Maintenance Manager

Reports to: Plant Manager
Location: Farmingdale and Amityville New York (On-Site)
Pay: From $100000 per year

We are seeking an experienced hands-on Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance and reliability across two Long Island manufacturing facilities. This position is responsible for leading the maintenance team improving equipment reliability managing preventive maintenance programs overseeing repairs and projects maintaining regulatory compliance and controlling maintenance-related spending.

This is not strictly an administrative position. The Maintenance Manager must be comfortable working directly with equipment leading complex troubleshooting reading prints and manuals identifying and sourcing components and ensuring critical issues are resolved effectively.

A key initial priority will be establishing and driving consistent use of a newly implemented Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) including equipment and parts data preventive maintenance programs work-order standards and maintenance reporting.

• Lead schedule coach and develop maintenance technicians and mechanics supporting multiple shifts and two facilities.
• Establish daily and weekly priorities based on safety production needs equipment criticality labor and parts availability.
• Set clear expectations for workmanship attendance documentation housekeeping shift handoffs and communication.
• Evaluate team performance identify skill gaps provide technical coaching and cross-training and address performance concerns in coordination with HR.
• Maintain appropriate shift and emergency coverage and ensure open repairs and production risks are communicated effectively.

• Lead the implementation and ongoing administration of the maintenance departments CMMS.
• Maintain accurate equipment records asset hierarchy preventive maintenance schedules parts information manuals drawings and equipment history.
• Establish effective work-order standards priorities scheduling downtime reporting and closeout procedures.
• Develop and continuously improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs for production equipment utilities buildings and safety systems.
• Use CMMS reporting to manage PM completion maintenance backlog recurring failures equipment history parts usage and maintenance performance.

• Provide hands-on technical leadership during complex or high-impact equipment failures involving mechanical electrical controls pneumatic hydraulic refrigeration boiler steam and facility systems.
• Troubleshoot automated production and packaging equipment including batching and cooking systems pumps mixers fillers cappers conveyors coding and labeling equipment and related utilities.
• Lead root-cause analysis for significant breakdowns and recurring problems and ensure corrective actions are completed and effective.
• Maintain accurate electrical and mechanical drawings equipment documentation control-system backups and records of equipment changes.
• Partner with Production and Quality during equipment startup and turnover to ensure repairs meet safety quality and performance expectations.

• Identify research cross-reference and source mechanical electrical controls and facility components including obsolete and long-lead parts.
• Develop and maintain a critical spare-parts program based on equipment risk failure history lead time and cost.
• Maintain accurate parts inventory and storeroom records.
• Build strong relationships with manufacturers distributors repair services and technical contractors.
• Obtain and compare quotations coordinate contractor work and ensure outside work meets established expectations.

• Ensure maintenance activities comply with OSHA requirements safety policies LOTO machine guarding electrical safety and other applicable requirements.
• Ensure repairs meet cGMP sanitary design food safety allergen control foreign-material and sanitation standards.
• Maintain accurate audit-ready maintenance inspection calibration contractor and corrective-action records.
• Support customer regulatory GFSI and internal audits.

• Lead or support equipment installations upgrades capital projects commissioning and startup activities.
• Develop project scopes cost estimates schedules and risk assessments and monitor project costs and progress.
• Manage maintenance labor parts repair service contract and capital spending.
• Use downtime maintenance quality safety and cost data to identify reliability and continuous-improvement opportunities.
• Provide plant leadership with clear updates on equipment condition major breakdowns staffing PM status projects risks and recommended actions.
• Work closely with Production Quality Safety Sanitation HR and plant leadership to coordinate priorities and support uninterrupted operations.

• Minimum of 8 years of progressive industrial maintenance experience including at least 4 years supervising or managing maintenance employees in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Experience in food beverage pharmaceutical or another regulated sanitation-sensitive manufacturing environment; food manufacturing strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success leading a multi-shift maintenance team and improving maintenance execution and equipment reliability.
• Hands-on experience implementing building out or significantly improving a CMMS including asset data PMs work orders equipment history parts backlog management and reporting.
• Strong experience leading complex troubleshooting and root-cause analysis on automated production and packaging equipment.
• Proven ability to identify research cross-reference and source mechanical electrical controls and facility components.

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Electrical Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering preferred. Technical education recognized trade training or an equivalent combination of education and substantial hands-on experience will be considered.
• Strong knowledge of industrial mechanical and electrical systems motors pumps gearboxes pneumatics hydraulics sensors instrumentation VFDs PLC diagnostics and HMI fault information.
• Ability to read electrical schematics mechanical drawings manuals specifications and parts diagrams.
• Working knowledge of plant utilities preventive and predictive maintenance root-cause analysis OSHA requirements cGMPs and food manufacturing safety standards.
• Strong computer skills including CMMS administration Microsoft Excel data analysis and written reporting.

• Calm and decisive under production pressure with strong organizational and follow-through skills.
• Fair direct and professional when setting expectations and addressing performance concerns.
• Able to earn the respect of experienced tradespeople through technical credibility consistency and hands-on leadership.
• Strong communicator who can explain technical issues and business risks to employees leadership vendors and nontechnical personnel.

• Full-time on-site position with regular work at both the Farmingdale and Amityville facilities.
• Must be available to support multiple shifts and respond to urgent plant issues outside normal working hours when required.
• Must be able to work safely in an active manufacturing environment and comply with all required PPE hygiene safety and food safety requirements.

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off

Nesco Resource offers a comprehensive benefits package for our associates which includes a MEC (Minimum Essential Coverage) plan that encompasses Medical Vision Dental 401K and EAP (Employee Assistance Program) services.

Nesco Resource provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.