Sr. Manager, Maintenance and Automation Controls Engineering

About the position

Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract. As a company, we constantly challenge what's possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations. The Senior Manager - Maintenance position is responsible for providing leadership across several departments and disciplines. The role must focus on implementing standardized processes, driving the development of our RIOS process, and be a key interface between maintenance, engineering, and production.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance teams to reduce MTTR and increase MTBF.
• Implement and drive problem-solving techniques to understand root cause in failure and develop countermeasures from recurrence.
• Lead interface between leadership, maintenance, and engineering.
• Support JPH and OEE improvements, through continuous improvement and project work.
• Work with Reliability & Maintainability to develop improvement strategies.
• Work with EHS to not only ensure compliance is maintained, but to focus on leading metrics.
• Seek predictive and preventative methodology for reduced downtime - and scrub PM plans for optimization of maintenance tasks.
• Interface with manufacturing engineering to ensure all documents (BOM, prints, electrical schematics) are available and linked to maintenance system.
• This position may require working off-shifts, or adjusted hours.

Requirements

• 10+ years of maintenance experience, preferably in automotive or automotive component maintenance.
• 5+ years of experience in a leadership position.
• Solid understanding of management principles such as work scheduling, prioritizing, coaching and performance management required.
• Expert-level experience in the development and implementation of CMMS systems, with an emphasis on new model launch experience.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in problem solving and root cause analysis.
• Familiarity with concepts of reliability and maintainability, and able to develop and lead plant-wide efforts to improve equipment health.
• Demonstrated ability to be an effective leader across multiple levels of an organization.
• Experience building and managing a technical team through effective 1:1s, thoughtful feedback, career growth planning, and performance reviews.

Benefits

• Robust medical/Rx, dental and vision insurance packages for full-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26.
• Coverage is effective on the first day of employment, and Rivian covers most of the premiums.