Maintenance Manager - First Shift

Conagra Brands; Michigan; On-site; USD 82,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Conagra Brands is seeking a Maintenance Leader for our Macomb facility to drive reliability, cut downtime, and ensure safe, compliant operations. You will lead a maintenance team, manage budgets, and partner with cross-functional teams to optimize plant performance.

The role emphasizes leadership, strategy, and hands-on oversight of maintenance programs, with relocation support available for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a technical field required.
• 5+ years of experience managing a maintenance team in a manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of PLCs and controls systems.
• Strong knowledge of maintenance systems, reliability practices, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience with SAP Plant Maintenance or similar systems preferred.
• Familiarity with predictive maintenance technologies such as vibration analysis, infrared, or ultrasound preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively and collaborate across all levels of the organization.
• Strong organizational and time management skills in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead plant maintenance to reduce downtime and improve overall plant efficiency.
• Provide direct leadership, coaching, and development for the maintenance team.
• Promote safety, environmental, and regulatory compliance across all maintenance activities.
• Ensure adherence to food safety, USDA regulations and GMP standards within the Maintenance Department.
• Develop, manage, and maintain the maintenance operating budget.
• Support capital planning activities by developing cost estimates and contributing to long-term capital strategies.
• Establish and manage maintenance performance metrics to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
• Implement systems to evaluate maintenance work, including internal teams and contractors.
• Manage contractor relationships and oversee all contracted maintenance services.
• Oversee execution of maintenance activities through field presence and inspections.
• Partner with the Reliability COE to implement reliability standards and best practices.
• Identify and prioritize maintenance losses and drive corrective actions.
• Drive adoption of SAP Plant Maintenance across the department.
• Assess team capability and develop plans to build technical and leadership skills.
• Collaborate with Operations and Engineering to improve equipment performance.

Skills

Problem solving

Data analysis

Leadership

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or technical field

Tools

SAP Plant Maintenance

Job description

Reporting to the Plant Manager, you will lead maintenance operations to ensure equipment reliability, minimize downtime, and support safe, efficient production at the Macomb manufacturing facility. You will drive maintenance strategy, manage department performance, and partner cross-functionally to deliver operational excellence.

A Taste Of Your Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the plant maintenance function to reduce equipment downtime and improve overall plant efficiency.
• Provide direct leadership, coaching, and development for the maintenance team, ensuring performance expectations are met.
• Promote and enforce safety, environmental, and regulatory compliance across all maintenance activities.
• Ensure adherence to food safety, quality, USDA regulations and GMP standards within the Maintenance Department.
• Develop, manage, and maintain the maintenance operating budget, including monitoring departmental expenditures.
• Support capital planning activities by developing cost estimates and contributing to long-term capital strategies.
• Establish and manage maintenance performance metrics to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
• Implement systems and processes to evaluate maintenance work, including internal teams and contractors.
• Manage contractor relationships and oversee all contracted maintenance services for planned and unplanned work.
• Oversee execution of maintenance activities through field presence, inspections, and collaboration with plant teams and external partners.
• Partner with the Reliability COE to implement and sustain reliability systems, standards, and best practices.
• Identify and prioritize maintenance losses and ensure action plans are developed and executed to eliminate recurring issues.
• Drive adoption and compliance with SAP Plant Maintenance systems and standards across the department.
• Assess team capability, identify skill gaps, and lead development plans to build technical and leadership capability within the team.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, and other partners to improve equipment performance and plant reliability.

Ingredients Required For Your Success

• Bachelor's degree required; engineering or technical field preferred or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience managing a maintenance team in a manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of PLCs and controls systems.
• Strong knowledge of maintenance systems, reliability practices, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills with the ability to analyze data and drive improvements.
• Experience with SAP Plant Maintenance or similar systems preferred.
• Familiarity with predictive maintenance technologies such as vibration analysis, infrared, or ultrasound preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively and collaborate across all levels of the organization.
• Strong organizational and time management skills in a fast-paced environment.

Relocation assistance is available for this position. Preference will be given to local candidates.

Physical Requirements

You will be expected to perform the essential functions of this role with or without reasonable accommodation, including standing and walking regularly and occasionally sitting, bending, reaching, and lifting up to 50 pounds. You will work in a manufacturing environment with varying temperatures and exposure to noise.

Compensation

Pay Range:$82,000-$120,000

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee's actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees' equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

• Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
• Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
• Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
• Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions – within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye, Slim Jim and Reddi-Wip.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.