Lead Maintenance Manager - Food Processing & TPM

Ajasianfoods; Carthage (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. is seeking a Maintenance Manager to ensure safe, efficient operation of a modern food processing facility. Responsibilities include supervising the maintenance team, managing budgets, and driving continuous improvement in TPM and plant reliability.

The role requires strong leadership, hands-on troubleshooting, and collaboration with engineering on project tasks, with on-call availability to minimize downtime.

Qualifications

• Associates degree or higher with manufacturing experience.
• Minimum 4–6 years of related experience in a high-paced manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading a maintenance team and implementing TPM.

Responsibilities

• Create a safety-first maintenance culture and address safety issues.
• Supervise maintenance staff, provide training and clarity of roles.
• Lead frontline development plans and ensure safety training across the team.
• Coordinate daily maintenance activities and respond to on-call repairs 24/7.
• Schedule tasks, manage budgets and track KPIs for maintenance.
• Collaborate with engineering on plant projects and equipment modifications.
• Maintain ammonia system safety training and HazWoper readiness.

Skills

Lean experience

Kaizen

5S/TPM

Team leadership

PLC controls

Blueprints reading

Troubleshooting

Project coordination

Education

Associate degree

Tools

Visio

Job description

Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. is seeking a Maintenance Manager to ensure safe, efficient operation of a modern food processing facility. Responsibilities include supervising the maintenance team, managing budgets, and driving continuous improvement in TPM and plant reliability.

The role requires strong leadership, hands-on troubleshooting, and collaboration with engineering on project tasks, with on-call availability to minimize downtime.