Maintenance Manager

Ohly has a great opportunity for a Maintenance Manager to join our team in Boyceville Wisconsin USA.

The Maintenance Manager is a key leadership role responsible for ensuring plant reliability, driving continuous improvement, and managing maintenance operations, projects, and budgets. This position actively contributes to the Ohly Leadership Team and fosters a culture of safety, compliance, and operational excellence.

In this exciting role you will be responsible for:

Leadership

• Actively participate in the Ohly Leadership Team.
• Lead, coach, and develop managers and supervisors across all functions.
• Partner with colleagues to integrate and operationalize HSE programs and promote a culture of safety and compliance.

Maintenance

• Develop and maintain a strategic roadmap for the Maintenance department.
• Assess team competencies, identify gaps, and implement development plans.
• Ensure plant reliability through preventive and corrective maintenance, inventory management, and predictive technologies.
• Prioritize resources effectively and report KPIs to local and senior management.
• Develop and implement maintenance guidelines, technical tools, and plant documentation.
• Collaborate with operations to drive continuous improvement of assets and performance.

Project Management & Budgets

• Manage shutdown planning and execution with the Engineering Manager.
• Prepare accurate budgets, schedules, scopes, and capital requests.
• Oversee project design, execution, and startup safely, on time, and within budget.
• Provide input on capital projects and annual maintenance budgets.
• Monitor budgets monthly and implement corrective actions as needed.

Procurement

• Review and qualify vendors.
• Manage parts inventory to minimize downtime and ensure critical spares availability.

Human Resources

• Collaborate with HR on hiring, training, and performance reviews.
• Provide input into union negotiations and uphold HR policies and employment law.

You should have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of maintenance experience.
• 5+ years of experience managing teams and capital projects.
• Strong knowledge of reliability best practices and troubleshooting skills.
• Proven project management capabilities.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Proficient in computer applications.

Nice to have:

• Experience with spray drying processes, dairy processes, and related utilities.
• Project Management certifications.
• Knowledge of process safety concepts (explosion and fire protection).
• Experience with CMMS implementation.
• Background in Six Sigma or similar methodologies.

You are interested in this position? Then we look forward to receiving your application.