MAINTENANCE MANAGER

Auria is a leading global supplier of highly-engineered systems for automotive flooring, acoustical, thermal, aerodynamic and other fiber-based solutions for gas and electric vehicles. With U.S.-based operational headquarters in Southfield, Michigan, Auria operates 16 manufacturing, 9 technical and 5 JV locations across 10 countries and employs approximately 3,900 people worldwide. We are seeking an experienced and results-drive Maintenance Manager to plan, coordinate, and supervise preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance activities for machinery, equipment, and facilities, ensuring operational continuity of production processes, compliance with safety, quality, and environmental standards, and optimal resource utilization. **General Responsibilities** - Manage the proactive planning and execution of preventive and predictive maintenance, supervise corrective maintenance to improve efficiency and reliability and minimize equipment downtime. - Manage, plan, organize and assign work for the entire maintenance department to ensure safe and smooth operations. - Providing holistic managerial oversight and technical leadership regarding PLCs robotics, pneumatics, hydraulics and electrical systems to ensure that production equipment remains reliable and operational while maximizing uptime and efficiency. - Leading the analysis of machine breakdown data to determine optimal preventative maintenance scheduling to maximum uptime. - Managing the development of tool/process reliability and machine lifetime estimation models for critical component inventory management. - Long term action plan development to prevent recurrence. **** - Managing safety procedures and collaborate plant safety, health and environmental compliance. - Collaborate with process engineering and production to improve operational efficiency. - Ensure compliance with industrial safety, health, environmental, and quality standards (IATF 16949, ISO 14001 ISO45001), and participate in internal and external audits. - Administer the department’s budget and control maintenance costs (optimizing expenses and reducing / offseting unexpected impacts.) - Evaluate and manage external service providers. **** **Education:** - Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electromechanical, Industrial Engineering, or a related field. **Experience:** - Minimum of 8 years in similar roles within the automotive industry - Experience in maintenance of machinery used in fiber transformation processes, laminating, cutting, thermoforming, etc. - Knowledge of PLC, electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic maintenance systems. **Skills:** - Strong leadership and decision-making. - Analytical, organizational and effective communications. - Strategic thinking. - Results-oriented. - Problem solving. **Knowledge:** - Electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic maintenance systems. - Industrial automation and control systems - TPM - Lean Manufacturing **What you will gain as a part of the Auria Team:** - Competitive salary - Benefits and perks above the law - Professional developments - Healthy work environment