Senior Maintenance Engineer- Food Manufacturing Reliability

Judge Direct Placement; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Judge Direct Placement is looking for a Maintenance Engineer for a major food manufacturer in the Jackson, MS area. The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of engineering and maintenance experience, particularly in high speed food manufacturing. Responsibilities include managing maintenance programs, leading CI projects, and supervising technicians.

Strong communication and leadership skills are essential for this role. The position involves significant teamwork and requires an individual willing to take responsibility for reducing equipment downtime and improving overall process reliability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering and maintenance experience.
• Experience in high speed food manufacturing.
• Preferred CI/Lean experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage and improve maintenance programs for equipment.
• Lead Root Cause Failure Elimination process.
• Supervise project engineer and hourly technicians.
• Analyze downtime with CI team.
• Troubleshoot equipment issues.
• Assist in reliability metrics development.
• Critique PM execution and outages.
• Provide long-term planning for equipment.
• Manage capital budget.

Skills

Engineering and maintenance experience

High speed food manufacturing experience

CI/Lean experience

Strong communication skills

Leadership skills

Group facilitation skills

Job description

Judge Direct Placement is looking for a Maintenance Engineer for a major food manufacturer in the Jackson, MS area. The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of engineering and maintenance experience, particularly in high speed food manufacturing. Responsibilities include managing maintenance programs, leading CI projects, and supervising technicians.

Strong communication and leadership skills are essential for this role. The position involves significant teamwork and requires an individual willing to take responsibility for reducing equipment downtime and improving overall process reliability.