Manager - Divisional Maintenance Excellence (Manufacturing)

Location: Hartsville, SC, USA; the position is based in Hartsville with some consideration for remote work depending on skillset and location. Travel to paper mills, recycling, and converting operations is expected, with 50%–75% likely travel.

Annual base salary: $138,320–$155,610 for Manager, or $160,720–$180,810 for Senior Manager, plus an annual target bonus of 12.5% or 14.5% of base salary respectively.

Company

hirify.global is a global packaging solutions company with diversified manufacturing operations in more than 34 countries.

What you will do

• Develop and lead division-wide maintenance and reliability strategies, standardized processes, systems, and best practices across more than 50 manufacturing facilities.
• Drive reliability-centered maintenance, predictive maintenance, preventive maintenance, root cause analysis, asset management, failure elimination, and continuous improvement programs.
• Improve equipment reliability, uptime, OEE, maintenance productivity, work execution, planning and scheduling, wrench time, maintenance costs, and CMMS utilization.
• Lead Reliability Engineers, Plant Engineers, and Maintenance Managers; develop succession plans, competency models, career frameworks, training programs, and communities of practice.
• Partner with engineering, operations, and plant leadership on capital projects, maintainability, asset replacement strategies, major equipment failures, outage planning, and reliability investments.
• Build business cases, improve financial performance, communicate results to senior leadership, and ensure maintenance programs support safety, environmental stewardship, risk management, and regulatory compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Progressive maintenance, reliability, engineering, or manufacturing leadership experience in heavy industry, pulp and paper, forest products, chemicals, metals, or similar asset-intensive environments.
• Experience leading multi-site maintenance and reliability improvement initiatives across large manufacturing organizations.
• Experience developing maintenance excellence systems, reliability programs, and organizational capability.
• Proven ability to influence plant leadership teams and cross-functional stakeholders and drive measurable results.
• Extensive knowledge of preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance methodologies; reliability engineering; asset management; root cause analysis; and failure elimination.
• Experience with CMMS platforms, maintenance planning and scheduling systems, and reliability analytics.
• Working knowledge of rotating equipment, power systems, process equipment, utilities, and manufacturing operations.
• Strategic thinking, strong coaching and mentoring abilities, excellent communication and influencing skills, and the ability to lead change, standardize practices, and deliver sustainable operational improvements.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree or professional certifications in Reliability Engineering, Maintenance Management, or Asset Management.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid flexibility may be considered based on skillset and location.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including FSA and HSA options.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
• Paid time off and holidays, wellbeing resources, and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Company-paid and voluntary insurance plans, including life, personal accident, and disability insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement.