Maintenance & Engineering Manager

About the Role:

Join a key leadership role where you'll oversee maintenance and engineering operations for a dynamic manufacturing facility. This position is responsible for driving equipment reliability, leading continuous improvement initiatives, and partnering closely with operations to ensure safe, efficient, and high-performing plant operations. You'll lead a talented team while influencing long-term asset performance and operational excellence across the site.

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, coach, and develop a team of maintenance and engineering professionals, fostering accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement.

• Promote a proactive maintenance culture focused on root cause analysis, problem solving, and long-term reliability improvements.

• Manage preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs to maximize equipment uptime and operational efficiency.

• Establish, monitor, and improve key performance indicators (KPIs) including OEE, equipment availability, PM compliance, downtime reduction, MTBF, and maintenance backlog.

• Leverage CMMS and maintenance system data to identify trends, optimize asset performance, and support data-driven decision making.

• Partner closely with Manufacturing, Process Engineering, and Operations teams to align maintenance priorities with production goals.

• Lead and support capital projects, equipment upgrades, and plant improvement initiatives from planning through implementation.

• Ensure compliance with site safety, environmental, quality, and regulatory requirements.

• Develop and maintain maintenance planning, scheduling, and asset management processes.

• Support reliability-centered maintenance, predictive maintenance technologies, and best practices to drive continuous improvement.

• Manage departmental budgets, maintenance expenditures, and resource planning.

• Develop succession plans and training programs to strengthen team capabilities and support future growth.

You’ll be a perfect fit if you have:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.

• Minimum 5 years of maintenance, engineering, reliability, or asset management experience within a manufacturing environment.

• Minimum 3 years of leadership experience managing maintenance, engineering, or reliability teams.

• Demonstrated experience implementing and improving preventative and predictive maintenance programs.

• Experience utilizing CMMS platforms and maintenance data to drive performance improvements.

• Strong understanding of maintenance and reliability KPIs, including OEE, PM compliance, equipment availability, MTBF, and downtime reduction.

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and build strong partnerships with operations and manufacturing personnel.

• Excellent communication, leadership, problem-solving, and organizational skills.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience within chemical, petrochemical, specialty chemical, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, or other process manufacturing environments.

• Knowledge of reliability engineering principles, root cause analysis methodologies, FMEA, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Experience supporting capital projects and manufacturing optimization efforts.

• Familiarity with SAP PM, Siemens maintenance systems, or other enterprise CMMS platforms.

• Experience leading cultural transformation initiatives that improve reliability, operational performance, and employee engagement.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Pay: $130,000-150,000 Annually (depending on experience)

• 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.