Maintenance Manager

Compensation: $150,000–$160,000 base salary, depending on experience

An established manufacturing operation is seeking an experienced Maintenance Manager to lead plant-wide maintenance, equipment reliability, and technical improvement initiatives. This is a site-level leadership opportunity for a hands-on maintenance professional who can develop a strong team, improve equipment performance, and support a highly automated production environment.

Industrial ammonia refrigeration experience is a key requirement for this position.

• Lead maintenance operations across multiple shifts, including supervisors, technicians, mechanics, and other technical personnel.
• Oversee the operation, maintenance, and reliability of industrial ammonia refrigeration systems, including related safety practices and regulatory compliance.
• Develop and strengthen preventive and predictive maintenance programs to reduce unplanned downtime, improve equipment performance, and increase asset reliability.
• Drive Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), continuous improvement, root cause analysis, and corrective action initiatives.
• Manage maintenance budgets, labor costs, spare parts inventory, purchasing, outside contractors, and service providers.
• Establish maintenance priorities, work schedules, equipment standards, and performance metrics aligned with production requirements.
• Lead equipment upgrades, capital improvement projects, installations, and facility maintenance initiatives.
• Develop and coach maintenance personnel, build accountability, and strengthen the technical capabilities of the department.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, and site leadership to improve productivity, reliability, safety, and overall plant performance.

• Bachelor's degree required; engineering degree preferred.
• Minimum of five years of manufacturing operations management experience, with demonstrated responsibility for maintenance activities and personnel.
• Experience with industrial ammonia refrigeration systems is required
  , including maintenance, troubleshooting, or oversight of refrigeration operations.
• Strong understanding of preventive and predictive maintenance, equipment reliability, and industrial maintenance practices.
• TPM knowledge and experience driving structured reliability improvements highly preferred.
• Experience managing maintenance budgets, capital projects, contractors, and multi-shift teams.
• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to support a flexible schedule based on plant operating requirements.

• This is an on-site, plant-level leadership role in Mississippi. Relocation assistance may be considered for a qualified candidate.