Maintenance Project Manager

Maintenance Project Manager – IQF Herb Processing PlantFLSA Classification Exempt Reports  to Director of Operations & Quality Salary Grade/Level/Family/Range$ - $Date Sept 2026

JOB DESCRIPTION About Sup Herb Farms For over 30 years, Sup Herb Farms has provided fresh-from-the-garden flavor and innovative product formats for food service operators and food manufactures. We offer our clients on-trend specialty IQF vegetable and herbs, purees and clean-label culinary pastes that bring crave-ability to life on menus and in food products. Flavor is not just what we do, it is who we are.

Position Summary The Maintenance Project Manager is responsible for planning, managing, and executing maintenance, reliability of facility, equipment, automation, utility, and capital-improvement projects at Sup Herb Farms processing.

The position requires a combination of project-management expertise and direct understanding of industrial Ammonia refrigeration and food-processing equipment, IQF freezing systems, automation, utilities, and hygienic equipment design.

The Maintenance Project Manager will lead projects from initial concept and feasibility through engineering, budgeting, procurement, installation, commissioning, validation, and final handover to Operations and Maintenance.

The position is also responsible for identifying opportunities to improve equipment reliability, reduce downtime, increase production capacity, improve energy efficiency, and reduce maintenance costs.

Key Responsibilities Maintenance & Reliability Develop and manage preventive, predictive, and corrective Maintenance Projects.

Identify equipment reliability issues and develop projects to eliminate recurring failures and production  conjunction with Maintenance Manager analyzes equipment breakdowns, maintenance history, downtime data, and root-cause analysis findings.

Develop and implement reliability improvement programs for critical processing and packaging equipment.

Coordinate in conjunction with Maintenance Manager major equipment repairs, rebuilds, overhauls, upgrades, and replacements.

Establish equipment criticality assessments and prioritize maintenance projects based on safety, food safety, production impact, reliability, and cost.

Support development and improvement of the plant's CMMS maintenance program.

Coordinate planned shutdowns and major maintenance outages.

Manage projects involving equipment such as:

Herb receiving, washing, blanching, automation and inspection systems.

Conveyors, feeders, hoppers, and product handling systems.

IQF freezing systems and associated refrigeration equipment and tunnel freezers.

Refrigeration compressors, condensers, evaporators, pumps, and controls.

Frozen product storage and material-handling systems.

Weighing, filling, bagging, sealing, labeling, metal detection, check weighing, and packaging equipment.

Case packing, palletizing, and conveying systems.

Compressed air, steam, hot water, chilled water, process water, and other plant utilities.

Capital & Engineering Projects Lead capital maintenance and engineering projects from scope development through completion.

Prepare project scopes, estimates, budgets, schedules, specifications, and execution plans.

Evaluate equipment replacement versus repair options.

Develop capital expenditure requests and support business cases.

Collaborate with vendors, engineers, contractors, and equipment manufacturers to develop project solutions.

Review equipment specifications, layouts, drawings, P&IDs, electrical drawings, and installation requirements.

Coordinate equipment procurement, fabrication, delivery, installation, and commissioning.

Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining priorities, budgets, and schedules.

Conduct project risk assessments and develop mitigation plans.

Track project costs, schedules, milestones, change orders, and contractor performance.

Ensure projects are completed according to approved specifications and operational requirements.

Refrigeration & Utilities Coordinate maintenance and improvement projects involving industrial refrigeration and freezing systems.

Work with qualified refrigeration personnel and contractors on compressor, evaporator, condenser, piping, controls, and refrigeration-system projects.

Support energy-efficiency initiatives involving refrigeration, compressed air, water, and electrical systems.

Identify opportunities to reduce energy consumption and operating costs.

Coordinate projects involving boilers, hot water, water treatment, wastewater,…