Maintenance Manager

Missouriagconnection; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunity

Job summary

FoodTalentSolutions has partnered with a premium food manufacturer to identify a Maintenance Manager for its St. Louis manufacturing facility.

This leadership role directs a maintenance team, partners with Operations to drive uptime, and leads reliability initiatives in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment. The position offers broad ownership of maintenance, utilities, capital improvements, budgets, and continuous improvement with a competitive compensation package and bonus opportunity.

Qualifications

• Experience leading maintenance teams in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong collaboration with operations to improve plant performance.
• Proven track record delivering uptime improvements and reliability gains.

Responsibilities

• Direct leadership of the maintenance team for a busy St. Louis facility.
• Partner with Operations and reports to the Director of Manufacturing.
• Own preventive maintenance, reliability initiatives, utilities, and continuous improvement programs.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Reliability engineering

Preventive maintenance

Operations collaboration

Budget management

Job description

Overview

FoodTalentSolutions has partnered with a well-established premium food manufacturer to identify a Maintenance Manager for its St. Louis manufacturing facility.

This is a highly visible leadership opportunity for someone who enjoys building strong maintenance teams, partnering closely with Operations, and driving reliability across a busy food manufacturing environment.

Key Role Information

• Direct leadership of 10 maintenance team members (Maintenance Technicians, Team Lead & Maintenance/Reliability Planner)
• Reports to Director of Manufacturing
• Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Lead an established maintenance team with the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on reliability and equipment performance.
• Join a well-respected, privately held food manufacturer known for long-term employee retention and internal career growth.
• Broad ownership across preventive maintenance, reliability, utilities, capital improvements, budgets, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Partner closely with Operations to improve uptime, OEE, and overall plant performance.
• Competitive compensation package with bonus opportunity.