Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company dedicated to improving well-being through our products and solutions, essentials for everyday life. The name Essity stems from the words essentials and necessities. Our sustainable business model creates value for people and nature. Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With life-changing innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, Essity strives to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being. At Essity, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.

Maintenance Manager

At Essity, we’re breaking barriers to well-being. As a global leader in hygiene and health, we create solutions that improve lives every day. Join our Manufacturing team in Springvale and lead the maintenance function that keeps our operations running safely, efficiently, and reliably.

As Maintenance Manager, you’ll ensure the availability and reliability of production and site equipment while driving continuous improvement initiatives. This role is critical to achieving our business plan, reducing downtime, and improving equipment performance. You’ll lead a team of skilled professionals, foster a culture of safety and accountability, and champion preventative maintenance strategies.

This key leadership role, with three direct reports and oversight of a broader team of eighteen, covers maintenance planning, scheduling, stores, and teams of fitters and electricians.

What sets our Springvale site apart is its culture, a highly engaged, long-serving workforce with consistently strong engagement results. This provides an excellent foundation for driving change and successfully implementing TPM initiatives.

• Drive excellence in health and safety practices and compliance.

• Lead maintenance planning and scheduling to maximize equipment uptime.

• Manage preventative and condition-based maintenance under TPM principles.

• Oversee site services, engineering stores, and inventory management.

• Control maintenance budgets and cost center spend.

• Develop and mentor your team, building technical capability and leadership skills.

• Collaborate with production and site management to resolve reliability issues.

• Contribute to site capital plans and support engineering projects.

You will bring 5–10 years’ experience in a high-volume, 24/7 production environment, ideally within manufacturing. You also have:

• An engineering degree, such as Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

• Proven leadership experience in operational maintenance

• Strong capability in root cause analysis and continuous improvement methodologies

• Solid knowledge of OH&S standards and compliance, including the management of high-risk work permits

• A positive, resilient approach with the ability to lead through change

• Commercial acumen with experience managing budgets

• Experience managing site services and third-party contractors

• Proficiency in SAP

• Desired: TPM experience, Six Sigma qualifications, control systems expertise, and experience leading unionized teams

Our purpose, Breaking Barriers to Well-Being, provides meaning to everything we do. Join us to improve well-being for people and drive positive change for society and the environment. At Essity, you'll feel valued, empowered to grow, and challenged to achieve business results in a collaborative and open atmosphere.

Please note that with the upcoming Christmas shutdown period, there may be some minor impacts to our recruitment timelines. We appreciate you're understanding during this time.

23 Dec 2025

Job Requisition ID:Essity258198