Maintenance & Engineering Manager

Location: Brundidge, AL (onsite at Southern Classic Food Group, a Trillium Foods company)

Reports to: Plant Manager

Trillium Foods is seeking a Maintenance & Engineering Manager to support the day‑to‑day maintenance, engineering, and expansion activities at our Brundidge, Alabama facility. Our Brundidge site consists of 15 production lines across two production/warehousing facilities plus a third warehouse facility totaling over 400,000 SF of warehouse, production, and office space. Reporting to Plant Leadership, this role is responsible for overseeing maintenance operations, supporting engineering initiatives, improving equipment performance, managing third party contractors and services related to maintenance and expansion projects, and ensuring the safe and efficient operation of manufacturing equipment and facility systems.

This position partners closely with Operations, Quality, Food Safety, Supply Chain, and R&D to support productivity improvements, equipment reliability, and future growth of the facility. Responsibilities include leading preventive and corrective maintenance programs, supporting equipment upgrades and validations, participating in implementation activities and post‑implementation follow‑up, and helping drive operational efficiency across sauces, syrups, and liquid food manufacturing operations. This role will own the site’s asset reliability strategy, utilities operations, maintenance planning and scheduling, food‑safe equipment design, and capital project execution to ensure world‑class safety, quality, service, and cost performance.

The ideal candidate is organized, hands‑on, solutions‑oriented, and thrives in a fast‑paced food manufacturing environment while building strong teams and sustainable processes.

• Lead all plant maintenance activities including preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs
• Develop and execute strategies to improve equipment reliability, uptime, and overall operational efficiency
• Reduce downtime through troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation
• Oversee work order systems, spare parts inventory, PM scheduling, and CMMS utilization
• Ensure all production lines, utilities, and facility systems operate safely and efficiently
• Support maintenance coverage and responsiveness across plant operations
• Support engineering initiatives including equipment upgrades, automation improvements, process enhancements, and facility improvements
• Participate in project implementation activities including equipment startup, validation support, troubleshooting, and post‑implementation follow‑up
• Support productivity improvements, operational efficiency initiatives, and future growth of the facility
• Assist with equipment layout, process flow improvements, and operational optimization
• Support commercialization efforts, plant trials, and new product launches in partnership with Operations and R&D
• Identify opportunities for efficiency improvements, waste reduction, and cost savings
• Lead, coach, and develop maintenance technicians and engineering personnel
• Establish clear expectations, accountability, and performance standards
• Foster a culture focused on safety, urgency, teamwork, ownership, and continuous improvement
• Support technical training and development initiatives for maintenance staff
• Build strong cross‑functional relationships across Operations, Quality, Safety, and Leadership teams

• Ensure compliance with all OSHA, GMP, SQF, HACCP, FDA, environmental, and company safety requirements
• Support internal and external audits and maintain audit‑ready documentation
• Ensure maintenance activities are completed in accordance with food safety and sanitation standards
• Maintain compliance related to utilities, waste disposal, air emissions, facility permits, and fire protection systems
• Lead safety initiatives including LOTO, machine guarding, preventive safety programs, and contractor safety

• Support maintenance and capital budget planning activities
• Track and report KPIs including downtime, OEE, PM completion, maintenance spend, and…