Maintenance & Utilities Lead — Food Plant Reliability

Adecco; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Adecco is partnering with a leading food manufacturing company in Laurel, MD to hire a Utilities Supervisor who will lead maintenance and utilities operations while keeping production safe, efficient and reliable.

This hands-on leadership role is approximately 25–30% technical/maintenance work and 70–75% team supervision, coaching and development. You’ll oversee ammonia refrigeration, boilers, PLCs, and drive preventive maintenance to ensure GMP and food safety standards.

Qualifications

• Strong maintenance/utilities leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with industrial ammonia refrigeration strongly preferred.
• Experience leading and developing a maintenance team.
• Food manufacturing/processing experience is a plus.
• Strong understanding of safety, food safety and regulatory compliance.
• Comfortable working directly on the production floor in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, train and develop the maintenance/utilities team.
• Oversee daily maintenance activities, equipment readiness and production support.
• Troubleshoot and repair mechanical/electrical equipment and utility systems.
• Support ammonia refrigeration, boilers, compressed air, steam, HVAC, pumps, motors and PLCs.
• Manage ammonia system inspections and Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements.
• Partner with Production, Quality and Engineering to minimize downtime and improve efficiency.
• Drive preventive/condition-based maintenance and continuous improvement.
• Maintain strong food safety, GMP, environmental and safety standards.
• Manage maintenance inventory, critical spare parts and department costs.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Troubleshooting (mechanical/electrical

Production floor presence

Tools

PLC systems

Boilers & HVAC

Ammonia refrigeration systems

Job description

Adecco is partnering with a leading food manufacturing company in Laurel, MD to hire a Utilities Supervisor who will lead maintenance and utilities operations while keeping production safe, efficient and reliable.

This hands-on leadership role is approximately 25–30% technical/maintenance work and 70–75% team supervision, coaching and development. You’ll oversee ammonia refrigeration, boilers, PLCs, and drive preventive maintenance to ensure GMP and food safety standards.