# Sr. Manager, Maintenance & Reliability at VULCAN ELEMENTS

- Company: VULCAN ELEMENTS
- What the company does: Manufacturing rare earth magnets for a secure, resilient future. Backed by Space Capital.
- Company website: https://vulcanelements.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Benson, NC
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-14
- Apply by: 2026-10-29
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/vulcanelements/jobs/5423445008
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/vulcan-elements-sr-manager-maintenance-and-reliability/

## About the role

This role establishes the maintenance program, work management system, CMMS and ERP platforms, spare parts strategy and reliability practices do not yet exist. The Senior Manager designs and deploys them ahead of startup, then leads the organization that runs them.

## What they're looking for

- Design and document the maintenance management system: work management process, roles and decision rights, performance standards and governance
- Establish the work identification-through-closeout workflow — notification, prioritization, planning, kitting, scheduling, execution and closeout — and the discipline behind each step
- Define maintenance strategy by asset class, grounded in criticality rather than habit
- Build the performance framework: PM and schedule compliance, wrench time, backlog health, emergency work ratio, MTBF/MTTR and maintenance cost per unit produced
- Own Mechanical Integrity for PSM-covered equipment with EHS and the PSM Manager — inspection and test plans, deficiency management and audit-ready evidence
- CMMS configuration: Lead platform selection and functional configuration — work order types and priorities, approval workflow, planning and scheduling, permit linkage and mobile execution

Tags: Commercial Manufacturing