Maintenance Manager – Dairy Manufacturing

Maintenance Manager – Dairy Manufacturing

Albany, New York Direct Hire $100000 /

Albany, NY| $100,000-$120,000 Base + 10% Bonus
Monday-Friday | 1st Shift
Sign-On Bonus Available
Relocation Assistance Available

About the Opportunity

We’re partnering with a large, established manufacturer that is hiring a Maintenance Manager due to continued growth.

This role leads a 13-person maintenance organization and is focused on improving equipment reliability, reducing downtime, strengthening preventive maintenance, and building a more proactive maintenance operation.

Preferred leadership experience in dairy, milk, cheese, or closely related dairy processing manufacturing.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead 2 Maintenance Supervisors, 1 Parts Manager, and the maintenance team
• Improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs
• Reduce equipment downtime and recurring breakdowns
• Strengthen CMMS, MRO, spare parts, and maintenance planning
• Improve equipment reliability, safety, quality, and efficiency
• Lead maintenance scheduling and planned shutdown activities
• Support equipment upgrades and smaller capital projects
• Coach, develop, and hold maintenance employees accountable
• Partner with production, engineering, sanitation, and plant leadership
• Participate in on-call coverage as needed

What They’re Looking For

• Dairy, milk, or cheese manufacturing experience highly preferred
• 5+ years of industrial maintenance experience
• Ideally 7-9 years of maintenance experience
• Maintenance management or supervisory experience
• Experience leading maintenance teams in a dairy processing plant
• Strong knowledge of preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, and equipment reliability
• Experience with CMMS systems, MRO, spare parts, and maintenance planning
• Experience reducing downtime and improving equipment performance
• Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting knowledge
• Experience implementing maintenance process improvements and change
• SAP experience preferred
• Food safety, GMP, OSHA, and sanitation knowledge

Why You’ll Want This Role

• 10% annual bonus
• Position open due to growth
• Lead a 13-person maintenance organization
• Opportunity to improve and rebuild maintenance processes
• High visibility with plant leadership
• Stable dairy manufacturing environment
• Strong opportunity to make a measurable impact on reliability and downtime

Schedule

• Monday-Friday
• 1st shift
• Occasional off-hours/weekends as needed
• Part of the maintenance on-call rotation

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Published: 9/17/2026

Type:
Direct Hire

Location:

Albany, New York

Category:
Distribution

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