Maintenance Manager

American Axle & Manufacturing
Fraser, MI

Job Posting Title

Maintenance Manager

Job Description Summary

Manages the plant maintenance staff, programs and processes, typically under direction of the Plant Operations Manager, in order to ensure safe, timely and efficient operation of all plant machinery and equipment.Manages the staff, processes and activities for maintaining all plant machinery to ensure safe, continual and efficient operation.Ensures that periodic and preventive maintenance are appropriately scheduled and accomplished and that emergency troubleshooting and maintenance support are readily available as needed.Oversees maintenance goal setting, activity scheduling, work performance and performance management to ensure measurable goals, proper workload distribution, goal satisfaction and effective staff performance management.Monitors and continually improves maintenance processes and maintenance personnel performance to achieve enhanced levels of efficiency.

Job Description:

  • Manages maintenance employee outcomes by selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining associates. Communicates job expectations, planning, monitoring, and appraising job contributions, and recommends compensation actions, adhering to policies and procedures.
  • Leads maintenance operational standards by contributing information to strategic plans and reviews; implementing production, productivity, quality, customer-service, safety, security, and health standards; resolving problems; identifying system improvements.
  • Evaluates systems and equipment performance by conferring with operating departments; identifying problems and requirements.
  • Keeps systems and equipment operating by implementing a preventive maintenance program; operating and testing systems and equipment.
  • Ensures repairs on systems and equipment by managing the restoring, repairing, rebuilding, or replacing faulty or inoperative components and parts.
  • Improves systems and equipment performance by studying performance results; identifying, recommending, and implementing changes, expansions, and additions.
  • Works with other departments to help ensure the maintenance departments operating budget for labor, parts, and contracted services to support uptime targets while staying within approved spending levels.
  • Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by adhering to organization standards and policies, and to legal regulations; immediately addressing issues and alerting others regarding potential concerns.
  • Prepares maintenance information and reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
  • Contributes to maintenance and organization success by welcoming related, different, and new requests; helping others accomplish job results.
  • All other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Education

  • Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5-7 years’ manufacturing experience (high and low volume facilities preferred) or combination of education and experience
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in an industrial machinery troubleshooting capacity
  • Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a Supervisory role
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints
  • Able to pass a crane certification test
  • Certified through the company to operate a crane

Preferred Skills and Education

  • Strong knowledge in the following: ERP, CAD, GD&T, CNC programming and schematics
  • Solid and extensive knowledge of manufacturing processes (stamping, assembly, forging, injection molding, etc.), automation, daily operations, material handling, quality criteria, safety and human resource issues
  • Strong background in maintenance disciplines; including, but not limited to, electrical, mechanical, pneumatics, hydraulics, welding, etc.
  • Understanding of Kanban/Pull Systems, Quality controls, Visual Controls, Management by eye strategies, Conflict Resolution Strategies and Preventative/Predictive Maintenance programs
  • Strong leadership skills
  • Strong knowledge of maintenance operations, safety and quality requirements
  • Strong technical and mechanical know-how
  • High level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with others; including, but not limited to, all levels of management, associates, contractors and/or customers
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Strong level of planning and organizational abilities; ability to multi-task

About AAM:

As a leading global Tier 1 Automotive and Mobility Supplier, AAM designs, engineers and manufactures Driveline and Metal Forming technologies to support electric, hybrid and internal combustion vehicles. Discover how we’re Bringing the Future Faster at AAM.com.

AAM will not discriminate against any Associate or applicant for employment because of age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. AAM will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that Associates are treated equally during employment, without regard to their age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. For the Disabled Job Seeker: We offer reasonable accommodations for qualified disabled individuals who are applicants for employment. To request assistance or accommodations, please e-mail [email protected]. AAM is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Posted 2026-01-15

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