Food Plant Facilities Lead — Safety & Maintenance

Albanese Confectionery Group; Merrillville (IN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Albanese Confectionery Group is seeking a Building Services Leader to oversee a team responsible for maintaining facility safety, sanitation, and operations in an active production environment. You will drive preventive maintenance, implement SOPs, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to uphold quality and safety standards.

The role requires extensive experience in building maintenance management, strong leadership, and a proactive, problem-solving mindset to ensure continuous

Qualifications

• Strong organizational skills are required to manage multiple tasks and teams.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to collaborate across departments.
• Self-starter with proactive planning and problem solving.
• Team player capable of guiding others and coordinating with contractors.
• Good verbal communication for clear instructions and reporting.
• Ability to write detailed repair reports and maintain accurate records.

Responsibilities

• Implement safe working practices in compliance with OSHA guidelines.
• Develop SOPs and training; advance team to OSHA 10 status.
• Ensure the work environment is safe for team members and others nearby.
• Ensure complete training of all employees for sanitation, safety, lockout-tagout, emergency evacuation, GMP and HACCP.

Skills

Strong organizational skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Self-starter

Team player

Verbal communication

Detail-oriented reporting

Education

High School Diploma or equivalency

Job description

Albanese Confectionery Group is seeking a Building Services Leader to oversee a team responsible for maintaining facility safety, sanitation, and operations in an active production environment. You will drive preventive maintenance, implement SOPs, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to uphold quality and safety standards.

The role requires extensive experience in building maintenance management, strong leadership, and a proactive, problem-solving mindset to ensure continuous