Manager, Reliability & Maintenance - Architectural Specialties Job

Primary location:Remote,Remote
Relocation offered:No
Employment status:Full-Time
Travel:26%-50%
Non-compete:No
Location: Work from home position (Columbus, OH preferred)

The estimated base salary range for this role is "$145,000 to $185,000" per year.
Individual pay is based upon location, skills and expertise, experience and other relevant factors (salary may be adjusted based on geographic location)

What does it mean to work at Armstrong?

It means being immersed in a supportive culture that recognizes you as a key player in Armstrong's future. We are a large company with a local feel, where you will get to know and collaborate with leadership and your colleagues across the company.

By joining us, you'll have the opportunity to make the most of your potential. Alongside a competitive remuneration package, you will receive:

A benefits package including: medical, dental, prescription drug, life insurance, 401k match, long-term disability coverage, vacation and sick time, product discount programs and many more.
Personal development to grow your career with us based on your strengths and interests.
A working culture that balances individual achievement with teamwork and collaboration. We draw on each other's strengths and allow for different work styles to build engagement and satisfaction to deliver results.

Reporting to the Director, AS Operations Excellence and partnering closely with plant leadership teams, the Manager, AS Reliability & Maintenance leads the development and implementation of maintenance and reliability programs, standards, and best practices across AS manufacturing facilities. This role partners with plant maintenance and operations teams to improve equipment reliability, maintenance effectiveness, asset performance, and operational efficiency through preventive, predictive, and precision maintenance practices. This manager will also provide technical support, monitor performance metrics, and assist with continuous improvement initiatives that support safety, quality, productivity, and cost objectives. The manager champions reliability and maintenance skill and competency development across broad operational leaders and teams and develops reliability subject matter experts and capabilities across AS manufacturing operations.

What's in it for you?

• Drive enterprise-wide impact by leading reliability and maintenance improvements across multiple manufacturing facilities.
• Grow your expertise and leadership through continuous improvement initiatives, technical innovation, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Enjoy variety in your work with a mix of strategic projects, plant partnerships, and moderate domestic travel.

What does a Manager, Reliability & Maintenance do?

Safety, Environmental and Sustainability

• Supports the development and execution of the company's EHS strategy within the maintenance organization.
• Ensures compliance with company policies, standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Develops a culture of zero injuries through risk assessment awareness and a commitment to eliminating workplace hazards.
• Works with sites to achieve high standards of 5S and housekeeping to minimize risk and maximize operational performance.

Maintenance & Reliability Strategy and Standards

• Develops and supports the implementation of AS reliability strategies, improvement plans, and standards to enhance asset condition, process health, work practices, and workforce capabilities.
• Identifies opportunities for maintenance and reliability improvement and recommends solutions.
• Implements approved reliability initiatives and process improvements.
• Shares and drives maintenance and reliability best practices across assigned facilities and supports training and knowledge-sharing activities.
• Develops dashboards and reporting of maintenance and reliability performance metrics for assigned facilities.

Develop, Implement, and Improve Maintenance Management System Best Practices

• Supports the implementation and continuous improvement of maintenance management system processes related to maintenance metrics, reporting, and work management.
• Implements operator basic care processes to improve equipment reliability and performance.
• Leads preventive and predictive maintenance programs, including lubrication, vibration analysis, thermal imaging, time-based maintenance, and work order tracking.
• Optimizes down-day effectiveness processes to improve maintenance execution and equipment availability.
• Supports maintenance and capital project teams by identifying opportunities to improve asset reliability and equipment performance.
• Provides technical guidance and training support to maintenance personnel to strengthen maintenance effectiveness.
• Manages critical spare parts processes to ensure equipment reliability and minimize downtime.

Network Reliability and Maintenance Skill and Competency Development

• Organizes and leads the Maintenance and Reliability Network.

• Provides technical input regarding maintenance and reliability competencies and training needs.
• Supports competency development initiatives and assists with the delivery of technical training programs.
• Provides technical support and mentoring to maintenance teams as needed.

Operating Plan

• Achieves operating plan objectives related to safety, quality, cost, and productivity.
• Develops critical business processes, management routines, and performance metrics that align expectations and deliver sustainable improvements.

• Manages portfolio of maintenance and reliability improvement projects that achieve growth and productivity expectations and tracks and reports on progress.

