Maintenance Manager

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3 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Food Science LLC is looking to hire a full-time Maintenance Manager to lead our Maintenance team in Williston, Vermont. Are you an experienced maintenance leader who knows what a best-in-class maintenance program looks like and is excited by the opportunity to build one? Do you enjoy developing teams, improving equipment reliability, partnering with Production, and finding long-term solutions to operational challenges?

If so, this could be an exciting opportunity for you.

Food Science offers 9 paid holidays per year - including your birthday! - one paid week off during our annual plant shutdown, and a competitive Paid Time Off (PTO) program that begins accruing immediately. Our comprehensive benefits package includes health insurance with HSA and FSA options, dental, vision, life insurance, and additional voluntary coverages. We also offer employee discounts, professional development opportunities, and the chance to work alongside a collaborative, mission-driven team invested in continuous improvement.

As Maintenance Manager, you will lead the development of a more proactive, reliability-focused maintenance program that supports safe, efficient manufacturing operations. You’ll strengthen the fundamentals already in place while building the processes, systems, and accountability needed to improve equipment reliability and reduce unplanned downtime.

This role is also a key partner to Production and Operations. You’ll balance immediate manufacturing needs with long-term equipment reliability while identifying opportunities to make our equipment, processes, and overall operation better.

• Develop and strengthen preventive and predictive maintenance programs
• Improve work order management, scheduling, prioritization, and documentation
• Establish meaningful maintenance KPIs around equipment breakdowns, downtime, PM completion, and reliability
• Use CMMS tools to improve maintenance planning, asset history, and performance visibility
• Identify recurring equipment issues and implement sustainable solutions that address root causes

• Build strong, collaborative relationships between Maintenance and Production
• Balance production priorities with preventive maintenance and long‑term equipment needs
• Partner with Operations leaders to effectively prioritize maintenance work and resources
• Navigate competing priorities and resolve challenges collaboratively
• Work cross‑functionally with Production, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and EHS
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Maintenance team
• Establish clear expectations, accountability, and development opportunities
• Identify and lead improvement initiatives that increase uptime, efficiency, and equipment performance
• Support capital planning and manage CAPEX projects from planning through implementation and startup
• Proactively seek opportunities to improve equipment, processes, and overall operational performance

• Demonstrated experience leading and developing a maintenance team
• Strong knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance, CMMS, work order management, and equipment reliability
• Experience developing or significantly improving a maintenance program within a manufacturing environment
• Proven ability to balance Maintenance and Production priorities while building strong cross‑functional relationships
• Experience with capital planning and project management
• Strong problem‑solving skills with an emphasis on root cause analysis and long‑term solutions
• Strategic and continuous improvement mindset with the ability to move beyond day‑to‑day maintenance needs
• Strong communication, leadership, planning, and organizational skills

• 5–7 years of relevant maintenance experience, preferably within a manufacturing environment
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Maintenance, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial…