Maintenance Manager

Position: Maintenance Manager – Manufacturing Operations

Company: American Bath Group (ABG)

Location: South Boston, VA

Reports To: Plant Manager

ABOUT ABG

American Bath Group (ABG) is a leading North American manufacturer of bathware products serving residential, multifamily, hospitality, and e-commerce channels. ABG operates more than 35 manufacturing facilities and 15 distribution locations across North America and is a portfolio company of Centerbridge Partners.

ABG operates with a founder-led, execution-driven culture built around measurable performance, operational accountability, and disciplined growth.

At the plant level, leaders are given:

• Real authority and ownership
• Clear KPI expectations
• Direct visibility into performance outcomes
• Exposure to multi-line manufacturing operations
• Advancement pathways across a multi-plant network

This is a performance environment. Leaders who deliver results are given runway.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for building, stabilizing, and advancing a reliability-centered maintenance function that directly impacts plant uptime, throughput, safety, and cost control.

This is a Builder–Operator role.

The plant runs.

The maintenance structure must mature.

This leader will transition the department from reactive firefighting to structured, preventive, data-driven execution — embedding accountability, planning discipline, and technical leadership into daily operations.

This is not a facilities role.

This is operational ownership of equipment reliability and production continuity.

CORE MANDATE

Within 12–18 months, this leader must:

• Increase planned vs. reactive maintenance ratio
• Improve equipment uptime and reduce unplanned downtime
• Implement structured preventive maintenance scheduling
• Establish CMMS discipline and data integrity
• Improve response time to critical breakdowns
• Strengthen parts inventory control and cost management
• Build a stable, skilled maintenance team with clear accountability
• Improve cross-functional coordination between Maintenance and Production

Success equals reliability + predictability + cost control + team stability.

YEAR ONE CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS

1. Operational Stabilization

• Establish daily maintenance planning rhythm
• Reduce chronic repeat failures
• Improve breakdown response structure
• Implement clear shift coverage accountability
• Improve PM compliance rate

2. Reliability & Preventive Discipline

• Move from reactive to structured preventive planning
• Build asset-level maintenance schedules
• Improve root cause problem-solving rigor
• Implement downtime tracking and visibility

3. Systems & Cost Control

• Drive CMMS adoption and data accuracy
• Improve spare parts management and inventory controls
• Reduce emergency repair costs
• Improve vendor coordination discipline

4. Team & Cultural Leadership

• Develop frontline technicians
• Create skill redundancy and cross-training
• Lead with visible floor presence
• Enforce safety and compliance discipline
• Hold clear performance expectations and accountability

WHAT THIS ROLE IS NOT

• Not a facilities-only maintenance role
• Not a “call the vendor” coordinator position
• Not a hands-off supervisor
• Not a theoretical reliability engineer disconnected from the floor
• Not a desk-only planner
• Not a leader who tolerates reactive chaos

This role fails when maintenance remains reactive, data is ignored, or performance conversations are avoided.

LEADERSHIP PROFILE — BUILDER / OPERATOR

Behavioral Profile:

• Floor-present and technically credible
• Calm under production pressure
• Structured and systems-oriented
• Direct and clear communicator
• Low ego, high accountability
• Data-driven and metrics-aware
• Willing to escalate appropriately

Operating Tempo:

• Daily maintenance planning meetings
• PM compliance tracking
• Immediate correction of repeat failures
• Structured coordination with Production
• Clear communication of downtime impact

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Required:

• Maintenance leadership experience in manufacturing
• Direct supervision of hourly maintenance technicians
• Experience improving uptime and reducing downtime
• Preventive maintenance program implementation
• CMMS experience
• Mechanical and electrical troubleshooting knowledge

Preferred:

• Multi-shift maintenance leadership
• PLC troubleshooting exposure
• Root cause analysis tools (5 Whys, Fishbone)
• Budget management responsibility
• Lean or reliability improvement exposure

Not Required:

• Full plant P&L ownership
• Multi-site leadership
• Bathware industry experience (transferable manufacturing experience acceptable)

WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS

Maintenance reliability drives:

• Production throughput
• Cost control
• Safety performance
• Customer fulfillment
• Plant credibility

This role is revenue-protective and operationally critical.

• If you are a hands-on maintenance leader who builds structure, develops teams, and installs reliability discipline — this is an opportunity to own and elevate a function inside a performance-driven manufacturing environment.

American Bath Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment 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.