Maintenance Manager: Lead & Develop Food Plant Ops

royalfreshcuts; Georgia; On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Fresh Cuts seeks an experienced Maintenance Manager to lead our maintenance team and manage the day-to-day maintenance operations of our fast-paced food manufacturing facilities.

Our main priority is finding a strong leader who can train, coach, develop, and hold the maintenance team accountable while guiding repairs and ensuring safety, quality, and performance in collaboration with Production and QA.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and developing a maintenance team.
• Strong people-management and communication skills.
• Solid industrial maintenance experience; ability to troubleshoot equipment.
• Experience with mechanical, electrical, PLCs, hydraulics, and pneumatics.
• Food manufacturing experience preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage daily maintenance operations.
• Supervise, train, coach, and develop maintenance technicians and leads.
• Establish expectations and hold employees accountable for safety, quality, and performance.
• Assign and prioritize maintenance work based on production needs.
• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and automated equipment.
• Respond to equipment breakdowns and minimize production downtime.
• Manage preventive maintenance programs and equipment reliability.
• Coordinate vendors, contractors, parts, tools, and maintenance inventory.
• Partner with Production, FSQA, Warehouse, and Operations.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, LOTO, GMP, SQF, HACCP, and food safety requirements.

Skills

People management

Team leadership

Communication

Industrial maintenance

Electrical troubleshooting

Mechanical troubleshooting

PLCs

Hydraulics & pneumatics

Food manufacturing experience

Tools

PLCs

Job description

Royal Fresh Cuts seeks an experienced Maintenance Manager to lead our maintenance team and manage the day-to-day maintenance operations of our fast-paced food manufacturing facilities.

Our main priority is finding a strong leader who can train, coach, develop, and hold the maintenance team accountable while guiding repairs and ensuring safety, quality, and performance in collaboration with Production and QA.