Maintenance Manager

Express Employment Professionals - Cincinnati East; Grand Forks (ND); On-site; USD 93,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent Benefits

Job summary

Express Employment Professionals is partnering with a long-established food manufacturing organization to identify a Maintenance Manager for a large-scale production facility in Grand Forks, ND.

This leadership role oversees maintenance operations, reliability initiatives, capital projects, and continuous improvement in a highly automated environment. You will lead a skilled team, influence plant strategy, and drive equipment reliability and uptime to support production goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of maintenance leadership in manufacturing.
• Proven ability to lead teams, reliability programs, and projects.
• Experience with CMMS (SAP preferred).
• Experience with PLCs, electrical and mechanical systems.
• Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement experience.
• Food manufacturing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance, reliability, and engineering for a high-volume facility.
• Drive preventive, predictive, and planned maintenance programs.
• Plan, schedule, analyze breakdowns, and drive improvements.
• Oversee capital projects from planning to commissioning.
• Lead root-cause analysis to reduce downtime.
• Develop team capabilities through coaching and training.
• Manage MRO inventory, budgets, and capital spending.
• Partner with plant leadership on safety, quality, productivity, costs.
• Ensure GMP, food safety, environmental, and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Reliability programs

Capital projects

Root-cause analysis

Continuous improvement

Food manufacturing experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, Industrial Management, or related field

Tools

SAP CMMS

PLCs

Job description

Maintenance Manager

Location: Grand Forks, ND

Salary: $93,000 - $138,000 + Excellent Benefits

Express Employment Professionals is partnering with a long-established food manufacturing organization to identify a Maintenance Manager for a large-scale production facility in Grand Forks.

This is a key leadership role overseeing maintenance operations, reliability initiatives, capital projects, and continuous improvement efforts within a highly automated manufacturing environment. You'll lead a skilled maintenance team, influence plant strategy, and play a major role in improving equipment reliability, reducing downtime, and driving operational performance.

What You'll Do

• Lead maintenance, reliability, and engineering functions for a high-volume manufacturing facility.
• Drive preventive, predictive, and planned maintenance programs to improve equipment performance and asset life.
• Manage maintenance planning, scheduling, breakdown analysis, defect handling, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Oversee capital projects from planning through commissioning, including contractor management, timelines, and budget control.
• Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis efforts to reduce downtime and improve production efficiency.
• Develop maintenance team capabilities through coaching, training, and performance management.
• Manage MRO inventory, maintenance budgets, and capital spending.
• Partner with plant leadership to achieve safety, quality, productivity, and cost objectives.
• Ensure compliance with GMP, food safety, environmental, and regulatory standards.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, Industrial Management, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of maintenance leadership experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience leading maintenance teams, reliability programs, and capital projects.
• Strong understanding of CMMS systems (SAP preferred).
• Experience with PLCs, electrical systems, mechanical equipment, utilities, and boilers.
• Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement experience.
• Food manufacturing experience preferred.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Highly visible leadership position within plant operations.
• Opportunity to influence reliability strategy and long-term facility performance.
• Strong compensation package with comprehensive benefits.
• Stable and growing food manufacturing organization.
• Direct impact on plant performance, capital improvements, and team development.

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