leadership experience managing teams in a high-volume, multi-shift operation.

Proven success in implementing preventive and predictive maintenance programs with a strong understanding of mechanical, electrical, and automation systems.

Proven experience supporting site expansions, capital projects, or new equipment commissioning.

Skilled in root cause analysis, reliability engineering, and data-driven decision making with proficiency in CMMS systems and maintenance planning tools.

Advanced education in engineering, maintenance management, or related field is highly desired.
 

Relocation will be provided

Some international and domestic travel will be required.

Compensation

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What's in it for you?

Here are some of what to expect:

Family  Care  Leave –  We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances –  All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing  – We want you to be your best self, so you'll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based

Colleague  Discount  – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus  – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme

Your workplace –  When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.
 
The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team.

We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are. Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to "inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow."
The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children's Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children's Rights.

We conduct drug screening as a part of our drug free workplace policy and in support of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees.

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