Packaging Maintenance Manager - Day Shift

LNK International•Hauppauge, NY

4d•Onsite

About The Position

LNK International seeks a Packaging Maintenance Manager to lead day-shift maintenance of pharmaceutical bottling and packaging lines at its Hauppauge, New York manufacturing operation. The manager provides hands-on technical leadership and supervises maintenance personnel while remaining accountable for staffing, maintenance planning, equipment reliability, safety, quality, and compliance. The role works alongside mechanics to demonstrate proper methods, develop their capabilities, and maintain accountability for management duties. The manager directs, coaches, and evaluates day-shift mechanics; plans preventive maintenance; prioritizes repairs; analyzes recurring failures; and coordinates with Engineering, Production, Quality Assurance, service vendors, and the parts function. The position supports equipment upgrades and improvement projects and ensures that maintenance work follows applicable cGMP requirements, approved procedures, documentation practices, and safety controls. Technical issues beyond maintenance capabilities are escalated to Engineering Technicians, who report separately to the Head of Engineering. This is a manufacturing environment. The role involves some travel between company buildings within a five-mile radius. Candidates must be able to climb ladders, carry up to 40 pounds, and work around dust and loud machinery. LNK offers competitive compensation and a full benefits package, including health and dental insurance and a 401(k).

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Typically 7–10 years of industrial maintenance experience.
Demonstrated hands-on maintenance experience with automated pharmaceutical or similarly regulated packaging machinery, including bottling lines.
Strong mechanical troubleshooting ability and working knowledge of pneumatics, sensors, motors, drives, electrical systems, and PLC-controlled equipment.
Ability to read technical manuals, mechanical drawings, and electrical schematics.
Working knowledge of cGMP maintenance documentation and safe equipment repair practices.
Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing.
Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and hold maintenance personnel accountable.
Ability to climb ladders, carry up to 40 pounds, and work in a dusty environment with loud machinery.
Ability to travel between buildings within a five-mile radius.

Nice To Haves

Technical or associate degree.
3–5 years of supervisory or management experience.

Responsibilities

Direct, coach, and evaluate day-shift maintenance mechanics; assign work and maintain accountability for quality, productivity, and conduct.
Demonstrate diagnosis, adjustments, repairs, and preventive maintenance, and teach mechanics root-cause troubleshooting.
Assess skill gaps, coordinate documented training, and verify that mechanics can perform tasks independently after coaching.
Maintain staffing, coverage, and training plans and address performance concerns through company procedures.
Develop and manage preventive maintenance schedules and review their completion and effectiveness.
Prioritize corrective maintenance based on safety, product quality, and production impact.
Analyze recurring breakdowns and downtime trends and implement sustainable corrective actions with Engineering.
Review work quality and equipment readiness, and personally participate in difficult troubleshooting while building team capability.
Coordinate service vendors and planned maintenance windows; support equipment upgrades and technical improvement projects led by Engineering.
Review critical spare parts, consumption, and replacement justification with the parts function.
Identify maintenance cost and reliability improvement opportunities and communicate recommendations to the Head of Engineering.
Ensure maintenance activities follow applicable cGMP requirements, approved procedures, and equipment documentation practices.
Apply lockout/tagout and other required safety controls; coordinate with Quality Assurance before returning affected equipment to production when approval is required.
Prevent unauthorized modifications to validated settings, equipment configurations, or PLC programs, and escalate changes through Engineering and applicable change-control processes.
Coordinate maintenance priorities with Production and Engineering while maintaining ownership of assigned-shift activities.
Maintain accurate work orders, repair records, parts usage, and shift handoffs, identifying unresolved issues and required follow-up.
Escalate technical issues beyond maintenance capabilities to Engineering Technicians.