Sr Maintenance Manager
About The Position
The Sr Maintenance Manager will champion a culture of safety and accountability across all maintenance functions. This role provides strong operational leadership to a team comprised of a Data Analyst, a Maintenance Manager, five Supervisors, and approximately one hundred Technicians across four shifts. The position involves establishing clear systems, processes, and communication routines to ensure consistent execution, timely information flow, and disciplined adherence to commitments. The leader will drive the site’s maintenance and engineering strategy to improve equipment reliability, reduce downtime, and enhance OEE performance. This role owns the R&M budget, ensuring accurate forecasting, disciplined spend management, and tight MRO inventory control. Additionally, the Sr Maintenance Manager will oversee the site’s capital project portfolio, including planning, prioritization, execution, and stakeholder alignment for large-scale investments. This individual will serve as the primary point of contact for facility management, acting as the site lead for coordination with the outsourced facilities services vendor. The role requires using data and performance analytics to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities, ensuring issues are escalated and addressed proactively. Driving continuous improvement initiatives that enhance reliability, efficiency, and long-term asset health is crucial. Ensuring documentation, work processes, and maintenance systems are accurate, current, and consistently followed is a key responsibility. The Sr Maintenance Manager will develop technical and leadership capability across engineering, maintenance, and supervisory teams, conducting ongoing performance management and ensuring timely completion of reviews, coaching, and development plans. Collaboration cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Site Leadership is essential to align priorities and support 24/7 production needs. The role also ensures compliance with site policies, regulatory requirements, and safety standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor Degree in Technical area preferred (Engineering or related field of study, TPM based educational training)
- 7 years manufacturing experience, preferably in fast paced food, pharmaceutical or beverage products environment
- Demonstrated management or supervision experience in the maintenance or production in the area of high volume production manufacturing
- Must be able to work flexible shifts and weekends as business needs dictate
- Strong experience with plant maintenance software; SAP and Planview highly preferred.
Nice To Haves
- TPM Certifications
- Lean Six Sigma
- continuous improvement strategy highly desired.
Responsibilities
- Champion a culture of safety and accountability across all maintenance functions
- Provide strong operational leadership to a team comprised of an a Data Analyst, and Maintenance Manager with five Supervisors and approximately one hundred Technicians across four shifts
- Establish clear systems, processes, and communication routines that ensure consistent execution, timely information flow, and disciplined adherence to commitments
- Lead the site’s maintenance and engineering strategy to improve equipment reliability, reduce downtime, and drive OEE performance
- Own the R&M budget, ensuring accurate forecasting, disciplined spend management, and tight MRO inventory control
- Oversee the site’s capital project portfolio, including planning, prioritization, execution, and stakeholder alignment for large‑scale investments
- Serve as the primary point of contact for facility management acting as the site lead for coordination with the outsourced facilities services vendor
- Use data and performance analytics to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities, ensuring issues are escalated and addressed proactively
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance reliability, efficiency, and long‑term asset health
- Ensure documentation, work processes, and maintenance systems are accurate, current, and consistently followed
- Develop technical and leadership capability across engineering, maintenance, and supervisory teams
- Conduct ongoing performance management and ensure timely completion of reviews, coaching, and development plans
- Collaborate cross‑functionally with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Site Leadership to align priorities and support 24/7 production needs
- Ensure compliance with site policies, regulatory requirements, and safety standards
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Disability
- Paid Time Off (including paid parental leave, vacation, and sick time)
- 401k with company match
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Mileage Reimbursement
- Annual bonus based on performance and eligibility
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
