Description
Supervise and coordinate maintenance technicians and contractors for facility and equipment upkeep. Plan preventive and corrective work, ensure safety and quality, manage parts and budgets, and liaise with stakeholders. May advise occupants or customers on maintenance options.
- • Determine preventive and corrective maintenance schedules, sequences, and assignments by asset priority and technician skill.
- • Monitor technicians' workloads and review performance and quality.
- • Inspect facilities, equipment, and systems to identify needed services or repairs.
- • Assist in budget planning; control maintenance purchasing, documentation, and spend.
- • Coach and counsel staff to address work issues and skill gaps.
- • Requisition parts, tools, equipment, and replacement components.
- • Estimate labor, materials, and contractor costs for maintenance work.
- • Interpret blueprints, OEM manuals, and job plans; lay out reference points for crews.
- • Provide or arrange training in safety, maintenance techniques, procedures, and equipment use.
- • Investigate accidents, incidents, or near-misses and prepare reports with corrective actions.
- • Coordinate work with operations, engineering, quality, EHS, customers, or union representatives.
- • Recommend or initiate hires, promotions, transfers, discharges, or disciplinary actions.
- • Perform advanced maintenance or repairs using hand and power tools and specialized equipment.
- • Compile maintenance and personnel records, including time, work orders, inventory, and test results.
- • Develop, implement, and evaluate maintenance policies, SOPs, PM/PdM programs, and standards.
- • Inspect, test, and verify completed work meets codes, OEM specs, and quality requirements.
- • Meet with vendors and suppliers to evaluate and select products and services.
- • Implement and administer CMMS and other electronic maintenance programs.
- • Plan equipment configurations or access to support maintenance and personnel needs.
- • Monitor tool and part inventories and shop condition to ensure safe, efficient operations.
- • Audit work areas, tools, and practices; train employees and correct unsafe conditions or violations.
- • Review, select, and manage contractor bids and coordinate completion of contracted work.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
