Associate Maintenance Manager

About the Role:

Take on a pivotal leadership role where you'll drive equipment reliability, maintenance excellence, and operational performance within a high-volume manufacturing environment. As the Associate Maintenance Manager, you'll oversee maintenance planning and execution, lead continuous improvement initiatives, and collaborate with operations and engineering teams to maximize asset performance. This is an opportunity to make a measurable impact by reducing downtime, improving reliability, and developing a high-performing maintenance team.

About TAI:

TAI brings together engineering, construction, systems integration, on-site services, and technical services — combining proven execution with trusted expertise to support clients across the entire project lifecycle. Team members at TAI are capable, well-rounded, flexible, and optimistic. We have found that the best employees are the ones who recognize the importance of what they do and the ones who let that guide them in the actions they take. More than any skill, we seek people who make decisions that support the common good. We work for our clients, and we work for one another.

Here’s a glimpse into your day to day:

• Lead maintenance planning and execution activities for assigned production areas.

• Improve equipment uptime, reliability, and overall asset performance.

• Analyze equipment failures and implement corrective actions.

• Conduct root cause investigations and drive sustainable solutions to recurring issues.

• Develop and execute short-, medium-, and long-term maintenance strategies.

• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and maintenance standards.

• Support and enhance preventive and predictive maintenance programs.

• Coordinate maintenance improvement projects and vendor support activities.

• Partner with operations and engineering teams to optimize equipment performance.

• Develop and mentor maintenance personnel while promoting continuous improvement.

You’ll be a perfect fit if you have:

• Associate degree or technical degree in a related field.

• Minimum 2 years of maintenance leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.

• Experience leading maintenance technicians and coordinating work across multiple shifts.

• Knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance practices.

• Experience with reliability improvement and maintenance decision-making.

• Proven track record of implementing process or equipment improvements.

• Experience utilizing CMMS platforms.

• Controls and automation experience, preferably with Allen-Bradley systems.

• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 4+ years of maintenance leadership experience.

• Experience within food, beverage, consumer products, packaging, or other regulated manufacturing environments.

• Reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) experience.

• Experience managing maintenance planning and scheduling functions.

• Experience working with OEMs, contractors, and external service providers.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Eligible for overtime pay

• Annual Profit Sharing Bonus (variable)

• PTO and Paid Holidays

• Health Benefits: Employee through family level coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurances. Company funded life and long-term disability insurances. Short Term Disability, FSA, HSA, EAP, and supplemental life insurances (employee – family) are also available!

• 401(k)with employer match

Other Offerings:

• The opportunity to make a real impact on a variety of industry-leading projects.

• The ability to balance your work and family activities.

• Flexible work schedule

• Work in a dynamic and collaborative environment that values creativity and innovation.

• A chance to learn and grow alongside some of the brightest minds in engineering.

• Professional Development, Tuition Reimbursement, and Association Membership Reimbursements.

Discover what makes TAI a top-20 manufacturing partner, according to Engineering News-Record (ENR), and one of the top-50 fastest-growing private companies in the Baltimore Business Journal. Learn more about us at https://www.tai.inc/

TAI provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.