Maintenance Manager at Products Corporation Crest Hill, IL

Maintenance Manager – Crest Hill, IL Job Description

Rich’s, also known as Rich Products Corporation, is a family‑owned food company dedicated to inspiring possibilities. From cakes and icings to pizza, appetizers and specialty toppings, our products are used in homes, restaurants and bakeries around the world. Beyond great food, our customers also gain insights to help them stay competitive, no matter their size. Our portfolio includes creative solutions geared at helping food industry professionals compete in food service, retail, in‑store bakery, deli, and prepared foods, among others.

Working in 100 locations globally, with annual sales exceeding $4 billion, Rich’s is a global leader with a focus on everything that family makes possible. Rich’s®—Infinite Possibilities. One Family.

Take the lead in powering performance and innovation across our plant operations! As the driving force behind all maintenance and facility functions, you’ll oversee the teams that keep our equipment, buildings, and infrastructure running at peak efficiency. Champion the Preventive Maintenance (PM) Pillar by embedding best‑in‑class processes, building team capabilities, and deploying smart tools that elevate our operational excellence.

You’ll be the go‑to expert for all things technical, mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our plant. Through strategic assessments and health checks, you’ll uncover opportunities for growth and lead the charge in evolving our PM systems. Your vision will guide short‑ and mid‑term departmental plans, while your insights help shape the plant’s long‑term strategy.

This is more than a maintenance role—it’s a leadership opportunity to transform how we operate, innovate, and succeed.

• Supports all TPM processes, events, and activities. Leads the Planned Maintenance Pillar by setting goals, improving maintenance work systems, and becoming an expert in PM Pillar requirements.
• Plans, manages and directs the efforts of maintenance teams to optimize work efficiency and effectiveness. Ensures maximized use of the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) by all maintenance team members.
• Develops, implements and communicates short‑term and mid‑term (1 - 2 years) business plans for the operations, ensuring associates understand the link to the plant’s, division’s and the corporation’s business plans and understand their role in accomplishing these plans. Assists in establishing the longer‑term strategic plans for the plant.
• Develops and monitors the effectiveness of targeted learning programs based on identification of skills and knowledge gaps. Mentors and motivates associates, providing training and development to optimize their performance and personal growth. Communicates performance standards to associates, recognizing and rewarding individual and team accomplishments and counseling performance problems. Ensures all associates have the resources and capabilities to effectively accomplish their responsibilities.
• Directs the analysis of mechanical and operational problems on plant equipment, overseeing the appropriate root cause analysis and implementation of corrective action. Seeks to improve the equipment availability through lengthening time between failures and minimizing time to repair.
• Focuses on extending equipment useful life through preventive and predictive maintenance checks and inspection. Ensures that maintenance work is accurately planned, correctly recorded, and is completed on time.
• Develops, maintains and reports required operational information to management. Analyzes and records cause of production delays on daily production report. Develops maintenance goals and plans to improve the Overall Equipment Effectiveness and Total Effective Equipment Performance for the plant.
• Ensures that plant facilities and grounds are maintained in accordance with relevant regulations, company standards and fiscal consideration. Optimizes contracted and internal service and parts expenses for building and facilities.
• Financial responsibility for maintenance and facility contractor services including…