Sr. Manager, Maintenance, Reliability, & Automation
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Lubbock-Texas-United States of America
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Manufacturing, Maintenance Management, or related field.
- 10+ years of progressive manufacturing maintenance leadership experience.
- 5+ years leading maintenance organizations within a complex manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated experience implementing TPM, preventive maintenance, and predictive maintenance systems.
- Proven success developing maintenance teams and technical talent.
- Strong experience with root cause analysis, reliability improvement, and structured problem solving.
- Experience managing capital projects, budgets, and external service providers.
Nice to have
- Experience in highly automated manufacturing environments.
- Experience supporting robotics, PLC-controlled systems, automated assembly, conveyors, vision systems, or advanced manufacturing technologies.
- Reliability engineering certification, CMRP, CRL, or equivalent.
- Experience with Industry 4.0 technologies and connected factory systems.
- Knowledge of CMMS platforms such as SAP PM, Maximo, Fiix, eMaint, or equivalent.
- Experience implementing predictive analytics, condition monitoring, machine learning, or AI-enabled maintenance solutions.
- Experience supporting large-scale manufacturing transformation initiatives.
Full description
Senior Manager, Maintenance, Reliability & AutomationLocation: Lubbock, Texas
Business: Johnson Controls | Fire Solutions North America
About Us
Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, helps customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education.
For more than 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it really matters. Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry-leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real-world results and help move society forward.
Position Overview
Johnson Controls is seeking an exceptional Senior Manager, Maintenance, Reliability & Automation to lead the transformation of our maintenance organization and serve as a key architect in the evolution of our Lubbock manufacturing facility toward an Industry 4.0-enabled future.
This is not a traditional maintenance leadership role.
The successful candidate will be responsible for building a world-class reliability organization that moves beyond reactive maintenance and supports the deployment of advanced automation, connected manufacturing technologies, predictive maintenance systems, and future autonomous manufacturing capabilities.
As a key member of the plant leadership team, this leader will partner closely with Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, EHS, and external technology partners to develop the systems, infrastructure, talent, and reliability strategies required to support long-term growth and manufacturing modernization.
This role will play a critical leadership position in shaping the future manufacturing footprint by influencing equipment design, capital investment decisions, maintainability standards, workforce development strategies, and digital transformation initiatives.
What You Will DoReliability & Maintenance Excellence
- Develop and execute a comprehensive reliability-centered maintenance strategy focused on improving uptime, equipment performance, and manufacturing throughput.
- Transform the maintenance organization from reactive firefighting to a proactive, data-driven reliability model.
- Lead deployment and sustainability of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) across manufacturing operations.
- Establish asset criticality models, reliability engineering practices, preventive maintenance programs, and predictive maintenance systems.