• Drives maintenance and reliability best practices, including Predictive Maintenance (PDM), Preventive Maintenance (PM), Time-Based Maintenance (TBM), and Precision Maintenance.
• Achieves manufacturing financial targets and key performance metrics.
• Identifies and resolves common-cause and special-cause issues that impact plant reliability and operational performance.
• Investigates manufacturing issues, analyzes supporting data, recommends corrective actions, and oversees implementation to improve plant performance.
• Collaborates with plant maintenance teams and production personnel to drive maintenance improvements and implement practical solutions that deliver measurable operational results.

Travel: Moderate; approximately 15%-50% domestic travel

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, maintenance management, operations management, or a related technical discipline required; an equivalent combination of education, technical training, and progressive maintenance and reliability leadership experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum of 7-10 years of maintenance, reliability, engineering, operations, or manufacturing experience, including responsibility for maintenance improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated success improving equipment reliability, operational performance, productivity, and cost through maintenance and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Multi-site manufacturing experience
• Knowledge of maintenance and reliability methodologies, including Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Precision Maintenance, preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, lubrication excellence, vibration analysis, thermography, and computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing principles, continuous improvement methodologies, and operational excellence practices.

What will make you successful?

• Strong collaboration and influencing skills with the ability to support maintenance improvement initiatives across multiple manufacturing locations.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and build effective working relationships at all organizational levels, including senior leadership.
• Strong project and change management skills with the ability to lead complex operational improvement initiatives and achieve measurable results.
• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to interpret data, identify root causes, and develop practical solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to participate in cross-functional teams and support implementation of operational improvement initiatives in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical guidance and support maintenance capability development efforts.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to align maintenance and reliability initiatives with operational and financial objectives.

What will make you stand out?

• Professional certifications in maintenance, reliability, project management, or continuous improvement disciplines (e.g., CMRP, CMRT, PMP, Lean Six Sigma).

Physical and Mental Demands

The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: sit for prolonged periods; repetitive motion of hands/wrists/fingers; concentrate and repeat the same physical or mental activities over and over; think analytically and be exact or highly accurate; make decisions such as to identify complex problems, develop options and implement solutions; work in a team; ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADAAA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards; pay attention to and remember details; communicate effectively including active listening to understand points being made, and asking appropriate questions and not interrupting inappropriately; speak to convey information effectively; write to communicate effectively as appropriate for the needs of the audience; read to understand work related documents; move between different physical locations within and between buildings; and push, pull, carry and lift in the normal course of travel.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions with standard level of noise common to an office environment including office equipment and co-workers speaking to each other and on phones. Employees are required to wear personal protective equipment when entering the floor of manufacturing facilities based on the specific requirements of each location.

Why should you join Armstrong World Industries?

Armstrong World Industries (AWI) is anAmericas leader in the design and manufacture of innovative interior and exterior architectural applications including ceilings, specialty walls and exterior metal solutions. With approximately $1.4 billion in revenue, AWI has about 3,700 employees and a manufacturing network of 21 facilities in North America.

At home, at work, in healthcare facilities, classrooms, stores, or restaurants, we offer interior solutions that help to enhance comfort, save time, improve building efficiency and overall performance, and create beautiful spaces.

For more than 160 years, we have built our business on trust and integrity. It set us apart then, and it sets us apart now, along with our ability to collaborate with and innovate for the people we're here to serve - our customers, our shareholders, our communities and our employees.

We are committed to developing new and sustainable architectural solutions, with design and performance possibilities that make a positive difference in spaces where we live, work, learn, heal and play. It's an exciting, rewarding business to be in, and we're committed to continue to grow and prosper for the benefit of all of our stakeholders. We hope you join us.

Our Sustainability Ambition

"Bringing our Purpose to Life" - lead a transformation in the design and building of spaces fit for today and tomorrow.
We are committed to:

• Engaging a diverse, purpose-driven workforce;
• Transforming buildings from structures that shelter into structures that serve and preserve the health and well-being of people and planet;
• Pursuing sustainable, innovative solutions for spaces where we live, work, learn heal and play;
• Being a catalyst for change with all of our stakeholders; and
• Making a positive difference in the environments and communities we impact.

Armstrong is committed to engaging a diverse, purpose-driven workforce. As part of our dedication to diversity, AWI is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard for race, sex, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at by email at AWI talent acquisitionand let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

Come and build your future with us and apply today!