Maintenance & Reliability Manager – Food Manufacturing Plant

Kent Corporation; Bolingbrook (IL); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental

Vision

401k

Complete benefits package

Job summary

KENT Worldwide in Bolingbrook, IL is seeking an experienced Maintenance Manager to lead the maintenance function.

This role drives equipment reliability, asset management, preventive and predictive maintenance programs, and team development, partnering with Operations, Quality, Safety, Engineering, IT, Finance, and Supply Chain to ensure safe and efficient maintenance in compliance with food safety and GMP standards.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in a manufacturing maintenance role
• 3+ years in maintenance leadership role
• Experience using CMMS/work order systems, maintenance KPIs, gap assessments, reliability improvement tools, and structured root cause analysis to drive measurable equipment performance improvement
• Ability to read, write, and speak English
• Ability to use a computer or tablet including MS Outlook, MS Excel, and MS Word programs
• Able to work evenings and weekends when required
• Able to travel within the US when required
• Food manufacturing experience preferred
• Ability to work in high or confined spaces

Responsibilities

• Lead the Maintenance team to complete work safely, correctly, efficiently, and in compliance with KPFG safety, food safety, GMP, SOP requirements.
• Own the site maintenance system, including planning and scheduling, CMMS/work order quality, PM compliance, backlog management, spare parts inventory, documentation, certifications, permits, and annual testing records.
• Drive equipment reliability by investigating failures, analyzing downtime and recurring issues, leading root cause/corrective actions, and improving preventative and predictive maintenance practices.
• Lead Maintenance / Reliability / Asset Management focus areas, including gap assessments, current-state baselines, prioritized action plans, maintenance KPIs, implementation tracking, and progress updates.
• Maintain strong cross-functional communication with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Safety, IT, Finance, Supply Chain, vendors, and shift teams to minimize production disruption and support equipment, capital, and automation needs.
• Develop maintenance talent through performance feedback, skills matrix management, training plans, coaching, succession planning, and clear roles and responsibilities for leads, mechanics, apprentices, and support roles.
• Maintain neat, orderly maintenance work areas and support fabrication, troubleshooting, off-hours issue diagnosis, vendor/manufacturer visits, and procedure or work instruction creation or revision as needed.
• Manage maintenance spending within budget and monitor key performance indicators, including downtime, MTBF, MTTR, PM completion, schedule compliance, backlog, spare parts accuracy, and maintenance spend.

Skills

CMMS usage

Root cause analysis

Maintenance leadership

Downtime analysis

Education

Bachelors degree in a Technical related field

Tools

MS Outlook

MS Excel

MS Word

Job description

KENT Worldwide in Bolingbrook, IL is seeking an experienced Maintenance Manager to lead the maintenance function.

This role drives equipment reliability, asset management, preventive and predictive maintenance programs, and team development, partnering with Operations, Quality, Safety, Engineering, IT, Finance, and Supply Chain to ensure safe and efficient maintenance in compliance with food safety and GMP standards.