Senior Maintenance Manager

Nexus Search; United States; Sur place; USD 140 000 - 200 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Nexus Search partners with a global dairy manufacturer to appoint an Associate Director of Maintenance for a large-scale US site. This hands-on role combines floor oversight with strategic direction to elevate reliability and uptime across several high-speed lines.

The ideal candidate will lead a diverse maintenance team, own the budget and capital planning, and drive long-term improvements through predictive maintenance and strong leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive maintenance experience in manufacturing.
• Experience leading a maintenance team at a large, multi-line site.
• Food, beverage, or dairy processing background strongly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, or related field preferred.

Responsabilités

• Lead the site maintenance function day to day across multiple shifts.
• Set multi-year maintenance and reliability strategy aligned to capacity and costs.
• Own maintenance budget, spare parts strategy, and capex planning.
• Lead line upgrades and new installations from scoping to commissioning.
• Develop preventive and predictive maintenance programs to cut downtime.
• Conduct root cause investigations and drive closure of corrective actions.
• Collaborate with Operations, Quality, and Engineering to keep lines safe.
• Manage CMMS data, work orders, and maintenance KPIs to drive gains.
• Ensure OSHA, FDA, FSMA, and GFSI compliance including LOTO and ammonia safety.
• Develop the maintenance team through coaching and succession planning.

Connaissances

Maintenance leadership

Budget ownership

CMMS

Preventive maintenance

Ammonia refrigeration

Electrical systems

Process equipment knowledge

Lean/continuous improvement

Downtime reduction

People development

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, or related field

Outils

CMMS platforms

Description du poste

Nexus Search are partnered with a global dairy manufacturer to appoint an Associate Director of Maintenance for a large-scale production site in the US. This is a large site making dairy products at high volume across multiple lines, and sits inside a company-wide supply chain investment program.

This is a hands-on, plant-floor role with real strategic weight. You'll be on the floor with technicians and working through breakdowns, and you'll also set the long-term direction for maintenance and reliability at a large, complex facility.

What you'll do

• Lead the site maintenance function day to day, including mechanics, electricians, and controls technicians across multiple shifts
• Set the multi-year maintenance and reliability strategy for the site, tied to plant capacity, cost, and service goals
• Own the maintenance budget, spare parts strategy, and capital planning, and build the business case for major equipment investment
• Lead maintenance input on line upgrades, new installations, and capacity expansion projects from scoping through commissioning
• Build and run a preventive and predictive maintenance program that cuts unplanned downtime and lifts OEE on high-speed freezing, extrusion, and packaging lines
• Run root cause investigations on equipment failures and see corrective actions through to closure
• Partner with Operations, Quality, and Engineering to keep lines running safely and consistently
• Manage CMMS data, work order discipline, and maintenance KPIs, and use the numbers to drive improvement
• Keep the site compliant with OSHA, FDA, FSMA, and GFSI requirements, including LOTO, machine guarding, and ammonia refrigeration safety
• Develop the maintenance team through coaching, training, and succession planning, including building a strong second line of leaders

What you'll bring

• 10+ years of progressive maintenance experience in manufacturing, with at least 5 leading a maintenance team or department at a large, multi-line site
• Food, beverage, or dairy processing background strongly preferred
• A track record of setting maintenance and reliability strategy
• Experience owning a significant maintenance budget and capital plan, and taking projects from business case through delivery
• Strong working knowledge of automated packaging and process equipment, ammonia refrigeration, electrical systems, and controls
• Proven results improving uptime, reducing maintenance cost, and building reliability programs that last
• Experience with CMMS platforms, preventive maintenance programs, and lean or continuous improvement methods
• Credibility on the floor and in the boardroom: you can lead, influence, and hold the line with technicians and senior leadership alike
• A bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, or a related field preferred