Plant Maintenance Manager
About The Position
The Plant Maintenance Manager is responsible for keeping a high-volume food processing plant’s equipment operating reliably. This role leads the maintenance team, sets safety and reliability standards, and shifts maintenance work from reactive breakdown response to planned work. The manager owns plant uptime, downtime, preventive maintenance completion, maintenance costs, and reliability performance. The position is based on-site in Millsboro, Delaware, and is a full-time, direct-hire role. Relocation assistance is available for the right candidate. The manager works with supervisors, mechanics, technicians, contractors, operations, engineering, and the safety team. The role includes responding to plant emergencies at any time of day. The work environment includes heat, noise, odors, moisture, moving equipment, and outdoor areas; the manager will climb stairs and ladders and work at heights.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of industrial maintenance experience.
- At least 3 years leading or supervising maintenance teams.
- Experience managing maintenance budgets, programs, and contractors.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in food, poultry, feed, or rendering operations.
- A degree in engineering or industrial technology, or equivalent hands-on training.
- Strong CMMS skills and predictive maintenance knowledge.
Responsibilities
- Learn the maintenance team’s capabilities and set clear expectations for supervisors, mechanics, technicians, and contractors.
- Review the preventive maintenance program and address gaps that lead to unplanned downtime.
- Improve work-order planning and scheduling in the CMMS.
- Develop a maintenance budget and capital plan.
- Own and monitor uptime, downtime, preventive maintenance completion, maintenance cost, and reliability metrics.
- Lead failure investigations and implement root-cause fixes to prevent recurring problems.
- Maintain safety practices for lockout/tagout (LOTO), confined space, hot work, and contractor work, and maintain readiness for OSHA and environmental audits.
- Manage equipment installations and capital projects in coordination with operations, engineering, and the safety team.
- Respond to plant emergencies whenever they occur.
Benefits
- Full benefits.
- 401(k).
- Relocation assistance is available for the right candidate.
- Paid interview travel.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
