Facility Operations & Maintenance Group Leader

We are looking for a talented Facility Operations & Maintenance Group Leader to join our team specializing in Facilities for our CDBS (Cummins Drivetrain and Braking Systems) location at Troy, MI.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Action Oriented: Drive rapid progress by tackling challenges with urgency, energy, and a proactive mindset that keeps facility operations moving forward.
• Communicates Effectively: Deliver clear, audience-specific communication that aligns stakeholders, supports decision-making, and ensures smooth execution across teams.
• Customer Focus: Build strong internal customer relationships and deliver facility solutions that enhance safety, comfort, and operational reliability.
• Directs Work: Provide direction, delegate effectively, and remove barriers so teams can execute maintenance, operations, and emergency-preparedness tasks efficiently.
• Emergency Preparedness: Strengthen site resilience by managing emergency systems, identifying risks, and ensuring the facility is prepared for events like power outages, floods, or fires.
• Environmental Stewardship: Advance sustainability by developing programs that reduce environmental impact and align with recognized stewardship standards.
• Facilities Design & Maintenance: Elevate facility performance by overseeing design, construction, preventive maintenance, and asset-management systems that support long-term reliability.
• Data-Driven Project Leadership: Apply analytics and project-management discipline to optimize operations, guide investment decisions, and ensure projects deliver measurable results.

• Strong Situational Judgment: The ability to make sound, real-time decisions in a dynamic environment, balancing operational needs, safety considerations, and resource constraints without losing momentum.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Skill in partnering with engineering, operations, security, and corporate teams to align priorities, resolve issues quickly, and maintain seamless site performance.
• Continuous Improvement Mindset: A drive to refine processes, enhance maintenance workflows, and identify opportunities to improve reliability, efficiency, and the overall facility experience.
• Clear, Practical Communication: The ability to translate technical, operational, and compliance information into clear guidance for diverse audiences-from skilled trades to leadership-ensuring alignment and smooth execution.

1. Operational Leadership, Team Engagement & Security Oversight Provides hands-on leadership to the maintenance team and onsite security staff, fostering a collaborative, practical, and solutions-oriented work environment that supports safe, secure, and reliable day-to-day operations.
2. Maintenance Planning & Execution Oversees preventive and corrective maintenance activities, ensuring work is prioritized appropriately to minimize operational disruption while maintaining compliance with corporate standards.
3. CMMS & Work Order Management Supports the continued rollout and stabilization of the site's CMMS, ensuring work orders, preventive maintenance tasks, and asset data are maintained accurately and used effectively to support maintenance decision-making.

• Demonstrated experience supervising skilled trades in an operational facilities or manufacturing environment
• Strong working knowledge of building systems and maintenance practices (mechanical, electrical, HVAC, life safety)
• Ability to balance complex compliance requirements with practical, real-world operations
• Proficiency with basic computer systems (email, spreadsheets, work order systems) and comfort working in a structured corporate environment

• Experience using a CMMS platform, preferably IBM Maximo , including work orders, PMs, and asset data
• Previous exposure to capital project coordination and large-scale facility improvements.