Lead Maintenance Manager, Bakery & Facilities

International Delights, LLC; Clifton (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

International Delights is building a world-class maintenance program across our production, facilities, and fleet operations. We are looking for a Maintenance Manager to own the site’s maintenance performance end-to-end — leading Team Leaders and technicians, and driving the transition from a reactive to a proactive, planned and predictive maintenance culture.

This role is the accountable owner of the site’s core maintenance KPIs — safety, downtime, MTTR, MTBF, PM compliance, and cost — and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industrial maintenance experience.
• 5+ years in a maintenance management role.
• Proven track record owning maintenance KPIs in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and PLC/controls systems.
• Deep experience with CMMS platforms, KPI dashboards, PM program build-out and data-driven decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to build and lead multi-level teams across shifts.
• Strong financial acumen—budget ownership, labor planning, and cost control.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, comfortable presenting KPI performance to plant leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own the site’s maintenance KPI scorecard and reporting cadence.
• Manage day-to-day maintenance of bakery production lines to meet throughput and food-safety standards.
• Analyze downtime and CMMS data to identify systemic issues and drive root-cause actions.
• Collaborate with the Maintenance Planner to mature the four-tier maintenance model (reactive to predictive).

Skills

Industrial maintenance

Maintenance management

KPI management

Mechanical systems

Electrical systems

Pneumatic systems

Hydraulic systems

PLC/controls

CMMS

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

CMMS platforms

Job description

International Delights is building a world-class maintenance program across our production, facilities, and fleet operations. We are looking for a Maintenance Manager to own the site’s maintenance performance end-to-end — leading Team Leaders and technicians, and driving the transition from a reactive to a proactive, planned and predictive maintenance culture.

This role is the accountable owner of the site’s core maintenance KPIs — safety, downtime, MTTR, MTBF, PM compliance, and cost — and