Maintenance Manager

Location: Vernon

Maintenance Manager - Meat Grinding Operations

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Jamal Elkhateib
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Salary: $100,000 - $135,000 per hour

A bit about us:

Well established Food Manufacturing company and leading provider of poultry and meat solutions throughout California, the Pacific Northwest, Arizona, Texas, Nevada and New Mexico. Built with two principles in mind: make a quality product and provide the best customer service possible. The Company's management and employees are committed to these principles daily.

Why join us?

• Annual bonus
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k

Job Details

We are seeking a Maintenance Manager with hands-on leadership experience supporting meat grinding and further-processing operations. This role is critical to ensuring maximum equipment uptime, food safety compliance, and preventive maintenance excellence in a fast-paced, USDA-regulated protein manufacturing environment.

The ideal candidate brings deep familiarity with grinders, blenders, conveyors, packaging equipment, and sanitation-driven maintenance practices and understands the unique demands of maintaining equipment used in raw meat and ground beef production.

Key Responsibilities
Maintenance Leadership & Reliability

Lead all maintenance activities supporting meat grinding, raw processing, and packaging operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant equipment performance
Own uptime and reliability for grinders, augers, mixers, conveyors, pumps, packaging lines, and supporting utilities
Develop, execute, and continuously improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs to minimize downtime during production and sanitation windows
Troubleshoot and resolve mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic failures in high-speed production environments

Food Safety & Regulatory Compliance

Ensure all maintenance activities comply with USDA/FSIS, HACCP, GMP, and sanitation standards, particularly in areas supporting ground meat operations
Partner closely with Quality Assurance and Sanitation teams to ensure maintenance work does not compromise food safety or product integrity
Support internal and external audits, inspections, and corrective actions related to maintenance and equipment sanitation

Team Leadership & Development

Lead, train, and develop a team of maintenance supervisors and technicians
Set clear performance expectations, conduct evaluations, and build bench strength within the maintenance organization
Coordinate maintenance coverage to support multi-shift and weekend production schedules

Planning, CMMS & Continuous Improvement

Utilize CMMS to plan, schedule, and track work orders, PM compliance, and parts usage
Manage spare parts inventory and maintenance budgets with a focus on cost control and uptime optimization
Analyze downtime trends and drive continuous improvement initiatives across grinding and processing operations
Support capital projects, equipment installations, line upgrades, and facility improvements

Required Qualifications

5+ years of maintenance leadership experience in meat, protein, or food manufacturing environments
Direct experience supporting meat grinding or raw meat processing operations is required
Strong working knowledge of USDA/FSIS regulations, HACCP, GMPs, and sanitation-driven maintenance practices
Proven experience in maintaining and troubleshooting industrial meat processing equipment
Hands-on leadership style with the ability to work cross-functionally with Operations, QA, and Sanitation

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Maintenance, or a related field (or equivalent hands-on experience)
Experience in high-volume ground beef or further-processing facilities
CMMS implementation or optimization experience
Bilingual (English/Spanish) strongly preferred

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