Maintenance Manager - Darlington, WI

What You'll Do

• Lead, coach, and develop a skilled Maintenance team.

• Manage preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs to improve equipment reliability and reduce downtime.

• Oversee maintenance and troubleshooting of processing and packaging equipment, CIP systems, refrigeration, boilers, compressed air, electrical systems, and other plant utilities.

• Use our CMMS to manage PM schedules, work orders, equipment history, and maintenance priorities.

• Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for equipment failures and recurring issues.

• Partner with Production to plan repairs and downtime while keeping operations moving.

• Manage spare parts, contractors, vendors, equipment upgrades, and the Maintenance budget.

• Ensure maintenance work meets GMP, food safety, sanitary design, environmental, and workplace safety requirements.

• Work closely with Production, Quality, Safety, Logistics, and plant leadership to solve problems and improve the operation.

What We're Looking For

Maintenance experience is first on the list.

• Food manufacturing maintenance experience is required; dairy strongly preferred.

• Strong experience with industrial processing equipment and plant utilities.

• Hands-on knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems and troubleshooting.

• Experience building and managing preventive/predictive maintenance programs.

• Experience working with a CMMS and using maintenance data to improve reliability.

• Proven experience leading and developing Maintenance technicians.

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with the ability to get to the root cause, not simply fix the immediate problem.

• Clear, professional communication and strong follow-through.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Maintenance, or a related technical field preferred, with 6+ years of Maintenance experience; OR

• 10+ years of Maintenance experience in lieu of a degree.