Sr. Maintenance and Facilities Manager

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Date: Jul 10, 2026

Location: Loves Park, IL, US, 61111

• Ensures all maintenance activities comply with OSHA, environmental regulations, building codes, internal safety policies, GMP, HACCP, and food safety requirements.
• Leads development and enforcement of critical safety programs, including LOTO, confined space, hot work, and contractor safety compliance.
• Partners with QA and EHS to ensure equipment, maintenance practices, and facility conditions support sanitation, allergen control, contamination prevention, and regulatory compliance.
• Conducts safety audits, risk assessments, incident investigations, and corrective action follow‑up while promoting a culture of hazard identification and continuous improvement.
• Oversees maintenance execution for all production equipment to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations.
• Prioritizes maintenance work orders based on production requirements and asset criticality.
• Leads troubleshooting and resolution of chronic equipment issues using structured problem‑solving and reliability tools.
• Ensures preventive, predictive, and condition‑based maintenance programs are optimized and consistently executed.
• Coordinates maintenance support during startups, changeovers, and shutdowns to minimize downtime and maximize performance.
• Maintains accurate maintenance documentation, asset data, BOMs, and procedures within the CMMS/EAM system.
• Owns maintenance and reliability of facility infrastructure, including HVAC, electrical systems, compressed air, water systems, fire protection, buildings, and grounds.
• Ensures facility systems operate within environmental, safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Manages contractors and service providers supporting facility, utility, and infrastructure systems.
• Develops long‑term plans for facility upgrades, utility capacity, infrastructure improvements, and asset reliability.
• Leads implementation and governance of Progressive Maintenance standards across production and facilities.
• Drives defect elimination, equipment hardening, loss reduction, and reliability improvement initiatives.
• Partners with operations to sustain autonomous maintenance practices, operator care, inspections, and early issue detection.
• Conducts PM audits, tracks maturity progression, and develops training programs to build maintenance and operational capabilities.
• Ensures effective maintenance planning and scheduling to maximize labor efficiency and equipment uptime.
• Oversees spare parts strategy, inventory accuracy, and critical spare parts management.
• Reviews backlog, PM compliance, work execution, and reliability metrics to drive continuous improvement.
• Leads, mentors, and develops maintenance supervisors, planners, and technicians while fostering a high‑performance culture.
• Aligns staffing, training, and skill development with current and future operational needs.
• Promotes collaboration among Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, QA, and EHS teams.
• Develops and manages maintenance budgets, including labor, parts, contractors, and capital expenditures.
• Leads asset lifecycle planning, equipment replacement strategies, reliability improvements, and capital project justification.
• Oversees maintenance‑related capital projects to ensure scope, schedule, and cost objectives are achieved.
• Uses KPIs, reliability analytics, and performance data to guide investment decisions and improve operational performance.

• 10+ year of experience in maintenance or other relevant manufacturing operation
• Engineering degree or equivalent is preferred
• Comprehensive understanding of maintenance and reliability engineering principles, including preventive, predictive and condition based maintenance
• Deep knowledge of industrial equipment, utilities, building systems and facility infrastructure (HVAC, Electrical Distribution, compressed air, chillers, cogenerators, fire protection, air handling units, etc)
• Expertise in Progressive Maintenance Pillar Methodologies, including standards development, defect elimination and autonomous maintenance enablement
• Strong understanding of root‑cause…