Position Summary
The Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading all maintenance activities in a food processing facility ensuring safe reliable and efficient operation of all equipment and utilities. This role oversees the maintenance team plans and executes preventive and corrective maintenance supports continuous improvement and ensures compliance with food safety quality and regulatory standards specific to food processing.
Key Responsibilities
1. Leadership & Management
Lead supervise and develop the maintenance team (technicians electricians mechanics contractors).
Plan daily weekly and monthly maintenance activities and assign work orders.
Establish clear performance goals provide coaching and conduct performance reviews.
Promote a culture of safety accountability and continuous improvement.
2. Equipment & Facilities Maintenance
Oversee maintenance and reliability of food processing equipment (pasteurizers homogenizers separators fillers CIP systems refrigeration systems boilers compressors pumps packaging lines etc.).
Ensure timely troubleshooting and repair of mechanical electrical and automation issues to minimize downtime.
Develop and maintain a preventive and predictive maintenance program for all critical assets.
Manage spare parts inventory critical spares lists and vendor relationships.
3. Food Safety Quality & Compliance
Ensure all maintenance activities comply with food safety standards (e.g. HACCP GMP 5S) and plant sanitation requirements.
Collaborate closely with Quality Assurance and Production to maintain product quality and prevent contamination.
Ensure equipment design and maintenance support hygienic design principles (cleanability CIP/SIP avoidance of dead legs and niches).
Support internal and external audits (regulatory customer third-party certifications such as SQF/FDA/DOA).
Maintain documentation of maintenance activities calibrations and inspections as required by regulatory bodies.
4. Utilities & Infrastructure
Oversee reliability and efficiency of plant utilities: refrigeration (ammonia/freon) steam/boilers compressed air water treatment wastewater systems and electrical distribution.
Monitor energy and utility consumption; identify and implement cost-saving and efficiency projects.
Ensure compliance with environmental health and safety regulations related to utilities and hazardous systems (e.g. ammonia pressure vessels electrical safety).
5. Projects & Continuous Improvement
Lead or support capital projects such as new equipment installation line upgrades plant expansions and automation initiatives.
Analyze downtime and maintenance data to identify root causes and drive corrective actions.
Implement reliability and maintenance best practices (RCM TPM 5S Kaizen).
Prepare and manage the maintenance budget including labor parts and contracted services.
6. Documentation & Systems
Develop and Maintain accurate CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) records for work orders PMs asset history and spare parts.
Develop and maintain SOPs and maintenance instructions for critical equipment.
Ensure all maintenance work adheres to lockout/tagout and other safety procedures.