Maintenance Manager

Schwan's Company•Pottstown, PA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

CJ Schwan’s is hiring a Maintenance Manager at our food container factory in Pottstown, PA. In this role you will be responsible for leading all maintenance, tooling, die operations, and thermos forming at our plant. This role ensures maximum uptime, tooling integrity, and safe, efficient production through strong preventive maintenance practices and hands on leadership across presses, dies, and supporting equipment.

Requirements

Minimum 10 years’ experience with progressive maintenance experience with leadership included
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent technical experience
Strong expertise in metal forming, stamping, tooling, and die maintenance within a production environment
Demonstrated ability to lead and develop maintenance teams, manage multiple priorities, and support off shift operations
Solid working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and PLC systems, including CMMS tools (e.g., SAP)
Proven problem solver and change leader with strong project management, communication, and continuous improvement mindset

Responsibilities

Serve as the site technical and reliability leader, accountable for tooling, dies, presses, and overall asset optimization
Lead strategic and tactical maintenance execution, including reactive, corrective, planned, and condition based maintenance, as well as continuous improvement, EHS, and capital projects initiatives
Own human safety and food safety performance, ensuring compliance with OSHA, FDA/USDA, GMP, and company standards
Drive improvements in downtime, OEE, throughput, tooling life, scrap reduction, and maintenance cost
Lead, develop, and deploy maintenance and tooling teams; ensure effective training, skills development, and workforce utilization
Manage maintenance budgets, capital projects, storeroom performance, and external vendor and contractor relationships