CMMS and Automation Maintenance Team Leader (Food Manufacturing)

Ken's Foods - US Facilities; McDonough (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Ken’s Foods in McDonough, GA seeks a Maintenance Team Leader responsible for safeguarding uptime and guiding a skilled maintenance crew in a food manufacturing environment.

You will drive preventive/predictive maintenance, mentor technicians, and lead by example on safety and quality, including resolving PLC/HMI/network faults and improving line reliability.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or related field with 2–7 years in food/bev manufacturing.
• CMMS proficiency and ability to read schematics.
• Strong electrical, mechanical, pneumatic/hydraulic fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Directly supervise maintenance personnel and manage hiring, training, and work planning.
• Lead preventive and predictive maintenance programs to improve uptime.
• Troubleshoot PLC/HMI/network faults and coordinate fixes with the team.
• Maintain safety, quality, and policy adherence on the plant floor.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Schematic reading

Industrial electrical

Safety compliance

Leadership

Education

Associate degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Build reliability excellence where great food is madeAt Ken’s Foods in McDonough, GA, we’re scaling up. We’re looking for a Maintenance Team Leader who sees challenges as opportunities—someone ready to safeguard uptime, guide a skilled crew, and elevate our manufacturing and facility systems.Your missionImagine stepping into a plant where every minute of uptime matters. You orchestrate preventive and predictive plans, coach techs through complex faults, and lead by example on safety and quality. When a packaging cell throws a fault tied to an HMI/PLC network hiccup, you mobilize, parse schematics, stabilize controls, and capture learnings in the CMMS to prevent recurrence. Then you turn to continuous improvement—tuning motor control strategies, tightening utilities reliability, and unlocking productivity one fix at a time.Impact you’ll driveRepresent maintenance on the leadership team, advancing Safety, Quality, and Productivity in a food production environment.Audit line and utility effectiveness; prioritize and implement improvements to lift throughput and reliability.Develop technicians’ troubleshooting and repair capability; mentor for professional advancement.Hold high standards for performance, policy adherence, and professionalism.Strengthen Preventive and Predictive Maintenance programs across equipment and facility systems.Run maintenance via CMMS—work orders, purchasing, inventory control, and historical records.Diagnose/repair controls issues including PCs, PLCs, HMIs, and related network problems.Bring advanced electrical depth: power distribution, motor controls, variable speed controllers/VFDs, servo controllers, and robotics.Own troubleshooting for automated packaging operations.Resolve process-equipment issues on pumps, valves, meters, and mixing systems.Work confidently with hydraulic and pneumatic systems.Maintain reliability of facility support systems—steam, hot water, compressed air, refrigeration.Fluently read and apply electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic schematics.Lead the teamYou will directly supervise maintenance personnel and manage interviewing/hiring, training, work planning and direction, performance appraisals, rewards and discipline, and the resolution of complaints, in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.What it takesProven success delivering essential maintenance outcomes in manufacturing, with broad technical strength.CMMS proficiency and strong schematic interpretation skills.Education & Experience: Associate’s degree (A.S.) in Electrical, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering—or Engineering Technology—or a comparable background that includes 2–7 years in a food, beverage, or consumer-goods manufacturing plant.Statements of accommodation and screeningReasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Employment with Ken’s Foods is contingent upon successful completion of a drug test, background screening, and pre-employment assessment.