What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Manager position at Ellison Bakery?
Post Date:
03/16/2026
Location:
Fort Wayne, IN
Type:
Full-Time
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Maintenance Manager
Purpose:
The maintenance manager will lead the site maintenance function in providing both a reactive and proactive, multi-skilled maintenance service on all operational equipment and facilities infrastructure.
Hours:
- Morning, afternoon, and evening shifts
- Overtime and weekends may be required
Pay:
- Pay is based on overall experience.
Job Responsibilities:
- Responsible for planned scheduling creation and overseeing the adherence and timely completion of work carried out
- Increase site operational effectiveness through project delivery, low mean time between failure and downtime reduction, and manage and implement improvement plans
- Drive Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)
- Ensures that Health, Safety and Environmental requirements are adhered to
- Manage the team on technical best practice and establish standard policies and procedures
- Implement and manage continuous improvement with modern manufacturing principals by highlighting deficiencies and recommending changes in training, working practices and processes
- Schedule, train, supervise and motivate employees for the maintenance department
- Coordinate work performed by outside vendors
- Ensure efficient repair schedules and review repair cost estimates
- Prioritize the maintenance and repairs of company equipment and parts
- Control and monitor inventory
- Implement safety policies and procedures for the department
- Manage and maintain facility and facility projects
- Direct the activities of maintenance leaders and team to meet priorities within department
- Set up and follow a preventive and predictive maintenance program
- Manage all machine uptime and downtime
- Maintain and monitor necessary purchases of equipment to meet production schedule
- Assist in compliance of GMP and SQF Audits
- Develop and manage the expense budget assigned to the department
Follow All:
- Company policies
- Good manufacturing practices (GMP’s)
- Food safety management system policies and procedures
- Sanitation procedures
- Food safety management system policies and procedures to protect the Brand through providing extraordinary value through food safety and product quality
- Safety policies and procedures
Other:
- Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice
Ellison Core Competencies:
The following Leadership Behaviors are important to the success of the organization.
- Collaboration
- Develops Others
- Customer Focus
- Drive for Results
- Motivating Others
- Integrity & Trust
- Peer Relationships
Skills/Work Experience Needed:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field preferred
- 10 years’ experience in maintenance management role
- Strong knowledge of engineering concepts, including electrical, hydraulic and mechanical systems
- Ability to interpret blueprints, specifications and schematics
- Effective interpersonal and written communication skills
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment and multi-task effectively
- Excellent organizational and prioritization skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Ellison Bakery is an equal opportunity employer where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected class.