Plant Maintenance Manager
The Plant Maintenance Manager leads the maintenance team in a high-speed beverage bottling facility. This role is responsible for ensuring maximum equipment reliability, overseeing preventative and predictive maintenance programs, supporting capital projects, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. The Maintenance Manager partners with Operations to reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and ensure compliance with all food safety, quality, and safety standards; while assisting Plant Engineer with Capital Projects, and plant-wide initiatives as assigned.
Responsibilities include :
- Leading, coaching, and developing a maintenance team including supervisors, technicians, and contractors.
- Overseeing daily plant-wide maintenance activities to achieve >
95% equipment uptime and continuously improve OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness).
Developing and executing preventative and predictive maintenance programs to minimize unplanned downtime (e.g., vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis).Supporting and managing capital projects, including scope development, vendor selection, contractor oversight, and successful startup of new equipment.Ensuring safe operation of all equipment, compliance with OSHA, GMP, ISO, and FDA requirements, and a strong plant safety culture.Providing technical expertise in troubleshooting and resolving issues related to bottling and packaging equipment, such as fillers, cappers, labelers, conveyors, blow molders, and facility infrastructure such as boilers, electrical mains, chillers, compressors, wastewater systems.Partnering with Operations to reduce changeover time, improve throughput, and eliminate chronic losses.Managing the Repairs & Maintenance (R&M) and Power Plant budgets, including forecasting, cost tracking, variance analysis, and identifying cost-saving opportunities.Implementing Lean and 5S principles in the maintenance department.Maintaining accurate records using CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) and ensuring compliance with internal reporting systems.Leading performance discussions and training programs to grow technical skills and leadership capabilities within the maintenance team.Required qualifications include :
Ability to communicate with all levels of an organization.Ability to manage multiple projects at one time.Engineering or related degree or equivalent experience.Strong planning and organizational skills.Implementation or project management experience.Supervisory experience.Relevant experience (minimum).Working knowledge of MS Office Products (Word, Excel, and Outlook).Ability to handle multiple tasks at one time.Preferred qualifications include :
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field.Experience in the alcoholic beverage industry, food, or CPG manufacturing.Hands-on experience with electrical systems, Allen Bradley PLCs, and equipment troubleshooting.Blow molding and packaging equipment experience.Mechanical aptitude and technical systems understanding.CMMS experience.Physical requirements include :
Ability to work on the plant floor, including exposure to noise, moving machinery, and occasional risk of electrical shock.Must be able to ascend / descend stairs and ladders and work near moving equipment.Occasional lifting of up to 50 lbs. may be required.Ability to work overtime or weekends as needed to support plant operations.This is a hands-on leadership role requiring regular presence in production areas.