Maintenance Manager

Overview

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading and optimizing all electrical and mechanical services across the facility. This role ensures safe, reliable, and cost-effective operations by maintaining production equipment, physical plant, utilities, and grounds in compliance with all regulatory and company standards. The Maintenance Manager leads and develops a team of 20 technicians, 3 supervisors, 1 planner/scheduler, and 1 clerk and drives a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and safety throughout the maintenance function.

• Coordinates overall maintenance activities through planning and communication with the Plant Manager to ensure all maintenance objectives are accomplished promptly, cost-effectively, and safely.
• Directs and supervises maintenance technicians across all shifts, ensuring consistent execution of safety, quality, and maintenance standards across a 24-hour operation.
• Develops and controls plans and budgets for the maintenance department; manages department labor spend within budgeted targets to ensure efficient and responsible resource utilization.
• Develops and implements a cost-effective preventive maintenance program to keep production equipment in an efficient and safe operating condition.
• Reviews downtime reports for root cause failures and drives corrective action to reduce recurrence and minimize production impact.
• Leads the Preventive Maintenance pillar and actively participates in Safety, 5S, and other continuous improvement activities across the facility, leveraging Operational Excellence tools to reduce downtime and drive sustainable results.
• Accountable for end-to-end maintenance performance across the facility, including equipment reliability, operational efficiency, and adherence to safety and quality standards.
• Coordinates with outside vendors and internal Marzetti resources on capital projects, repairs, and service contracts to ensure quality work at competitive cost.
• Ensures adequate and cost-effective inventories of supplies, spare parts, maintenance materials, and repair parts are maintained.
• Directs changeovers of equipment and preventive maintenance activities in alignment with production schedules; ensures all maintenance work is properly coordinated with production planning to minimize disruption.
• Collaborates with HRBP to support hiring, onboarding, training, and workforce scheduling for the maintenance team.
• Provides training, direction, development, evaluation, coaching, and leadership to all maintenance team members.
• Maintains close working relationships with all departments and responds to equipment deviations and safety concerns immediately.
• Coordinates with other department managers to ensure alignment across production, purchasing, packaging, and inventory control activities.
• Applies modern management techniques to promote team building and empower technicians to make decisions at the appropriate level.
• Maintains company standards for cleanliness, safety, and productivity throughout the maintenance area.
• Maintains positive employee, corporate, and community relations.
• Develops internal talent by modeling our growth behaviors and creating opportunities for team members to advance within the organization.
• Ensures compliance with all federal, state, and local laws, company policies, OSHA VPP, quality, food safety, 5S, and HACCP programs; assures conformity to all company, customer, and government standards.
• Strive to be a safety solutions leader by maintaining the 200% for safety mindset. Participate in engagement activities, complete required safety training, and aid in identifying hazards within the facility utilizing safety suggestions, incident response program, and other safety programs.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as required by management.

  Supervisory Responsibility:

  Directly oversees a salary team of 3 supervisors and 1 planner/scheduler. These salary leaders oversee 20 union maintenance technicians and 1 salary non-exempt maintenance clerk in a 24-hour manufacturing operation. Supervisory responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, scheduling, performance appraisal, and incident investigation; planning, assigning, and directing work; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and grievances; resolving problems; and interpreting company policies.

• Bachelor's or associate’s degree in engineering or a related field preferred; high school diploma, GED, or equivalent required.
• 7-10 years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment, with a strong background in electrical and mechanical systems; food industry and union experience preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of PLC controls, CMMS or work order management platforms (SAP preferred), and preventive maintenance programs.
• Working knowledge of scheduling, budgets, and production processes.
• Experience with OSHA VPP, workers compensation programs, and safety management in a manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft…