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Manager - Automation Maintenance

Kenco Group624 open roles

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$103,620 – $155,540 a year
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USA-NV-Las Vegas-5603 E El Campo Grande Ave
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Your applicationOpen nowManager - Automation MaintenanceKenco Group · USA-NV-Las Vegas-5603 E El Campo Grande Ave
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13.3% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Kenco Group postings stay open a median of 14 days.

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  3. 13.3%7 days
  4. 21.3%14 days
  5. 35.7%30 days
  6. 59.1%60 days
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Kenco Group median: 14 days open

The posting

At Kenco Logistics, you’re more than just a team member—you’re part of a company that values innovation, integrity, and a strong commitment to its people. As one of the leading 3PL providers in the U.S., Kenco offers a dynamic and supportive work environment where your ideas matter and your growth is a priority. With a focus on safety, sustainability, and continuous improvement, Kenco empowers employees to make a real impact in the supply chain industry while building rewarding careers. Join a company where your contributions help move the world forward—one shipment at a time.

About the Position

The Automation Maintenance Manager leads all maintenance activities for a highly automated warehouse and distribution operation, ensuring the reliability and performance of automated material handling systems such as conveyors, sortation equipment, and automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) in addition to facility maintenance and Powered industrial truck (PIT) equipment. This role also oversees maintenance of traditional material handling equipment and facility assets, managing third party contractors for work outside the team's core capabilities. The manager builds and develops a strong maintenance team, partners closely with site operations leadership, and drives a proactive maintenance strategy focused on safety, reliability, and continuous improvement. This is a highly visible leadership role that balances technical oversight, budget management, and people development to support a safe and high performing operation.

Functions

  • Develop and execute the site's maintenance strategy, including preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs, to maximize equipment uptime, reliability, and performance.
  • Lead maintenance and reliability activities for automated material handling systems, including conveyors, sortation equipment, automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), and controls systems.
  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of maintenance supervisors, technicians, and controls specialists, building a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Manage third party contractors and service providers for facility, utility, and non-automation maintenance needs beyond the team's core capabilities.
  • Serve as the primary maintenance leader and point of contact for site operations leadership, aligning maintenance priorities with business objectives.
  • Develop and manage the site's maintenance operating budget, monitoring labor, parts, and contractor costs to meet financial targets.
  • Utilize computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) tools, such as Maximo, to plan labor, track asset history, and analyze performance.
  • Partner with engineering, operations, and equipment manufacturers to resolve equipment failures and drive root cause elimination.
  • Monitor key performance indicators, including system availability, throughput, and maintenance effectiveness, and report results to stakeholders.
  • Conduct performance management activities, including goal setting, performance reviews, and succession planning for the maintenance team.
  • Support capital planning, equipment replacement strategies, and spare parts inventory management.
  • Promote and enforce a safety first culture, ensuring compliance with OSHA regulations and maintenance safety standards, including lockout and tagout (LOTO) procedures.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, industrial technology, maintenance management, or a related field preferred.
  • Minimum of 7 years of maintenance leadership experience in automated manufacturing, distribution, logistics, or material handling environments required.
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience managing supervisors, technicians, or multi-discipline maintenance teams required.
  • Experience with computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) or enterprise asset management (EAM) platforms, such as IBM Maximo or SAP PM, required.
  • Reliability certifications such as Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) or Certified Reliability Leader (CRL) preferred.
  • Strong knowledge of preventive, predictive, and reliability centered maintenance methodologies, along with programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and industrial automation systems.
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage operational budgets and vendor relationships.

Competencies

  • Business Acumen - Knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, technology, and information affecting his/her business and organization.
  • Communicate for Impact - Devoting the time and resources necessary to communicate the strategic vision, direction, priorities, and progress of the team for which you are responsible.
  • Leading People - Ability to develop and implement strategies to maximize employee performance and foster employee engagement in meeting the organization's strategy.
  • Managing Transitions / Change Management - Effectively plans, manages and communicates changes in processes with appropriate stakeholders.
  • Relationship Management - Building and maintaining relationships with internal partners to successfully complete projects and organizational objectives.
  • Strategic Agility - Gains perspective and balances the pressure between daily tasks and strategic actions that impact the long-term viability of the organization.

Travel Requirements

  • This position is expected to travel approximately 25% or less.
  • A passport is not required, but recommended.

Disclosures

  • For California residents – please enter or copy/paste the address below into your address bar to review an important notice regarding Kenco’s privacy policy.

https://www.kencogroup.com/ccpa-notice-at-collection-for-employees-and-applicants/

  • Per company policy, all internal job postings expire 14 days from the date they are posted.

The approximate pay range for this job is:

$103,620.00 - $155,540.00

Benefits offered:

  • Medical insurance including HSA, HRA and FSA accounts
  • Supplemental insurance including critical illness, hospital indemnity, accidental injury
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Basic Life and Supplemental Life
  • Short Term and Long Term Disability
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • 401(k)
  • Paid Time Off approximately 2 weeks (accrual begins on Day 1 of employment)
  • Employer Paid Holidays- 10 days

Kenco strives to provide a supportive, professional environment for all employees. As a part of Kenco, we expect our team to uphold our three key pillars: be honest, serve, and get better. Each should strive for operational excellence, pursue innovation, and want to grow with our company.

Kenco Group is an Equal-Opportunity Employer. All employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Please click the image to download the EEOC ‘Know Your Rights; Discrimination is Illegal’ posting. https://www.eeoc.gov/poster For California residents please enter or copy/paste the address below into your address bar to review an important notice regarding Kenco’s privacy policy. https://www.kencogroup.com/ccpa-notice-at-collection-for-employees-and-applicants/

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

For California residents – please enter or copy/paste the address below into your address bar to review an important notice regarding Kenco’s privacy policy. https://www.kencogroup.com/ccpa-notice-at-collection-for-employees-and-applicants/

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