Senior Manager Maintenance and Facilities

At PS Seasoning and ProSmoker, our growth depends on reliable equipment, safe facilities, and teams who take pride in building and maintaining world-class operations. We’re looking for a Sr. Manager of Maintenance & Facilities to lead maintenance strategy, facility performance, and infrastructure planning across multiple manufacturing and equipment-production sites.

This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who thrives in complex, fast-paced environments and enjoys building strong teams, improving systems, and keeping operations running at peak performance.

What You’ll DoLead & Elevate Maintenance Operations

• Provide strategic leadership to maintenance and facilities teams across multiple locations, including technicians, mechanics, and contractors.
• Build and execute preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs that maximize uptime and equipment reliability.
• Plan, prioritize, and schedule maintenance activities to support high-volume blending, grinding, mixing, packaging, and equipment manufacturing operations.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that improve throughput, reduce downtime, and strengthen long-term asset performance.
• Ensure consistent maintenance coverage and troubleshooting support across multiple buildings and production environments.
  
  

Own Equipment & Facility Performance

• Oversee maintenance of critical processing and production equipment, including mixers, blenders, sifters, conveyors, packaging lines, grinders, smokers, HVAC, boilers, air systems, and fabrication shop equipment.
• Ensure building systems—utilities, refrigeration, compressed air, electrical, fire suppression, and plumbing—operate safely and efficiently across all sites.
• Manage facility infrastructure, grounds, and building integrity, including lawn care and snow removal services.
• Lead CAPEX initiatives such as new equipment installations, plant expansions, facility upgrades, and multi-site improvement projects.
• Maintain accurate documentation, equipment histories, compliance records, and audit readiness across all facilities.
  
  

Manage Fleet Operations

• Oversee maintenance and operational readiness of company vehicles, delivery trucks, and transport equipment.
• Develop and manage fleet maintenance schedules in compliance with safety, regulatory, and manufacturer requirements.
• Coordinate inspections, repairs, and vendor services while tracking costs, performance, and utilization.
• Ensure adherence to company driving, safety, and asset management policies.
  
  

Champion Safety & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with food safety regulations (FDA, SQF/BRC, HACCP), OSHA requirements, and internal corporate standards.
• Conduct routine inspections to maintain sanitation readiness, safe working conditions, and audit compliance.
• Partner with Quality Assurance to support clean, allergen-aware, audit-ready production environments.
• Foster a strong safety culture with emphasis on LOTO, equipment guarding, and facility safety best practices.
  
  

Collaborate Across the Business

• Partner with Production to resolve equipment issues and minimize downtime.
• Work closely with Engineering on equipment integration, process improvements, and facility expansion planning.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain on spare parts strategy, vendor partnerships, and procurement efficiency.
• Support R&D with equipment readiness for test batches, formulation trials, and prototyping.
• Align with Leadership and HR on workforce planning, facility strategy, and long-term maintenance vision.
  
  

Manage Budgets & Resources

• Develop and manage departmental budgets, capital plans, and cost-control initiatives across facilities and fleet operations.
• Oversee vendor relationships, service contracts, and parts procurement.
• Track and report KPIs including downtime reduction, PM compliance, work order completion, fleet metrics, and total maintenance costs.
  
  

What We’re Looking ForExperience & Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Operations Management, or related field preferred (or equivalent experience).
• 7 years of maintenance leadership experience in food manufacturing, ingredient production, industrial manufacturing, or similar environments.
• Proven experience managing multi-site maintenance operations or large-scale facilities.
• Strong working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and automated systems.
• Experience using CMMS systems and maintenance planning tools.
  
  

Skills That Set You Apart

• Strong people leadership with the ability to mentor and develop teams across multiple locations.
• Excellent troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and problem-solving skills.
• Deep understanding of food safety, sanitation design, and regulatory compliance.
• Demonstrated success leading capital projects from concept through completion.
• Clear communicator who can prioritize effectively and collaborate across departments.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, multi-facility environment.
  
  

Why PS Seasoning & ProSmoker?

You’ll play a critical role in supporting growing, high-volume operations while shaping the future of our facilities and maintenance strategy. We value leaders who take ownership, think long-term, and build systems that help teams succeed.