Food/Beverage Maintenance Manager

Sunny Sky Products, LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Sunny Sky Products, LLC in Northwest Houston is seeking an experienced Maintenance Manager to lead a multi-shift maintenance team at its beverage manufacturing facility. You will drive reliability, manage preventive and corrective programs, and ensure GMP, HACCP, and OSHA compliance.

This hands-on senior role requires strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration with Production, Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain, plus budget oversight and active floor presence to reduce downtime from

Qualifications

• 5+ years of maintenance leadership in food or beverage manufacturing.
• Proven PM program ownership with measurable reliability improvements.
• CMMS proficiency with work orders, asset tracking, PM scheduling; MaintainX preferred.
• Strong electrical and mechanical troubleshooting capabilities.
• Vendor and contractor management experience with performance oversight.
• Clear written and verbal communication across organizational levels.
• GMP, HACCP, and OSHA knowledge applied to maintenance operations.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering; hands-on experience acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-shift maintenance and building tech team with coaching and clear performance expectations.
• Own preventive maintenance program end-to-end with schedules and improvements.
• Deploy MaintainX across all work orders, PM schedules, asset records, and spare parts.
• Maintain floor presence during critical production hours and cover gaps.
• Drive root cause analysis with corrective action plans and owners.
• Manage vendor/contractor relationships from initiation to quality verification.
• Maintain spare parts inventory with proactive replenishment.
• Collaborate daily with Production, Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain.
• Ensure GMP, HACCP, OSHA compliance across maintenance activities.
• Surface equipment risks and operational constraints to leadership before impact.
• Own commissioning handovers for new equipment with engineering.
• Manage maintenance budget: parts procurement, contractor spend, repair vs replace.
• Maintain complete maintenance documentation for auditability.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

PM program ownership

CMMS MaintainX

Electrical troubleshooting

Mechanical troubleshooting

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering

Tools

MaintainX CMMS

Job description

Sunny Sky Products, LLC Northwest Houston

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced, accountable, and results driven Maintenance Manager to lead the maintenance function at our Houston TX beverage manufacturing facility. This role is responsible for building and sustaining a high performing maintenance organization that operates with discipline, proactiveness, and a strong culture of reliability. The ideal candidate brings confirmed leadership experience in a food or beverage manufacturing environment, demonstrates end-to-end ownership of preventive and corrective maintenance programs, and communicates with clarity and purpose across all levels of the organization. This is a hands-on leadership role that requires active floor presence, strong cross functional collaboration, and the ability to drive measurable improvements in equipment reliability, downtime reduction, and team accountability from day one.

Responsibilities

Lead, develop, and hold accountable a multi-shift team of production and building maintenance technicians through structured coaching, clear performance expectations, and consistent follow through.

Own the facility's preventive maintenance program end to end — schedule development, task quality, execution verification, and continuous improvement based on real equipment performance data.

Fully deploy and manage MaintainX CMMS across all work orders, PM schedules, asset records, and spare parts inventory. Enforce team-wide documentation discipline in real time.

Maintain active floor presence during critical production hours. Support technician coverage gaps directly when needed.

Drive root cause analysis on all recurring failures with documented corrective action plans, defined owners, and resolution timeframes.

Manage all vendor and contractor relationships with active performance oversight from scope of initiation through completion and quality verification.

Maintain accurate spare parts inventory with a proactive replenishment process that eliminates stockout-driven production delays.

Collaborate daily with Production, Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain. Arrive prepared for daily direction setting meetings with current maintenance status and solution-oriented updates.

Ensure full GMP, HACCP, and OSHA compliance across all maintenance activities and enforce contamination prevention practices team wide.

Proactively surface all equipment risks, active repairs, and operational constraints to plant leadership before they impact production. Reactive reporting is not the standard.

Accept ownership of newly commissioned equipment immediately upon capital project handover and establish structured handover protocols with engineering.

Manage the maintenance budget including parts procurement, contractor spending, and repair versus replacement justification.

Maintain complete maintenance documentation — SOPs, service records, inspection logs, and corrective action trails — always ensuring full auditability.

Required Skills and Abilities

5 or more years of maintenance leadership experience in food or beverage manufacturing with confirmed direct team management responsibility.

Demonstrated ownership of a functional PM program with measurable reliability outcomes.

CMMS proficiency for work order management, asset tracking, PM scheduling, and parts inventory. MaintainX experience is a plus.

Strong electrical and mechanical troubleshooting capability with the ability to serve as a technical resource for the team.

Confirmed vendor and contractor management experience including performance accountability and scope oversight.

Exceptional written and verbal communication — concise, solution oriented, and proactive at all organizational levels.

GMP, HACCP, and OSHA knowledge as applied to maintenance operations in a food and beverage manufacturing environment.

Strong organizational discipline and professional availability beyond standard hours when operational needs require it.

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering preferred. Equivalent hands-on experience considered.

Preferred

• CMRP certification.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.
• Experience transitioning a maintenance organization from reactive to proactive reliability culture.
• Familiarity with CIP systems, beverage filling lines, powder manufacturing, or hot fill processing.
• Experience managing both production equipment and facility building systems simultaneously.

Travel Required

No .

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