Maintenance Manager

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Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey !

The
Maintenance Manager
is responsible for leading all maintenance operations across multi-shift food production lines for the Mooresville facility. This role ensures equipment reliability, adherence to preventive and predictive maintenance schedules, and compliance with food safety and regulatory standards. The Maintenance Manager will assemble, motivate and manage a high-performance team, drive continuous improvement initiatives, manage business-sustaining capital projects, and foster a culture of safety, accountability, and technical excellence.

• Promote a culture of safety, ownership, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Lead departmental safety and ensure compliance with GMPs, OSHA, EPA, and all relevant food safety standards (FDA, NSF, Organic, Halal, Kosher).
• Conduct regular safety and environmental audits.

• Develop and implement proactive maintenance strategies and schedules (using SAP, CMMS, Upkeep CMMS) to maximize equipment reliability and OEE.
• Assign and prioritize workloads for maintenance and facilities personnel.
• Oversee preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external contractors to ensure timely, quality service.
• Oversee spare parts inventory, procurement, vendor negotiations, and manage contracts for building maintenance services (HVAC, compressed air, electrical, landscaping, snow removal, building shell).
• Hire and schedule subcontractors for specialized maintenance work and approve maintenance contracts.

• Provide technical support for troubleshooting, root cause analysis (RCA), and process optimization to reduce downtime.
• Use metrics to assess and drive improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate closely with Operations to align maintenance activities with production goals.
• Support capital projects, equipment upgrades, and prepare/manage departmental budgets, including capital forecasts and cost control.

• Respond to facility issues and emergencies on a 24/7 basis.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field. Equivalent experience may be considered.
• At least 5 years of relevant maintenance leadership experience, preferably in a food or nutraceutical production environment.
• Strong knowledge of high voltage multi-phase electrical systems troubleshooting.
• Experience in food processing and packaging equipment and processes.
• Experience with HVAC, alarms & surveillance, fire systems, electrical service and distribution systems.
• Working knowledge of GMP’s, OSHA, Electrical Safety, Food Safety (FDA, SQF, NSF), and Building Code regulations.
• Experience with computerized predictive/preventative maintenance program, work order generation/logging and provide trend information.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, high intensity environment.
• Ability to read and understand control logic, P&IDs and other technical material pertinent to automated packaging equipment.

This opportunity will be based on site at our facility in
Springfield, MO.

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health & dental plan, competitive salary, 401K.

Glanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions:
Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 countries worldwide.

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together.

We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.