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Director of Maintenance
Job Location:
Job Location:
Modesto, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
5 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
2 September 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
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:
- Bachelors 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
