Plant Reliability & Maintenance Leader

Position Summary:

The Plant Engineering & Maintenance Manager is responsible for providing strategic leadership for the plant's engineering, maintenance, reliability, asset management, and capital project functions. This position oversees the Maintenance Manager and Maintenance Planner and is accountable for ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient operation of all production equipment, utilities, and facility infrastructure.

The Plant Engineering & Maintenance Manager develops and executes engineering strategies, maintenance programs, reliability initiatives, and capital improvement projects that maximize equipment performance, minimize downtime, and support production, quality, safety, and financial objectives. As a member of the Plant Leadership Team, this role drives continuous improvement and operational excellence throughout the facility.

Leadership:

• Provide leadership, coaching, and development for the Maintenance Manager and Maintenance Planner.
• Establish maintenance and engineering goals aligned with business objectives.
• Develop department budgets, staffing plans, and succession plans.
• Promote a culture of safety, accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

Engineering & Reliability

• Develop and execute engineering and equipment reliability strategies.
• Oversee preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance programs.
• Lead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and corrective action implementation.
• Improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), equipment uptime, MTBF, MTTR, and PM compliance.
• Manage CMMS utilization and asset lifecycle planning.

Capital Projects

• Develop and manage annual capital projects.
• Lead equipment installations, line improvements, automation projects, and facility upgrades.
• Manage contractors, engineering firms, and equipment vendors.
• Ensure projects are completed safely, on time, and within budget.

Operations Support

• Partner with Operations, Quality, Safety, Supply Chain, and Finance to improve plant performance.
• Reduce downtime and improve manufacturing efficiency.
• Support new product introductions and equipment commissioning.
• Drive Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives.

Compliance

• Ensure maintenance documentation and engineering records are maintained.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, FDA, GMP, environmental regulations, and company policies.
• Support food safety and quality programs.

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Manufacturing, Chemical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 7 years of engineering and/or maintenance leadership experience in manufacturing.
• Minimum of 5 years leading maintenance and engineering teams.
• Experience with CMMS systems, reliability engineering, preventive and predictive maintenance, and capital project management.
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and analytical skills.
• Must be able to speak, read, and write English proficiently.
• Beverage or food manufacturing experience.
• Experience with high-speed bottling, packaging, and processing equipment.
• CMRP, Lean Six Sigma, or Project Management certification.
• Experience with SAP PM, Maximo, or similar CMMS.

• Maintenance Managers
• Maintenance Planners

• Maintenance Lead Mechanics
• Maintenance Mechanics
• Contractors and Service Providers

• Equipment Uptime
• Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
• PM Compliance
• MTBF / MTTR
• Maintenance Cost Performance
• Downtime Reduction
• Capital Project Delivery
• Safety Performance
• Continuous Improvement Results

• Frequent work near heat, noise, gas, and chemicals.
• Frequent lifting (up to 50 lbs) and activities including climbing, standing, walking, crouching, squatting, bending, and kneeling.
• Regular exposure to machinery and production equipment.
• Must follow all safety, hygiene, and company compliance protocols.