Aseptic Process & Utilities Maintenance Lead

Jasper Products; Joplin (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DFAMILK is seeking an experienced Maintenance and Utilities Manager to oversee a high-speed aseptic and ESL beverage facility. You will lead a team of engineers and maintenance staff, drive preventive/predictive maintenance, and ensure regulatory compliance across GMP, SQF, and HACCP standards.

You will collaborate with senior leadership to prioritize capital projects, optimize asset performance, and maintain safety and operational efficiency across utilities, processing, and facility

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of maintenance experience in a food, beverage, or dairy manufacturing environment.
• Minimum 1+ year of leadership experience.
• Experience with aseptic and ESL processing or sanitary food manufacturing environments.
• Knowledge of GMP, SQF, HACCP, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Experience with utilities systems including electrical, boilers, ammonia refrigeration, and CMMS.

Responsibilities

• Manage maintenance of facility utilities and processing with direct supervision of supervisors and teams.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and development to build a high-performing team.
• Maintain predictive and preventive maintenance programs across assets to minimize downtime.
• Oversee aseptic/ESL processing systems, sterilization, and hygienic design.
• Ensure compliance with FDA, USDA, SQF, GMP and food safety requirements.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to justify capital projects improving safety, quality, capacity, and efficiency.
• Coordinate cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, R&D, Warehousing, HR, Safety and Supply Chain.
• Perform asset lifecycle and replacement analyses to optimize performance and reduce downtime.
• Communicate across all levels to ensure priorities are understood and executed.
• Manage Management of Change (MOC) processes for process and equipment changes.
• Develop and manage maintenance KPIs (OEE, downtime, PM compliance, reliability).
• Oversee safety programs including risk assessments, safety audits, and OSHA compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Utilities & Automation

Planning & Execution

Problem Solving

Communication

Cross-functional Collaboration

Change Management

Data Analysis

MS Office

Long-Term Planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Eng

High school diploma

Tools

CMMS

PLCs/Automation

Electrical systems

Boilers & Ammonia refrigeration

Water systems

Job description

DFAMILK is seeking an experienced Maintenance and Utilities Manager to oversee a high-speed aseptic and ESL beverage facility. You will lead a team of engineers and maintenance staff, drive preventive/predictive maintenance, and ensure regulatory compliance across GMP, SQF, and HACCP standards.

You will collaborate with senior leadership to prioritize capital projects, optimize asset performance, and maintain safety and operational efficiency across utilities, processing, and facility