Maintenance Manager

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The Maintenance Manager oversees all aspects of managing a team responsible for maintaining all equipment and facilities used in our distribution center located in Henderson, Nevada. You will be part of a management team that is focused on driving operational excellence and efficiency through developing a highly engaged workforce with a focus on safety and process improvement.

About the Job

• Lead a team of Shift Supervisors and Maintenance Technicians, encouraging a culture of safety, accountability, engagement, continuous improvement, and positive labor relations.
• Lead the Technical Services turnaround by assessing current operations, mitigating risk, restoring maintenance fundamentals, and building sustainable reliability practices.
• Oversee the reliability and performance of all site equipment and infrastructure, including material handling systems, automation and controls, facilities, utilities, HVAC, forklifts, and other critical assets.
• Establish and maintain a world-class maintenance and reliability program, including planning and scheduling, preventive and predictive maintenance, asset health monitoring, CMMS governance, reliability reporting, and continuous improvement projects.
• Guide equipment reliability through root cause analysis, reliability engineering principles, preventive maintenance optimization, and corrective action management.
• Provide technical leadership for automation, controls, PLC/HMI, WCS/WES, and related systems, including troubleshooting, escalation, change control, system recovery, and vendor management.
• Manage critical spare parts, storeroom operations, contractor performance, service providers, and equipment support strategies to ensure operational continuity.
• Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, regulatory, and company requirements, including OSHA, Lockout/Tagout, electrical safety, contractor management, and other applicable standards.
• Develop equipment lifecycle, asset health, and capital replacement strategies in partnership with Operations, Engineering, Finance, IT, Procurement, and other business stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership for facility improvements, automation upgrades, and capital projects, including commissioning, technical acceptance, and operational readiness.
• Build technical capability across the organization through training, qualification programs, cross-training, and talent development.
• Drive continuous improvement using Lean, Six Sigma, reliability engineering, and structured problem-solving methodologies to improve safety, service levels, equipment availability, productivity, and cost performance.
• Communicate maintenance performance, risk, equipment health, capital needs, and operational recommendations to site and functional leadership.
• Support a multi-shift, business-critical operation. While the normal schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., we ask that you have availability for off-hours escalation, planned outages, peak season support, and emergency response as needed.

About You

• 8+ years of maintenance, reliability, engineering, or technical services experience in a large automated distribution, fulfillment, logistics, manufacturing, or supply chain environment.
• 3+ years of leadership experience managing supervisors, technicians, or maintenance teams in a multi-shift operation.
• Experience leading maintenance, reliability, or operational improvement initiatives.
• Experience leading within a unionized workforce preferred.
• Knowledge of automated material handling systems, including conveyors, controls, PLCs, motors and drives, sensors, electrical systems, and related equipment.
• Experience using CMMS platforms to guide preventive maintenance, work management, planning, scheduling, and asset reliability.
• Working knowledge of reliability methodologies such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA), FMEA, RCM, preventive maintenance optimization, and continuous improvement principles.
• Experience managing vendors, contractors, maintenance service providers, and capital or equipment improvement projects.
• Demonstrated change management and partnership skills, with the ability to develop talent, guide accountability, and influence outcomes.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Reliability, Industrial Technology, Facilities Management, or a related field. Equivalent combinations of education, technical training, certifications, and relevant experience will be considered.
• Professional certifications such as CMRP, CRL, SMRP, Lean Six Sigma, or similar credentials are preferred.

The expected starting salary range for this role is $120,000-150,000 per year. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on the location of the role. The amount a particular employee will earn within the salary range will be based on factors such as relevant education, qualifications, performance and business needs.

Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) offers a total rewards package that includes base pay, incentive plans, 401(k) matching, paid leave, health insurance, product discounts, and more designed to help you and your family stay healthy, meet your financial goals, and balance the demands of your work and personal life. Available benefits and incentive compensation vary depending upon the specifics of the role; details relating to a specific role will be made available upon request. Read more about our benefits here.

LS&Co. is an affirmative action and equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome and value people from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences to make LS&Co. a collective success.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and must not require current or future employment visa sponsorship. The company does not participate in the H-1B cap lottery or sponsor initial employment visas. Candidates with an existing H-1B visa that is eligible for transfer may be considered.

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LOCATION

Henderson, NV, USA

FULL TIME/PART TIME

Full time

FILL DATE

This position is expected to be filled by 02/02/2027.

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