Director of Maintenance

The Opportunity

You’re the kind of person who is always looking to learn. You want to grow into something greater and you’re looking for an employer that encourages and supports your professional development. Mary Anns Baking Company promotes advancement and rewards our employees based on individual performance and merit. Sure you’ll have exposure to the team, but all of our people are accountable for their success.

Competitive and focused, our team is on a mission to deliver excellence. We also know that this can only be accomplished by supporting our employee growth and development. By providing frequent feedback and consistently measuring progress, we’ve discovered the recipe for success that’s delivered year over year growth since our first year of business. This is a culture of winning.

At Mary Anns Baking Company we breed winners.

Overview

The Director of Maintenance is a senior leadership role responsible for developing and executing the comprehensive maintenance and reliability strategy for our food manufacturing facility. This individual will provide strategic direction and hands‑on leadership to the entire maintenance team, fostering a culture of accountability, safety, and continuous improvement. The Director is ultimately responsible for maximizing equipment reliability and uptime through world‑class preventative maintenance programs, effective project management, and robust team development.

This role is critical to ensuring operational excellence, workplace safety, and compliance with all food safety regulations.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Team Development:

Lead, mentor, and develop a high‑performing maintenance team, including supervisors, planners, and technicians.

Champion a culture of ownership and accountability, setting clear performance expectations and holding the team responsible for meeting departmental goals.

Implement robust training and development programs to enhance the technical skills and leadership capabilities of the maintenance team.

Oversee all aspects of team management, including hiring, performance reviews, and succession planning.

Preventative Maintenance & Equipment Reliability:

Design, implement, and optimize a comprehensive preventative maintenance (PM) and predictive maintenance (PdM) program to significantly improve equipment reliability and reduce unplanned downtime.

Utilize a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to its full potential for work order management, asset tracking, and generating key performance indicators (KPIs) like MTBF and MTTR.

Drive a proactive, data‑driven approach to maintenance, analyzing equipment performance data to identify and address the root causes of failures.

Take full responsibility for the operational uptime and overall reliability of all plant equipment and utility systems.

Project Management:

Lead all maintenance and engineering projects, from initial concept and scope definition to budgeting, installation, and commissioning.

Manage capital expenditure (Cap Ex) projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and meet all performance and safety specifications.

Coordinate effectively with cross‑functional teams, external vendors, and contractors to ensure seamless project execution with minimal disruption to production.

Workplace Safety & Food Manufacturing Compliance:

Act as the primary champion for workplace safety within the maintenance department, ensuring strict compliance with all OSHA, LOTO, and company safety policies.

Guarantee that all maintenance activities are performed in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), HACCP, and food safety standards SQF, BRC).

Assume full responsibility for the safety of the maintenance team, conducting regular safety audits, training, and incident investigations.

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.

Minimum of 7‑10 years of maintenance management experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role within a food and beverage manufacturing environment.

Proven track record of developing and implementing successful preventative maintenance and equipment…