Maintenance & Reliability Manager
About The Position
At Vitalus, our purpose is simple and meaningful: Improving lives by unlocking the nutritional value of milk. Behind that purpose is a team that cares about doing things well, solving problems, and continuously improving. As our Maintenance & Reliability Manager, you’ll lead the team and systems that keep our plant running safely and reliably. You’ll strengthen maintenance practices, build capability across the team, and use data and insights to improve equipment performance long term. This is a role for someone who likes understanding how things work and finding ways to make them better. Someone who can analyze trends, identify opportunities, bring structure to complex problems, and develop a team that takes pride in doing great work.
Requirements
- Maintenance leadership experience in food manufacturing or a similar environment, with strong knowledge of PM/PdM, CMMS, planning, and reliability practices.
- A curious, data-driven approach to problem solving, using trends, root cause analysis, and team knowledge to create lasting improvements.
- A leadership style built on trust and accountability, with experience developing supervisors, trades, and strong teams.
- The ability to balance today’s maintenance needs with improving the systems that strengthen reliability for the future.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and support maintenance supervisors and trades.
- Build technical capability, problem-solving skills, and ownership across the team.
- Create an environment with clear expectations, meaningful feedback, and continuous learning.
- Strengthen PM/PdM programs, planning practices, scheduling, and CMMS utilization.
- Improve how maintenance work is prioritized, measured, and completed.
- Build processes that help the team prevent problems instead of repeatedly reacting to them.
- Use equipment history, downtime trends, and maintenance data to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Lead root cause analysis and create practical solutions that improve long-term equipment performance.
- Turn information from the floor, systems, and data into better decisions.
- Work closely with Production, Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain to align priorities and solve problems.
- Support safety, food quality, equipment improvements, and future growth initiatives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
