Maintenance Manager – 1st Shift

ABR is recruiting for a 1st Shift Maintenance Manager for a great client in Central Wisconsin! This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced maintenance leader to take ownership of plant reliability, lead a skilled maintenance team, and play a key role in improving equipment performance and operational efficiency.

Starting Salary: $85,000–$95,000/year + Full Benefits Package

What You'll Do

As the Maintenance Manager, you will be responsible for the reliability, safety, and technical readiness of plant equipment, utilities, and facilities. You’ll lead day-to-day maintenance operations while partnering closely with Operations, Quality, Sanitation, and Engineering to maximize uptime, minimize downtime, and support a safe, efficient production environment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead maintenance activities to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation of production equipment, utilities, and facilities.
• Develop and continuously improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs to maximize equipment reliability and minimize unplanned downtime.
• Prioritize emergency repairs, planned maintenance, shutdowns, inspections, and reliability projects based on business needs and risk.
• Monitor key maintenance KPIs, including downtime, PM completion, work orders, equipment reliability, maintenance costs, and spare parts inventory.
• Lead root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives to eliminate recurring equipment issues.
• Provide leadership, coaching, training, and accountability for maintenance technicians.
• Partner with HR on staffing, employee development, performance management, attendance, and workforce planning.
• Ensure employees and contractors are properly trained and qualified to perform their work safely.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with LOTO, confined space, hot work, fall protection, electrical safety, contractor safety, and other applicable programs.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Sanitation, and Engineering to coordinate repairs, projects, production priorities, and equipment improvements.
• Ensure compliance with GMP, SQF, food safety, sanitation, hygienic maintenance, and foreign material prevention requirements.
• Manage maintenance budgets, contractors, repair expenses, MRO inventory, and critical spare parts.
• Support capital projects, equipment installations, commissioning, and facility improvement initiatives.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, equipment histories, work orders, and regulatory documentation.
• Ensure effective communication, shift handoffs, issue escalation, and follow-through on maintenance and reliability initiatives.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of progressive maintenance leadership experience in a manufacturing, food processing, dairy, or industrial environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Maintenance Management, Industrial Technology, Manufacturing, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience will be considered.
• Experience leading maintenance teams and managing contractors.
• Strong knowledge of preventive/predictive maintenance, CMMS systems, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
• Experience with food safety and regulatory environments is preferred.
• Strong understanding of industrial mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, refrigeration, and utility systems.
• Knowledge of GMP, SQF, food safety, and hygienic maintenance practices.
• Strong leadership and employee development skills.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, organizational, and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to analyze maintenance data, prioritize resources, and make sound operational decisions.
• Proficiency with maintenance software, work-order management systems, and budget tracking.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This is a great opportunity for a hands-on maintenance leader who enjoys solving problems, developing people, and improving the reliability of a manufacturing operation. You’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on equipment uptime, safety, productivity, and continuous improvement while working closely with key leaders across the organization.

Apply today through ABR Employment Services!

ABR Employment Services is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veterans' status.PandoLogic. Keywords: Equipment Maintenance Manager, Location: Rudolph, WI - 54475