Maintenance Manager

Location: Farmingdale and Amityville, New York (On-Site)

Pay: From $100,000 per year

L&S Packing Company is seeking an experienced, hands‑on Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance and reliability across our two Long Island manufacturing facilities. This position is responsible for leading the maintenance team, improving equipment reliability, managing preventive maintenance programs, overseeing repairs and projects, maintaining regulatory compliance, and controlling maintenance‑related spending.

This is not strictly an administrative position. The Maintenance Manager must be comfortable working directly with equipment, leading complex troubleshooting, reading prints and manuals, identifying and sourcing components, and ensuring critical issues are resolved effectively.

A key initial priority will be establishing and driving consistent use of our newly implemented Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), including equipment and parts data, preventive maintenance programs, work‑order standards, and maintenance reporting.

• Lead, schedule, coach, and develop maintenance technicians and mechanics supporting multiple shifts and two facilities.
• Establish daily and weekly priorities based on safety, production needs, equipment criticality, labor, and parts availability.
• Set clear expectations for workmanship, attendance, documentation, housekeeping, shift handoffs, and communication.
• Evaluate team performance, identify skill gaps, provide technical coaching and cross‑training, and address performance concerns in coordination with HR.
• Maintain appropriate shift and emergency coverage and ensure open repairs and production risks are communicated effectively.

• Lead the implementation and ongoing administration of the maintenance department's CMMS.
• Maintain accurate equipment records, asset hierarchy, preventive maintenance schedules, parts information, manuals, drawings, and equipment history.
• Establish effective work‑order standards, priorities, scheduling, downtime reporting, and closeout procedures.
• Develop and continuously improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs for production equipment, utilities, buildings, and safety systems.
• Use CMMS reporting to manage PM completion, maintenance backlog, recurring failures, equipment history, parts usage, and maintenance performance.

• Provide hands‑on technical leadership during complex or high‑impact equipment failures involving mechanical, electrical, controls, pneumatic, hydraulic, refrigeration, boiler, steam, and facility systems.
• Troubleshoot automated production and packaging equipment, including batching and cooking systems, pumps, mixers, fillers, cappers, conveyors, coding and labeling equipment, and related utilities.
• Lead root‑cause analysis for significant breakdowns and recurring problems and ensure corrective actions are completed and effective.
• Maintain accurate electrical and mechanical drawings, equipment documentation, control‑system backups, and records of equipment changes.
• Partner with Production and Quality during equipment startup and turnover to ensure repairs meet safety, quality, and performance expectations.
• Identify, research, cross‑reference, and source mechanical, electrical, controls, and facility components, including obsolete and long‑lead parts.
• Develop and maintain a critical spare‑parts program based on equipment risk, failure history, lead time, and cost.
• Maintain accurate parts inventory and storeroom records.
• Build strong relationships with manufacturers, distributors, repair services, and technical contractors.
• Obtain and compare quotations, coordinate contractor work, and ensure outside work meets company expectations.

• Ensure maintenance activities comply with OSHA requirements, company safety policies, LOTO, machine guarding, electrical safety, and other applicable requirements.
• Ensure repairs meet cGMP, sanitary design, food safety, allergen control, foreign‑material, and sanitation standards.
• Maintain accurate, audit‑ready maintenance,…