Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager
Phoenix, Arizona
Relocation Available

Gregory Packaging, a third-generation, family-owned leader in aseptic and frozen juice manufacturing, is seeking a hands-on Maintenance Manager to oversee maintenance and reliability at one of our state-of-the-art facilities. This role is ideal for someone passionate about developing teams, driving continuous improvement, and building a proactive maintenance culture that prioritizes equipment reliability and operational excellence. As a Maintenance Manager, you will play a key role in reducing downtime, optimizing maintenance processes, and ensuring our facility operates at peak performance.

Gregory Packaging offers a stable, growth-oriented environment with ongoing investments in automation, facilities, and people, making it an excellent place to advance your career.

• Lead, coach, and develop the maintenance team to foster a proactive and accountable maintenance culture.
• Drive improvements in equipment reliability by minimizing recurring failures and unplanned downtime.
• Develop, manage, and enhance preventative maintenance programs to ensure optimal equipment performance.
• Utilize Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) to address and eliminate repeat equipment failures.
• Oversee the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for accurate work order management, labor tracking, and maintenance history.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues involving mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, automation, and process control systems.
• Support and maintain Allen-Bradley PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, and other industrial automation systems.
• Manage maintenance budgets, spare parts inventory, and vendor relationships to control costs and ensure equipment reliability.
• Lead capital improvement projects, equipment installations, and coordinate contractor activities.
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Quality, and Safety teams to enhance overall plant performance.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and audit-ready facility in compliance with company and regulatory standards.

• Proven maintenance leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in food or beverage manufacturing preferred.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and automation systems.
• Hands‑on experience with Allen‑Bradley PLCs and industrial controls.
• Proficiency in managing a CMMS.
• Solid understanding of preventative maintenance, reliability, and root cause analysis methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects, manage vendors, and develop maintenance teams.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Willingness to work flexible hours and respond to plant emergencies as needed.

• Weekly Pay
• Competitive Salary
• Bonus Opportunity
• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Career Growth Opportunities
• Relocation Assistance (when applicable)

Success in this role is measured by your ability to prevent breakdowns, not just fix them. Within your first year, you will be expected to:

• Reduce reactive maintenance so that unplanned work accounts for 15% or less of total maintenance labor by strengthening planning, scheduling, and preventative maintenance.
• Increase equipment uptime and improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) across processing, filling, and packaging operations.
• Maintain maintenance labor utilization of 90% or greater while shifting the team's focus from reactive repairs to planned work.
• Achieve and sustain 95%+ on-time preventative maintenance completion.
• Establish strong CMMS discipline with 95%+ work-order accuracy, including complete labor, parts, and failure reporting with timely close-out.
• Improve spare parts management by maintaining 98%+ inventory accuracy, reducing inventory shrink, optimizing min/max levels, and lowering spare parts consumption through improved equipment reliability.
• Develop a highly skilled maintenance team through structured training and cross-training while reducing dependence on outside contractors for routine maintenance.
• Implement permanent corrective actions