Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager – Food Manufacturing

Location: Texas/Houston

Salary: $120,000 – $150,000 + Bonus

Industry: Food Manufacturing / Food & Beverage / CPG

A leading food manufacturing operation is looking to appoint an experienced Maintenance Manager to take ownership of the maintenance and reliability function at a high-volume manufacturing facility in Texas.

This is a senior site-level leadership position for someone who can lead a maintenance team, improve plant reliability and work closely with Operations and Engineering to drive measurable improvements in uptime, efficiency and equipment performance.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in food, beverage, CPG or other high-volume manufacturing environments and be comfortable operating in a fast-paced production facility.

• Lead, develop and manage the site's maintenance team.
• Own the site's preventative and predictive maintenance strategy.
• Drive improvements in equipment reliability, uptime and OEE.
• Reduce unplanned downtime through effective root-cause analysis and corrective action.
• Manage maintenance budgets, contractors, spare parts and resources.
• Partner closely with Production and Operations leadership to prioritise maintenance activity.
• Support CAPEX projects, equipment installations and plant improvements.
• Develop and implement maintenance KPIs and performance measures.
• Build a proactive maintenance culture across the facility.
• Coach and develop maintenance technicians and supervisors.
• Ensure all maintenance activity meets company safety, quality and regulatory requirements.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement across plant maintenance and reliability.

• 7+ years of maintenance or engineering experience within manufacturing.
• Previous experience managing a maintenance team within a manufacturing facility.
• Food, beverage, CPG, dairy, meat, bakery, ingredients or similar manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
• Strong mechanical and electrical maintenance knowledge.
• Experience with PLCs, VFDs, conveyors, packaging equipment, pneumatics and hydraulics.
• Strong understanding of preventative and predictive maintenance programmes.
• Experience managing maintenance budgets and external contractors.
• Proven track record of improving equipment reliability and reducing downtime.
• Strong leadership, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related discipline is preferred but not essential where relevant experience is strong.

$120,000 – $150,000 base salary + annual bonus

Additional benefits include a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare, 401(k), PTO and other company benefits.

This is an opportunity to take genuine ownership of a site's maintenance and reliability function and have a direct impact on plant performance.

You'll have the autonomy to lead your team, implement improvements, influence CAPEX decisions and work closely with senior site leadership to build a more proactive and reliable manufacturing operation.

If you're an experienced Maintenance Manager, Engineering Manager, Reliability Manager or Maintenance Leader within food manufacturing and you're open to exploring a move in Texas, I'd like to hear from you.