Maintenance & Reliability Manager
Job Description
The Maintenance & reliability Manager will be responsible for developing and executing the site’s maintenance and equipment reliability strategy to maximize asset performance, minimize downtime, and support operational excellence. This role provides leadership for maintenance operations, reliability, utilities, facilities, maintenance planning, and technical personnel while ensuring manufacturing assets operate safely, efficiently, and reliably.
- Develop and execute the site’s preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance strategy.
- Lead maintenance planning and scheduling to maximize equipment availability and minimize unplanned downtime.
- Drive improvements in equipment reliability through root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Lead and develop the maintenance team through coaching, performance management, training, and succession planning.
- Manage asset life cycles, supporting capital upgrades and improvements
- Oversee maintenance of facility infrastructure and critical utility systems, including HVAC, compressed air, refrigeration, electrical distribution, water systems, and building systems.
- Ensure facility assets remain compliant with operational, food safety, and regulatory
- Develop and manage the annual maintenance operating budget.
- Build a proactive reliability culture focused on prevention rather than reaction.
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Job Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical field preferred. Technical education and progressive maintenance leadership experience will be considered.
Maintenance leadership experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably within food, beverage, pharmaceutical, or consumer packaged goods.
- Demonstrated experience leading maintenance teams, developing preventive maintenance programs, and improving equipment reliability.
- Strong knowledge of CMMS systems, preventive and predictive maintenance, TPM, reliability engineering, and maintenance planning.
- Experience managing maintenance budgets, contractors, and spare parts inventory.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing equipment, utilities, and facility infrastructure.
- Strategic leader with a proactive, reliability-focused mindset.
- Excellent planning, organization, and project management skills.