Maintenance & Reliability Manager

Louisiana Fish Fry Products; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Louisiana Fish Fry is seeking an experienced Maintenance & Reliability Manager to lead maintenance, reliability, facilities, and utility operations within our manufacturing facility in Baton Rouge.

This role focuses on maximizing equipment uptime, developing a world-class reliability program, and building a high-performing maintenance team through strong leadership and effective training.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering or related technical field.
• 7+ years of progressive maintenance and reliability experience in manufacturing.
• 3+ years of leadership experience managing maintenance teams.
• Proven success improving equipment reliability, uptime, and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
• Experience leading reliability improvement programs using RCA, FMEA, RCM and other structured problem-solving tools.
• Strong CMMS, maintenance planning, scheduling, and asset management knowledge.
• Experience managing budgets, contractor relationships, spare parts inventories, and capital projects.
• Knowledge of OSHA, environmental, and food safety regulatory requirements.
• Strong leadership, communication, and team-building skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and data-driven performance reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance, reliability, facilities, and utility functions to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operations.
• Develop and execute preventive, predictive, condition-based, and corrective maintenance programs to improve asset performance and uptime.
• Drive reliability initiatives through RCA, FMEA, RCM, and continuous improvement practices.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Engineering, Safety, and Supply Chain to improve productivity and reduce downtime.
• Oversee maintenance planning and scheduling, work execution, backlog management, and CMMS effectiveness.
• Develop and manage maintenance budgets, including labor, spare parts, contractors, and capital expenditures.
• Lead spare parts inventory and storeroom strategies to balance reliability and cost control.
• Manage capital projects, equipment installations, commissioning activities, and asset lifecycle planning.
• Build and develop a high-performing maintenance team through leadership, accountability, training, and succession planning.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Foster a culture of proactive maintenance and continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team-building

Problem-solving

Data-driven reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field

Tools

CMMS systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Louisiana Fish Fry is seeking an experienced Maintenance & Reliability Manager to lead all aspects of maintenance, reliability, facilities, and utility operations within our manufacturing facility. This role is responsible for maximizing equipment uptime, improving plant performance, developing a world-class reliability program, and building a high-performing maintenance team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the plant's maintenance, reliability, facilities, and utility functions to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operations.
• Develop and execute preventive, predictive, condition-based, and corrective maintenance programs that improve asset performance and equipment uptime.
• Drive reliability initiatives through Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), and continuous improvement practices.
• Partner closely with Operations, Quality, Engineering, Safety, and Supply Chain teams to improve productivity, reduce downtime, and achieve business goals.
• Oversee maintenance planning and scheduling, work execution, backlog management, and CMMS effectiveness.
• Develop and manage maintenance budgets, including labor, spare parts, contractors, and capital expenditures.
• Lead spare parts inventory and storeroom strategies to balance equipment reliability and cost control.
• Manage capital projects, equipment installations, commissioning activities, and long-term asset lifecycle planning.
• Build, coach, and develop a high-performing maintenance team through effective leadership, accountability, training, and succession planning.
• Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, food safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Foster a culture of proactive maintenance, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and employee development.
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years of progressive maintenance and reliability experience within a manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years of leadership experience managing maintenance teams, supervisors, planners, or reliability personnel.
• Demonstrated success improving equipment reliability, uptime, asset utilization, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
• Experience leading reliability improvement programs utilizing RCA, FMEA, RCM, and other structured problem-solving tools.
• Strong understanding of CMMS systems, maintenance planning and scheduling, and asset management practices.
• Experience managing maintenance budgets, contractor relationships, spare parts inventories, and capital projects.
• Working knowledge of OSHA, environmental, food safety, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Strong leadership, communication, and team-building skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and data-driven performance reporting.
• Ability to support off-shift operations and respond to critical plant issues when necessary.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in food, beverage, packaging, consumer packaged goods (CPG), or other highly automated manufacturing environments.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, Reliability Excellence, or World Class Manufacturing programs.
• Knowledge of PLCs, controls, VFDs, automated packaging systems, robotics, machine vision systems, and industrial utility systems.