**Job Title: Maintenance Manager** **Job Description** Manage and provide leadership, direction, and support to the maintenance department to ensure the effective delivery of maintenance services in accordance with the company's policies, OSHA regulations, and applicable laws. Ensure that safety, quality, yields, throughput, and efficiencies are met. Resolve issues in a timely manner. Direct personnel activities, such as recruitment, hiring, performance evaluations, and employee development within the framework of established human resources policies and practices. **Responsibilities** + Develop and manage a maintenance department qualified to maintain all equipment and facilities in a safe and efficient working condition. + Maintain all operating equipment in satisfactory condition. Ensure that equipment operates within the specifications and tolerances established by the equipment vendor/manufacturer. + Develop objectives and standards of performance for activities and projects within the maintenance department to meet departmental, divisional, and corporate goals and objectives. + Ensure systems to support task planning with time required, parts required, and job descriptions to maximize maintenance activities during normal plant operation, in time made available during washes, planned downtime, and periodic maintenance shuts. + Implement cost-reduction measures to control expenses that impact the operating budget for repair, utility, pretreatment, and maintenance. May be involved in developing the capital budget. + Keep management aware of all matters that impact equipment and facility performance. + Develop procedures and policies for the maintenance department. + Oversee department schedules to maximize both preventive and repair services, while minimizing unnecessary overtime expenditures. + Manage assigned employees, including recruitment, supervision, scheduling, development, evaluation, and performance management. Understand and effectively apply work rules, union contract provisions (if applicable), and employment policies. Administer discipline consistently and fairly. Work with Human Resources and plant management to resolve employee grievances. + Follow all good manufacturing practices (GMP) and work in a manner consistent with all company regulatory, food safety, quality, and sanitation requirements. **Essential Skills** + Experience in food & beverage + 5 to 8 years of maintenance, mechanical engineering, or related experience coupled with demonstrated leadership attributes, team leadership, or supervisory experience; 1+ year of manager experience preferred. + Experience leading and following safety policies and procedures. **Why Work Here?** + Enjoy a small work environment with a strong sense of community. + Working closely with 2 technicians and coordinating with the Plant Manager and Production Manager. + Benefits include 2 weeks of PTO right away, 144 hours of PTO after 1-6 years of service, 32 hours of sick leave, 401k match up to 3%, and health insurance eligibility on the 1st of the month following your date of hire **Work Environment** + Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, with occasional overtime and weekends as needed. + Food manufacturing environment- could be messy, wet and smelly at times. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.