Maintenance Manager

Ohly; Boyceville (WI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Ohly Americas – Boyceville, Wisconsin, seeks a Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance operations, drive reliability, and manage budgets and projects. You will oversee a team, partner with leadership, and ensure safety and compliance while championing continuous improvement.

The role requires a Mechanical Engineering degree and 10+ years of maintenance experience, including 5+ years of leadership and capital project management. On-site role with cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of maintenance experience.
• 5+ years managing teams and capital projects.
• Strong knowledge of reliability best practices and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop managers and supervisors across functions.
• Drive plant reliability through preventive and corrective maintenance.
• Develop strategic maintenance roadmaps and report KPIs.
• Prepare budgets, schedules, scopes, and capital requests.
• Oversee shutdowns, project design, and startup safety.
• Collaborate with HR on hiring and performance reviews.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance management

Project management

Reliability best practices

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Excel

Job description

Ohly is the third largest yeast extract producer in the world with sites in Germany and the USA. We develop, produce and deliver high-quality yeast-based flavours and specialty powders. Ohly is part of the $17.6bn turnover Associated British Food (ABF) Group. ABF is a broad portfolio of businesses which includes Primark, Ovaltine, Twinings, AB Enzymes, and is the world’s second largest producer of both sugar and baker’s yeast. ABF takes a long-term perspective on investment and performance, and stimulates entrepreneurship by giving high degrees of autonomy to operational businesses. This means that decisions are taken as close as possible to their point of impact allowing teams the freedom to act, in order to be successfully flexible and fast. ABF invests a great deal in selecting and developing the right people for Ohly and the broader ABF group of companies.

Ohly has a great opportunity for a Maintenance Manager to join our team in Boyceville Wisconsin USA. The Maintenance Manager is a key leadership role responsible for ensuring plant reliability, driving continuous improvement, and managing maintenance operations, projects, and budgets. This position actively contributes to the Ohly Leadership Team and fosters a culture of safety, compliance, and operational excellence.

In this exciting role you will be responsible for:

Leadership

• Actively participate in the Ohly Leadership Team.
• Lead, coach, and develop managers and supervisors across all functions.
• Partner with colleagues to integrate and operationalize HSE programs and promote a culture of safety and compliance.

Maintenance

• Develop and maintain a strategic roadmap for the Maintenance department.
• Assess team competencies, identify gaps, and implement development plans.
• Ensure plant reliability through preventive and corrective maintenance, inventory management, and predictive technologies.
• Prioritize resources effectively and report KPIs to local and senior management.
• Develop and implement maintenance guidelines, technical tools, and plant documentation.
• Collaborate with operations to drive continuous improvement of assets and performance.

Project Management & Budgets

• Manage shutdown planning and execution with the Engineering Manager.
• Prepare accurate budgets, schedules, scopes, and capital requests.
• Oversee project design, execution, and startup safely, on time, and within budget.
• Provide input on capital projects and annual maintenance budgets.
• Monitor budgets monthly and implement corrective actions as needed.

Procurement

• Review and qualify vendors.
• Manage parts inventory to minimize downtime and ensure critical spares availability.

Human Resources

• Collaborate with HR on hiring, training, and performance reviews.
• Provide input into union negotiations and uphold HR policies and employment law.

You should have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of maintenance experience.
• 5+ years of experience managing teams and capital projects.
• Strong knowledge of reliability best practices and troubleshooting skills.
• Proven project management capabilities.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Proficient in computer applications.

Nice to have:

• Experience with spray drying processes, dairy processes, and related utilities.
• Project Management certifications.
• Knowledge of process safety concepts (explosion and fire protection).
• Experience with CMMS implementation.
• Background in Six Sigma or similar methodologies.

We look forward to your application including information about your earliest possible start date and salary expectations!

Location: Ohly Americas – Boyceville / Nelson Drive, 1258, 54725, Boyceville, United States of America