Assistant Maintenance Manager

Precise Resource; Iowa; On-site; USD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a hands-on Assistant Maintenance Manager to lead their maintenance team. This role is crucial in ensuring that production equipment operates efficiently, minimizing downtime while maximizing performance. You'll be responsible for overseeing repairs, preventive maintenance, and the training of mechanics, all while coordinating closely with production and engineering teams. If you have a passion for maintaining high operational standards and enjoy working in a dynamic environment, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact in a leading food production company.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of maintenance supervision in a high-volume processing facility.
• Associates degree preferred in a mechanically related field.

Responsibilities

• Oversee maintenance tasks ensuring timely repairs and preventive maintenance.
• Provide training and evaluate employee performance in maintenance.

Skills

Maintenance Supervision

Technical Support

Preventive Maintenance

Troubleshooting

Team Leadership

Education

Associates Degree in mechanically related field

Tools

SAP

Job description

Assistant Maintenance Manager

Precise Resource, Inc. is a leading privately held Women's Business Enterprise specializing in Executive Search, Recruiting, and staff augmentation services for Fortune 1000 clients across the United States. One of our more prestigious clients has requested assistance in seeking an Assistant Maintenance Manager to join their growing organization.

With a long history of innovation in the food industry, our client, a global leader, partners with some of the world’s biggest brands to bring high-quality meat and food products to tables worldwide. From sourcing and processing to custom food solutions, they combine cutting-edge technology with a commitment to sustainability and food safety. What sets them apart is their ability to adapt, delivering consistent, scalable results while staying flexible enough to meet each customer's unique needs.

We’re looking for a hands-on maintenance manager to lead the team and keep our client’s production equipment running at its best. In this role, you’ll oversee everything from day-to-day repairs to long-term maintenance planning, making sure downtime stays low and performance stays high. You’ll work closely with supervisors and your maintenance crew to troubleshoot issues quickly, plan preventive maintenance, manage inventory, and keep things running smoothly behind the scenes. You’ll also help shape the department’s policies on training, purchasing, overtime, and more.

If you’re someone who takes pride in keeping operations efficient and equipment in top shape, we’d love to chat with you.

What you’ll be doing:

• Ensures timely completion and documentation of repairs, work orders, and preventive maintenance through SAP.
• Provides on-the-job training and development for mechanics to enhance their technical skills.
• Evaluate employee performance, offer coaching and feedback, handle disciplinary actions, and recommend employment status changes when necessary.
• Provide technical support to production teams, develop operator training programs, and create standard operating procedures and cleaning methods.
• Coordinates maintenance activities with production and engineering teams.
• Oversees maintenance tasks, including mechanical, electrical, electronic controls, pneumatic, hydraulic, fabrication, pipe fitting, welding, refrigeration, boiler repair, and general building maintenance. Manages external contractors, technicians, and original equipment manufacturers to support production efficiency.
• Supervises and assists with equipment startup before production runs.
• Allocates resources to diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair processing equipment to minimize downtime.
• Controls maintenance expenditures to align with budget constraints.
• Maintains and manages inventories of maintenance supplies and reordering repair parts as needed.
• Oversees the maintenance and rebuilding of electrical controls, motors, and starters.
• Responds to after-hours emergency repair calls when necessary.
• Upholds workplace safety and sanitation standards while developing safe operating procedures for all production equipment.
• Approves employee time cards in the absence of maintenance supervisors.
• Organizes mechanical training, supporting employees, resolving grievances, enforcing company policies, maintaining morale, and making recommendations on compensation and employment changes.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in mechanically related field or equivalent is preferred.
• 5 to 7 years Maintenance Supervision in a high-volume processing or manufacturing facility, preferably in meat industry or other governmental regulated industry such as food, drug or cosmetics.
• Work can be performed within a manufacturing plant environment with noise, extreme temperatures, and significant movement of powered equipment, people and conveyor (may depend on the role).
• Work conditions are typical of a food manufacturing facility.
• This role does not require any domestic travel.
• Position may require the physical agility of lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Position may require frequent and/or infrequent bending, squatting, pushing, pulling, stretching/reaching, use hands or fingers, talk, hear, feel objects, tools, controls and standing/walking on concrete flooring.
• Position may require the physical ability to stand/walk for greater than 4 hours.

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