Maintenance Manager

Reference: PR/606686_A growing food manufacturer is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead all maintenance and reliability activities for a large production facility in Carol Stream, IL. This role is responsible for developing the maintenance team, improving equipment reliability, managing preventive and predictive maintenance programs, and ensuring production assets operate safely and efficiently.

Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Maintenance Manager will oversee a sizeable maintenance team and play a key role in driving uptime, continuous improvement, and operational performance.

Key Responsibilities Lead, coach, and develop maintenance supervisors, technicians, and support staff.

Manage all maintenance operations, including preventive and predictive maintenance programs.

Oversee CMMS/EAM systems, work order management, and maintenance planning activities.

Establish, monitor, and improve maintenance KPIs and department performance metrics.

Manage spare parts inventory and critical equipment replacement strategies.

Partner with Operations, Quality, and Leadership teams to improve equipment reliability and plant performance.

Develop and maintain maintenance procedures, standards, and best practices.

Support capital projects, equipment upgrades, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Ensure compliance with OSHA, GMP, food safety, and sanitation requirements.

Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Engineering, a technical discipline, or equivalent maintenance leadership experience preferred.
5+ years of maintenance leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.

Strong background in preventive, predictive, and reliability-based maintenance.

Experience with CMMS/EAM systems and maintenance planning processes.

Knowledge of OSHA regulations and manufacturing safety programs.

Multi-craft maintenance experience; exposure to PLCs and automation systems is a plus.

Strong leadership, communication, and employee development skills.

Preferred Experience Food, beverage, pharmaceutical, or other regulated manufacturing industries.

Ammonia refrigeration system exposure or support experience.

Reliability-centered maintenance and continuous improvement initiatives.

SAP, EAM, or similar maintenance management systems.

Opportunity Highlights Lead a large maintenance organization with direct impact on plant performance.

High-visibility role reporting directly to plant leadership.

Opportunity to drive reliability improvements, develop team capabilities, and influence long-term maintenance strategy.

Food manufacturing environment with strong focus on safety, quality, and operational excellence.