Senior Maintenance Director

We are seeking an accomplished Senior Maintenance Director to provide strategic leadership and direction for maintenance, engineering, asset reliability, automation, and capital improvement initiatives within a high-volume manufacturing environment.

This senior leadership role is responsible for developing and executing strategies that maximize equipment reliability, enhance operational performance, optimize maintenance expenditures, and ensure the long-term effectiveness of plant assets and infrastructure.

The Senior Director will partner closely with plant and corporate leadership to drive operational excellence, modernize manufacturing capabilities, advance automation technologies, and deliver sustainable improvements in productivity, reliability, safety, and cost performance.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of progressive experience in maintenance, engineering, reliability, and manufacturing leadership, preferably within food and beverage, beverage bottling, CPG, packaging, or other high-volume manufacturing environments. This individual combines strong technical expertise with strategic vision, financial acumen, and a proven ability to develop high-performing teams and deliver measurable business results.

• Develop and execute comprehensive maintenance and reliability strategies to maximize equipment uptime, asset performance, and overall operational efficiency.
• Establish and continuously improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs, reliability standards, and performance metrics.
• Lead initiatives to reduce unplanned downtime, improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), and extend equipment lifecycle.
• Implement best practices for asset management, maintenance planning, scheduling, and continuous improvement.
• Utilize reliability data, performance analytics, and root cause analysis to identify opportunities and drive sustainable improvements.
• Establish maintenance standards and accountability systems that support long-term equipment reliability and operational performance.
• Direct maintenance operating budgets and capital expenditure planning, ensuring effective resource allocation and financial accountability.
• Identify opportunities to reduce maintenance costs, improve labor productivity, and optimize equipment and resource utilization.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) related to maintenance costs, equipment reliability, downtime, and operational performance.
• Partner with Operations, Finance, and senior leadership to align maintenance and engineering priorities with plant performance goals.
• Develop business cases and financial justifications for capital investments, equipment upgrades, and process improvements.
• Balance cost optimization with equipment reliability, production requirements, and long-term asset performance.

• Provide strategic direction, leadership, and mentorship to maintenance, engineering, reliability, and technical teams.
• Build a high-performance culture centered on accountability, collaboration, technical development, and continuous improvement.
• Establish organizational structures, performance expectations, and talent development strategies to support long-term operational success.
• Develop technical capabilities, leadership pipelines, and succession plans to strengthen the maintenance and engineering organization.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration with Operations, Quality, Safety, Finance, and corporate leadership.
• Align maintenance and engineering strategies with broader manufacturing objectives and business priorities.

• Ensure all maintenance and engineering activities comply with applicable safety,…