Maintenance Manager

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Richelieu Foods, Inc., a Freiberger Group Company, is a leading supplier of high‑quality food products to the private label and food service industries. The company has two manufacturing centers that produce frozen & deli pizza, and pizza crusts.

We are seeking a Maintenance Manager who will lead our Beaver Dam, Wisconsin plant’s Maintenance team. The key leadership role will contribute to the creation and implementation of a best‑practice maintenance vision, strategy, policies, and processes that drive continuous improvement and employee engagement to achieve operational excellence.

• Drive a safety culture that prioritizes safe work practices and procedures, ensuring all maintenance activities align with regulatory requirements such as OSHA, EPA, USDA, and local building and fire code regulations.
• Lead, coach, and develop an engaged, high‑performing maintenance team (Supervisors, Leads, and Mechanics) that meets agreed objectives, delivers best‑practice results, and values continuous improvement. 1:1 with all People Leaders within the department is required.
• Consistently develop the maintenance system framework and set high standards that deliver rapid and significant performance improvement results.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize predictive, planned, and preventive maintenance procedures.
• Proactively collaborate daily with the manufacturing team to improve overall operations through continuous improvement activities, processes and procedures that drive OEE improvements.
• Implement and manage the company’s Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to drive maintenance improvements in the following areas:
• Tracking downtime losses and monitoring improvement plans.
• Monthly KPI reports on maintenance and reliability metrics.
• Work order tracking to document where hours are being spent.
• Maintenance scheduling to ensure the highest level of departmental coverage.
• Maintaining an adequate spare parts inventory, avoiding stock‑outs.
• Maintaining vendor contact lists and emergency response resources.
• Develop and manage maintenance expense budgets in alignment with corporate and plant budgets and financial goals.
• Overall responsibility for the Process Safety Management (PSM) program. Will partner with Safety and Environmental teams for support and leadership.
• In conjunction with the corporate engineering team, identify capital equipment needs for production equipment and the facility. Contribute maintenance expertise to new business initiatives as needed.
• Communicate and enforce all company, plant, and departmental work rules and policies. Ensure consistency with communication across all shifts within the maintenance department.
• Work closely with the maintenance planner to ensure that work orders are completed in a timely and efficient manner. Provide any support maintenance staff may need to execute the work orders.
• Manage housekeeping and 5S activities to keep the maintenance area clean and organized.
• All other duties as assigned.

• Minimum 5 years of maintenance management, facilities management, or related field experience.
• Minimum 3 years of people leadership experience.
• Working knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems.
• Basic knowledge of programmable logic controllers (PLCs).
• Basic knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM) regulations.
• Experience with internal and external customers and local contractors.
• Proficient user of Microsoft Office suites.
• Knowledge of CMMS systems (Emaint or SAP preferred) or similar software experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• Experience in food manufacturing or consumer goods industry.

• Demonstrated leadership skills in motivating, coaching, and involving concepts such as team building and employee motivation.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to maintain a positive attitude to lead, guide, train and grow the maintenance crew.
• Ability to communicate with cross‑functional teams across all shifts.
• Continuous improvement mindset.
• Capability to manage multiple priorities with a focus on delivery of plant goals and metrics.
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