Maintenance Manager

• Coordinates overall maintenance activities through planning and communication with the Plant Manager to ensure all maintenance objectives are accomplished safely, promptly, and cost-effectively.

• Directs and supervises maintenance technicians across all shifts, ensuring consistent execution of safety, quality, and maintenance standards across a 24-hour operation.

• Develops and controls plans and budgets for the maintenance department; manages department labor spend within budgeted targets to ensure efficient and responsible resource utilization.

• Develop and implements a cost-effective preventive maintenance program to keep production equipment in an efficient and safe operating condition.

• Reviews downtime reports and data collection systems to determine root cause of failures and drives corrective action to reduce recurrence and minimize production impact.

• Leads the Preventive Maintenance pillar and actively participates in Safety, 5S, and other continuous improvement activities across the facility, leveraging Operational Excellence tools to reduce downtime and drive sustainable results.

• Accountable for end-to-end maintenance performance across the facility, including equipment reliability, equipment availability, and adherence to safety and quality standards.

• Coordinates with outside vendors and internal Marzetti resources on capital projects, repairs, and service contracts to ensure quality work at competitive cost.

• Ensures adequate and cost-effective inventories of supplies, spare parts, maintenance materials, and repair parts are maintained.

• Directs changeovers of equipment and preventive maintenance activities in alignment with production schedules; ensure all maintenance work is properly coordinated with production planning to minimize disruption.

• Collaborates with HRBP to support hiring, onboarding, training, and workforce scheduling for the maintenance team.

• Provides training, direction, development, evaluation, coaching, and leadership to all maintenance team members.

• Maintains close working relationships with all departments and responds to equipment deviations and safety concerns immediately.

• Coordinates with other department managers to ensure alignment across production, purchasing, packaging, and inventory control activities.

• Apply modern management techniques to promote team building and empower technicians to make decisions at the appropriate level.

• Maintains company standards for cleanliness, safety, and productivity throughout the maintenance area.

• Maintains positive employee, corporate, and community relations.

• Develops internal talent by modeling our growth behaviors and creating opportunities for team members to advance within the organization.

• Ensures compliance with all federal, state, and local laws, company policies, OSHA VPP, quality, food safety, 5S, and HACCP programs; assures conformity to company, customer, and government standards

• Strive to be a safety solutions leader by maintaining the 200% for safety mindset. Participate in engagement activities, complete required safety training, and aid in identifying hazards within the facility utilizing safety suggestions, incident response program, and other safety programs.

• Performs other duties and responsibilities as required by management.

Directly oversees a salary team of supervisors and 1 planner/scheduler. These salary leaders oversee teams that consist of maintenance technicians, planner/scheduler, and maintenance clerks in a 24-hour manufacturing operation. Supervisory responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, scheduling, performance appraisal, and incident investigation; planning, assigning, and directing work; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and grievances; resolving problems; and interpreting company policies

• Bachelor’s or associate’s degree in engineering or a related field preferred; high school diploma, GED, or equivalent required.

• 7-10 years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment, with a strong background in electrical and mechanical systems; food industry and union experience preferred.

• Demonstrated knowledge of PLC controls, CMMS or work order management platforms (SAP preferred), and preventive maintenance programs.

• Working knowledge of scheduling, budgets, and production processes.

• Experience with OSHA VPP, workers compensation programs, and safety management in a manufacturing environment.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite required, including Excel, Word, Outlook, and Power BI.

• Experience with Prism and UKG preferred.

• Lean Six Sigma experience preferred.

• Strong people management, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with team members, management, customers, and vendors.

• Strong people management, organizational, and problem-solving skills.