Maintenance Manager - Dairy Processing Plant

Galloway Company; Neenah (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Quarterly bonus program

Wellness programs

401k Plan with company match

Paid time off

Life insurance

STD/LTD

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Galloway Company in Neenah, WI, is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead our maintenance function in a dairy processing operation. You will drive preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance for production equipment, utilities, and facilities, focusing on reliability, safety, and food quality.

You will build a high-performing team, manage budgets and spares, partner with cross-functional groups, and guide capital projects while maintaining compliance with regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Trade school diploma or journeyman certification.
• 10+ years of manufacturing/maintenance experience.
• Progressive maintenance leadership in a manufacturing setting.
• Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, controls, and utility systems.
• Experience with preventive and predictive maintenance, troubleshooting, root‑cause analysis, and equipment reliability.
• Experience managing contractors, projects, budgets, and spare‑parts inventory.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a highly regulated industry.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, communication, decision‑making, and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the maintenance team while fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Plan and oversee preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance for production equipment, utilities, and facilities.
• Improve equipment reliability, uptime, and lifecycle performance using maintenance data, root-cause analysis, and reliability best practices.
• Manage maintenance priorities, schedules, work orders, labor, contractors, spare parts, and departmental budgets.
• Partner with production, engineering, quality, sanitation, safety, and other stakeholders to coordinate maintenance activities and minimize disruption.
• Ensure maintenance work complies with workplace safety, food safety, quality, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead equipment installations, upgrades, shutdown work, and capital or continuous-improvement projects.
• Monitor maintenance KPIs and use the computerized maintenance management system to improve planning, execution, and results.
• Provide leadership during equipment failures and participate in after-hours support as operational needs require.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Team leadership

Preventive maintenance

Reliability engineering

Data-driven decision making

Safety awareness

Communication skills

Education

Trade school diploma / journeyman certification

Tools

CMMS

Microsoft Office

CMMS / Maintenance software

Job description

Galloway Company in Neenah, WI, is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead our maintenance function in a dairy processing operation. You will drive preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance for production equipment, utilities, and facilities, focusing on reliability, safety, and food quality.

You will build a high-performing team, manage budgets and spares, partner with cross-functional groups, and guide capital projects while maintaining compliance with regulatory standards.