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Plant Maintenance Manager

Sterling Engineering, Inc.
  • Garden City, KS
  • $105,000–$120,000 Per Year
  • Quick Apply
30+ days ago

Job Description

Job Title: Plant Maintenance Manager
Location: Garden City, KS
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Target Salary Range: $105,000 – $120,000/year
Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, PTO, 401(k), and additional company benefits.

Must-Have Skills:
  • Maintenance leadership experience in a manufacturing or production environment
  • Preventive maintenance (PM), corrective maintenance, and emergency maintenance programs
  • Ammonia refrigeration systems and boiler systems experience (required)
  • Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and KPI-driven maintenance performance
  • CMMS systems experience
  • OSHA compliance, GMP standards, and industrial safety programs
  • Maintenance planning, scheduling, and uptime optimization
  • Spare parts / inventory management for maintenance operations
  • Team leadership, supervision, coaching, and employee development

Job Summary:
We are seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead the maintenance department at a high-volume manufacturing facility in Garden City, KS. This role is responsible for ensuring reliable operation of plant equipment and facilities through strong preventive maintenance programs, rapid response to breakdowns, and effective team leadership.

The Maintenance Manager will oversee maintenance technicians, drive equipment reliability, manage CMMS systems, ensure compliance with OSHA and food safety standards, and support continuous improvement initiatives to improve uptime, efficiency, and cost control.

Job Duties:
  • Lead, supervise, and develop the maintenance team, including hiring, training, coaching, scheduling, and performance management
  • Oversee preventive, corrective, and emergency maintenance programs to maximize uptime and equipment reliability
  • Serve as escalation point for critical equipment failures and downtime events
  • Ensure safe operation and maintenance of ammonia refrigeration systems, boilers, and plant utilities
  • Drive root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives to reduce repeat failures and improve KPI performance
  • Manage CMMS system usage for work orders, maintenance tracking, and reporting
  • Oversee maintenance planning, scheduling, and prioritization of workload to reduce downtime and unnecessary overtime
  • Manage spare parts inventory and maintenance supplies to ensure operational readiness
  • Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations, GMP standards, and company safety policies
  • Partner with engineering, production, and leadership teams to improve equipment performance and facility reliability
  • Support capital improvement planning, equipment evaluation, and cost-reduction initiatives
  • Maintain effective communication with leadership on equipment performance, risks, and improvement opportunities

Qualifications:
  • 5–8+ years of maintenance, mechanical, or industrial engineering experience in a manufacturing environment
  • 1+ year of leadership or supervisory experience required (maintenance management experience preferred)
  • Strong hands-on knowledge of industrial equipment, facility systems, and production maintenance practices
  • Required experience with ammonia refrigeration systems and boiler systems
  • Experience in preventive and corrective maintenance programs in a production environment
  • Strong troubleshooting, analytical thinking, and root cause problem-solving skills
  • Experience with CMMS systems and maintenance KPI tracking
  • Knowledge of OSHA regulations and industrial safety standards
  • Experience managing maintenance schedules, budgets, and spare parts inventory
  • Strong leadership, communication, and team development skills
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing operational needs
  • Food, beverage, or dairy manufacturing experience preferred but not required


Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

Numbers & Facts

LocationGarden City, KS
IndustryStaffing/Employment Agencies
Salary$105,000–$120,000 Per Year
Company Size500 to 999 employees
Year Founded1969
Websitehttp://www.sterling-engineering.com

About Company

Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:

 

  • Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.

 

  • Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.

 

Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.

Skills

  • Budgetingunmatched
  • Calendar Managementunmatched
  • Coachingunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)unmatched
  • Continuous Improvementunmatched
  • Corporate Policiesunmatched
  • Cost Controlunmatched
  • Engineeringunmatched
  • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
  • Facilities and Maintenanceunmatched
  • Food Safetyunmatched
  • Food and Beverage Industryunmatched
  • GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)unmatched
  • Identify Issuesunmatched
  • Industrial Engineeringunmatched
  • Inventory Managementunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • Maintain Complianceunmatched
  • Maintenance Servicesunmatched
  • Manufacturingunmatched
  • Mechanical Maintenanceunmatched
  • OSHAunmatched
  • Operations Managementunmatched
  • People Managementunmatched
  • Performance Managementunmatched
  • Performance Metricsunmatched
  • Preventative Maintenanceunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Production Systemsunmatched
  • Refrigerationunmatched
  • Regulationsunmatched
  • Regulatory Complianceunmatched
  • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
  • Safety Standardsunmatched
  • Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
  • Schedule Developmentunmatched
  • Staff Developmentunmatched
  • Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
  • Systems Maintenanceunmatched
  • Team Buildingunmatched
  • Team Lead/Managerunmatched

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