Maintenance Manager

We are looking for an experienced Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance operations across two food manufacturing and fresh produce processing facilities. The ideal candidate will combine strong leadership skills with hands-on technical knowledge to improve equipment reliability, minimize downtime, maintain regulatory compliance, and support safe and efficient production operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily maintenance operations for production, packaging, warehouse, refrigeration, and facility equipment across both buildings.
• Develop, implement, and manage preventive and predictive maintenance programs to reduce downtime and extend equipment life.
• Supervise, train, coach, and evaluate maintenance technicians and maintenance leads.
• Troubleshoot and coordinate repairs involving electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, refrigeration, and automated systems.
• Oversee PLC troubleshooting, conveyors, packaging machinery, forklifts, compressors, HVAC systems, boilers, plumbing, and other industrial equipment.
• Ensure a timely response to equipment breakdowns, emergency repairs, and production-related maintenance needs.
• Analyze equipment failures and downtime trends, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Oversee the installation, modification, setup, and commissioning of new equipment and machinery.
• Manage maintenance work orders, repair records, equipment logs, spare-parts inventory, tools, vendors, contractors, and budget controls.
• Partner with Production, FSQA, Warehouse, and Operations teams to support production goals and continuous improvement projects.
• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with OSHA, LOTO, machine-guarding, FDA, SQF, HACCP, GMP, food-safety, and company requirements.
• Support customer, regulatory, and third-party audits and maintain the department’s audit readiness.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 5–7 years of maintenance leadership experience in food manufacturing, produce processing, or related industrial manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience managing maintenance teams in a fast-paced, high-volume operation.
• Strong knowledge of electrical systems, PLC troubleshooting, hydraulics, pneumatics, welding, refrigeration, and mechanical systems.
• Experience with automated production equipment, conveyors, packaging machinery, and heavy industrial systems.
• Ability to prioritize multiple maintenance projects and respond effectively to urgent production needs.
• Experience developing preventive maintenance programs and analyzing equipment reliability and downtime.
• Knowledge of OSHA safety standards, LOTO procedures, GMPs, SQF, HACCP, and food-manufacturing compliance.
• Ability to work independently, make sound decisions, and communicate effectively with different departments.
• Must be able to oversee maintenance operations in both buildings.
• Flexibility to support multiple shifts, weekends, and emergency situations as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in refrigerated or cold food-production environments.
• Experience using computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and production reporting systems.
• Technical certifications in industrial maintenance, electrical systems, refrigeration, automation, or process control.
• Bilingual English and Spanish preferred but not required.
• 7+ years in maintenance management.

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