Engineering Maintenance Manager - 2nd Shift

IDEXX Laboratories

Roswell, GA

Pay: $115,000-$120,000/yr

Shift: Full time

At IDEXX, our purpose is to enhance the health and well-being of pets, people, and livestock. We develop diagnostics, software, and services that help veterinarians around the world detect illness earlier, make confident decisions, and give pets longer, healthier lives. Every instrument, test, and consumable we build ends up in a clinic where a pet is waiting for answers, and the leaders who keep our manufacturing operations running are a big part of that.

As a **Maintenance Engineering Manager**, you will lead the second shift Manufacturing Engineering and Maintenance team in Roswell, GA, including a team of senior manufacturing engineers. As the Maintenance Manager for the shift, you will own equipment reliability, uptime, and continuous improvement across critical production assets, while coaching and developing your people to reach business goals and their full potential. This Manufacturing Maintenance Manager position is ideal for an Industrial Maintenance Manager who combines deep technical credibility with a passion for building high-performing teams.

Our Roswell site is home to OPTI Medical, an IDEXX company that designs and manufactures point-of-care blood gas and electrolyte analyzers and related consumables for human healthcare. The site also produces electrolyte slides and other consumables that power IDEXX veterinary analyzers, including the Catalyst One® and Catalyst Dx® chemistry analyzers. The equipment your team supports directly enables life-saving diagnostics for both people and pets.

You will lead in a clean, dry, climate-controlled, boiler-free medical device manufacturing environment, with sophisticated electro-mechanical equipment and automation systems that directly affect production efficiency and product quality.

If you’d like more information about production jobs at IDEXX before applying, visit our Manufacturing and Warehouse Careers page: https://careers.idexx.com/us/en/manufacturing

**Why This Role Matters**

Equipment reliability is the foundation of on-time delivery and product quality. As the leader of second shift maintenance engineering, you will set the strategy, standards, and culture that minimize downtime, improve reliability, and keep operations safe and efficient, so the products that help pets and people stay healthy reach customers on time.

**In This Role, You Will**

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of senior manufacturing engineers and maintenance professionals on second shift, setting clear goals, assigning work, monitoring performance, and conducting performance evaluations.
• Administer employment actions, build succession and development plans, and promote training and growth for your team.
• Own shift-level maintenance strategy, including preventive and predictive maintenance programs, spare parts strategy, and equipment lifecycle planning for highly automated medical device manufacturing equipment.
• Plan and organize work, ensure adequate staffing and resources, and keep priorities on schedule to protect production output and customer satisfaction.
• Manage escalated and critical equipment issues, directing root cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) in a regulated environment.
• Partner with Production, Quality, Operations, and day-shift engineering leadership to coordinate work, ensure smooth shift handoffs, and resolve cross-functional issues.
• Drive process and reliability improvements using data, metrics, and CMMS tools, and track KPIs such as uptime, OEE, MTBF/MTTR, and PM compliance.
• Lead and participate in project teams for new equipment, automation upgrades, and continuous improvement initiatives, applying strong project management discipline.
• Contribute to department budget, policies, and procedures, and manage outside vendors and contractors.
• Lead maintenance of internal technology and systems resources within your group, including CMMS administration and system upgrades.
• Prepare reports and analyses on work activities and results for peer groups and senior management.
• Model and enforce safety, compliance, and quality standards.
• Stay current on IDEXX products, engineering practices, and industry developments, and represent the team in outside industry groups and forums where appropriate.

**What You Will Need to Succeed**

*Required*

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Demonstrated management experience: leading, coaching, and developing engineers, technicians, or supervisors, including performance management.
• 5+ years of experience in industrial maintenance, manufacturing maintenance, or maintenance engineering, with progressive leadership responsibility. Backgrounds such as Electro Mechanical Technician, Maintenance Technician, or Industrial Technician that have progressed into leadership are welcome.
• Strong technical credibility in troubleshooting AC and DC electrical systems and electro-mechanical equipment (conveyors, motors, senso