Maintenance Manager
Continental · Sumter, SC
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 7+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
A management reliability role at Continental (automotive) in Sumter, SC.
- They ask for
- 7+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, TPM, Root cause, FMEA
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Reliability Engineer roles in South Carolina: typical posted base $80k–$100k.
Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 19 reliability engineer openings in South Carolina, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
South Carolina plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 18 other live reliability postings in South Carolina.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (7+ vs 5+)
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 53%
- ✓ FMEA 26%
- ✓ Team leadership 21%
- EHS / safety 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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This plant: Continental in Sumter
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Qualifications
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without current or future employer sponsorship for employment visa status.
What you bring to the role
- ◆Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related technical field.
- ◆Minimum 7 years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
- ◆Minimum 2 years of leadership experience managing maintenance or technical organizations.
- ◆Strong knowledge of maintenance systems, reliability engineering, asset management, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- ◆Experience managing large budgets, maintenance planning processes, and capital projects.
- ◆Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage change, and develop employee capabilities.
- ◆Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- ◆Experience working with external suppliers, contractors, and cross-functional business partners.
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How you will make an impact
- •Lead all maintenance operations for a 24/7 manufacturing facility, ensuring safe, reliable, and cost-effective equipment performance.
- •Drive improvements in equipment uptime, technical availability, and overall plant reliability through disciplined maintenance execution.
- •Develop and implement preventive, predictive, condition-based, and corrective maintenance programs to eliminate recurring equipment failures.
- •Lead maintenance planning, scheduling, shutdown activities, and execution of maintenance excellence initiatives.
- •Manage annual maintenance budgets, capital improvement requests, and resource allocation to achieve operational and financial objectives.
- •Optimize spare parts inventory, warehouse operations, and asset management processes to improve service levels and inventory accuracy.
- •Champion reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), root cause analysis, continuous improvement, and TPM-based maintenance practices.
- •Lead, coach, and develop maintenance supervisors, planners, engineers, and technicians while building organizational capability and succession plans.
- •Partner with operations, engineering, and project teams to support equipment upgrades, modernization efforts, and new equipment installations.
- •Foster a culture of accountability, safety, reliability, and continuous improvement with a long-term focus on achieving zero repeat breakdowns.
NOTE: May not be inclusive of all work required and may be updated as needed.
The environment
- •Safety is our highest priority and safety procedures / guidelines must be always adhered to. This includes safety wear such as steel toes, hearing protection, etc.
- •The job is within a climate-controlled environment.
Additional ways to stand out
- •Experience within tire manufacturing, automotive manufacturing, heavy industrial manufacturing, or other highly automated production environments.
- •Experience leading maintenance organizations in a 24/7 manufacturing operation.
- •Experience managing supervisors, planners, engineers, and technical specialists.
- •Expertise in Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), and asset management systems.
- •Experience conducting root cause analysis, FMEA, and structured reliability improvement initiatives.
- •Experience supporting equipment modernization, refurbishment, and capital improvement projects.
- •Strong knowledge of maintenance planning, scheduling, and spare parts optimization practices.
- •Proven success developing maintenance talent, succession plans, and future technical leaders.
- •Experience working with international suppliers, contractors, and project teams.
- •Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement experience with a focus on operational excellence and maintenance performance.
The perks
- •Immediate Benefits
- •Robust Total Rewards Package
- •Paid Time Off
- •Volunteer Time Off
- •Tuition Assistance
- •Employee Discounts, including tire discounts
- •Competitive Bonus Programs
- •Employees 401k Match
- •Diverse & Inclusive Work Environment with 20+ Employee Resource groups.
- •Employee Assistance Program
- •Future Growth Opportunities, including personal and professional
- •And many more benefits that come with working for a global industry leader!