Facilities & Maintenance Manager - Aerospace

We are currently seeking a
Facilities & Maintenance Manager
for a multinational client operating in the aerospace sector.

As Facilities & Maintenance Manager you will join the Plant Management Team, leading the plant's facilities and maintenance function to ensure safe, compliant, and reliable operations across buildings, utilities infrastructure, production assets, and site services while minimizing operational cost. You will own preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, budget management, contractor oversight, and continuous improvement to deliver measurable performance in
Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC).
Responsabilità
Responsibilities

• Safety & Compliance: Ensure site compliance with local, state, federal, and corporate EHS requirements; manage permits, inspections, and corrective actions; champion LOTO, machine guarding, confined space, and electrical safety; lead incident investigations and root cause analysis. Ensure that all compliance standards are maintained, and regulatory maintenance is executed.
• Maintenance Strategy: Develop and execute preventive and predictive maintenance programs (PM/ PdM) from concept to completion to reduce equipment breakdowns; maintain critical spares strategy; manage asset lifecycle planning, equipment availability improvements, and uptime targets.
• Facilities Management : Oversee building/grounds, utilities (HVAC, compressed air, water, steam, power), and site services; manage janitorial, landscaping, waste/recycling, snow removal, and space planning.
• Utilities & Energy : Monitor and optimize energy usage; lead utility cost reduction, demand management, and sustainability initiatives; coordinate shutdowns and start-ups safely and efficiently; promote and implement energy cost saving projects
• Work Planning & Execution : Lead planning and scheduling (weekly work plans, backlog control); manage work orders, PM compliance, and execution quality; ensure effective use of CMMS.
• Budget & Cost Control: Forecast and manage OPEX/CAPEX budgets and monitor throughout the year (OCPH & CAR).; track spend against plan; develop business cases for upgrades; support technical negotiation of vendor contracts; drive maintenance costs per asset while sustaining availability.
• Contractors & Vendors Management: source, qualify, and manage service providers; enforce safety and quality standards; coordinate onsite work permits and supervision; ensure on-time delivery of services.
• Continuous Improvement : apply FLIGHT DECK tools (5S, TPM, standard work, visual management, Kaizen) to reduce downtime, improve MTBF/MTTR, and increase schedule adherence; implement availability engineering practices and RCAs.
• Asset Data & Documentation: maintain accurate asset registry, drawings, SOPs, PM task lists, and compliance records; ensure CMMS data integrity and reporting. o
• People Leadership: lead and develop the facility & maintenance team setting specific goals, coach performance, build skills (electrical, mechanical, controls, HVAC), and foster a safety-first, customer-driven culture.
• Stakeholder Support : partner with Operations and Quality for planned outages, new equipment installation, and process changes; support NPI and capacity expansions; communicate status, risks, and recovery plans

Profilo
Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, or related field; or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in Facilities Management in a complex plant environment and in a matrix organization o CMMS (e.g., Maximo, SAP PM, etc.), MS Office/Excel, maintenance planning & scheduling, reliability analytics, contractor management.
• Experience with TPM, Kaizen, RCA, FMEA, and condition-based maintenance; demonstrated use of KPIs to drive performance
• Strong knowledge of Italian Safety Law and local codes, environmental regulations; LOTO expertise
• This role is at a managerial level, requiring significant autonomy.

The remuneration package includes a company car for private use.

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