Head of Maintenance & Reliability - Food Processing

Foster Farms; Fresno (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Foster Farms seeks a Head of Maintenance to lead planning, organizing, and directing maintenance across nine processing plants. You will develop asset management strategies to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations in line with Foster Farms' mission and ACTION principles.

Responsibilities include implementing TPM/Lean, managing budgets, and driving KPI performance while ensuring safety and food safety compliance across sites.

Qualifications

• BSME or equivalent experience in maintenance leadership.
• 7–10 years in food processing maintenance leadership.
• Multi-site experience preferred.
• Knowledge of safety codes (OSHA, USDA).

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement maintenance and reliability strategies across nine plants.
• Create preventive and predictive maintenance programs to maximize uptime and food safety.
• Prepare and manage maintenance budget and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Monitor and report Maintenance KPIs to meet cost, productivity, quality, and safety targets.
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, quality, safety, and supply chain to meet project objectives.
• Lead adoption of TPM/Lean and digital tools in maintenance operations.
• Ensure compliance with USDA, OSHA, PSM and internal safety standards.
• Provide training and mentorship to maintenance staff.
• Oversee capital planning for reliability improvements and asset lifecycle management.
• Drive data-driven decision making through digital tools.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance leadership

Budget management

Safety compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decisions

Project management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Digital tools

Job description

Foster Farms seeks a Head of Maintenance to lead planning, organizing, and directing maintenance across nine processing plants. You will develop asset management strategies to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations in line with Foster Farms' mission and ACTION principles.

Responsibilities include implementing TPM/Lean, managing budgets, and driving KPI performance while ensuring safety and food safety compliance across sites.