TPM ManagerBurlington, NC | Target $145,000-$155,000 Base | OnsiteA growing food manufacturer in the Burlington, NC area is hiring a
TPM Managerto lead Total Productive Maintenance and Continuous Improvement strategy across a high-speed manufacturing facility.
This is a site-level leadership role reporting directly to the Plant Director. The TPM Manager will drive TPM implementation, develop plant-wide CI strategy, improve operational performance, and build continuous improvement capabilities across production teams.
What You'll Do
- Lead the site's TPM, Operational Excellence, and Continuous Improvement strategy
- Drive implementation and maturity of a multi-pillar TPM program
- Lead Autonomous Maintenance progression and broader shop-floor capability development
- Identify and execute opportunities to improve cost, efficiency, reliability, and operational performance
- Lead Root Cause Analysis and structured problem-solving efforts
- Implement Lean and CI tools including Kaizen, 5S, and SMED
- Lead large-scale change initiatives and help build a high-performance manufacturing culture
- Coach and develop employees and leaders throughout the plant
- Manage a small Continuous Improvement / training team
- Serve as a member of the Site Leadership Team
What We're Looking For
- 3+ years of manufacturing experience with meaningful Continuous Improvement responsibility
- At least 3 years working within amulti-pillar TPM environment
- Experience developing or implementing asite-wide TPM strategy
- Hands-on experience withAutonomous Maintenance progression, ideally through AM Step 3
- Working knowledge of TPM, Kaizen, 5S, SMED, Root Cause Analysis, and related CI methodologies
- Experience leading teams and driving organizational change
- Comfortable spending significant time on the manufacturing floor
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field
Preferred Background
Food, beverage, CPG, or high-speed packaging manufacturing experience is strongly preferred. Experience participating in the
initial implementation or rollout of a TPM programis especially valuable.
Position Details
- Location:Burlington, NC area
- Schedule:Monday-Friday, approximately 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
- Work arrangement:100% onsite
- Target base salary:$145,000-$155,000
- Occasional domestic and international travel
- Participation in an after-hours/weekend escalation rotation