Maintenance Manager

A growing manufacturing facility is seeking a hands-on Maintenance Manager to lead plant maintenance operations, improve equipment reliability, and support a fast-paced production environment.

This role is best suited for someone who can lead technicians, prioritize downtime issues, improve preventative maintenance execution, and drive accountability while remaining highly engaged with plant operations.

The ideal candidate will bring strong leadership, troubleshooting ability, and experience working within regulated industrial manufacturing environments.

Key Responsibilities Lead and supervise maintenance technicians across daily plant operations

Manage preventative maintenance programs, work orders, and equipment reliability initiatives

Coordinate labor scheduling, technician assignments, and weekly payroll approvals

Support production by minimizing downtime and responding to equipment failures with urgency

Troubleshoot and support mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and controls-related equipment issues

Improve PM effectiveness, spare parts organization, and maintenance documentation

Work closely with operations and quality teams to improve overall plant performance

Drive root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives

Manage outside vendors, contractors, and OEM relationships

Participate in capital projects, equipment upgrades, and facility improvement initiatives

Ensure compliance with OSHA, safety, and regulatory requirements

Support and maintain PSM-related programs and procedures

Oversee ammonia refrigeration maintenance activities and contractor coordination

Develop and mentor maintenance personnel while building accountability within the department

Qualifications

Previous maintenance leadership experience within manufacturing, food production, chemical, or industrial processing environments

Experience working around ammonia refrigeration systems

Working knowledge of PSM (Process Safety Management) programs and compliance requirements

Strong troubleshooting background in industrial equipment and plant systems

Experience leading maintenance teams in a fast-paced production environment

Knowledge of preventative maintenance systems, inventory/spare parts management, and maintenance planning

Experience with conveyors, packaging equipment, motors, drives, pneumatics, hydraulics, and automated systems preferred

Ability to communicate effectively with both plant leadership and maintenance personnel

Schedule

Monday-Friday

Typical schedule:

8am-5pm
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