Maintenance Manager -Huntington, IN

Summary
The Maintenance Manager is responsible for overseeing all aspects of maintenance operations at the Echo Lake Foods facility. This role ensures equipment reliability, safety compliance, and maintenance effectiveness to support production goals. The Maintenance Manager will lead a team of maintenance technicians and work collaboratively with operations, engineering, and safety teams to drive performance, minimize downtime, and implement preventative maintenance programs.
Essential Functions

• • Lead, coach, and manage the maintenance team, including scheduling, training, and performance evaluation.
  • Develop and oversee preventive and predictive maintenance programs to ensure high equipment uptime and efficiency.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex mechanical, electrical, and utility issues across production lines and facility infrastructure.
  • Ensure compliance with safety regulations, environmental standards, and company policies.
  • Manage maintenance budgets, inventory of spare parts, and procurement of tools and supplies.
  • Collaborate with the production and engineering teams to support capital projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Maintain CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) to track work orders, repairs, and preventive maintenance schedules.
  • Develop and implement standard operating procedures for maintenance tasks.
  • Participate in root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective actions to prevent recurring failures.
  • Ensure all contractors and vendors comply with site safety and operational standards.

Core Competencies

• Problem Solving
• Customer Focus
• Budget and Cost Control
• Communication Proficiency
• Managing for Results

Supervisory Responsibility
This position is responsible for the direction, coordination, and evaluation of the maintenance team across all shifts.  This position carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.  Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described herein are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to work independently as well as with and around others.  There is frequent verbal and face-to-face contact.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Sensory and Physical Demands
The sensory and physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to engage in their sensory functions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Although this job is primarily sedentary and requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time, employees may be regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. Occasionally employees may be required to bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, lift, carry, pull, push and/or move objects weighing up to 20 pounds. 
Intellectual Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to read, write, and interpret a variety of instructions furnished in but limited to written, oral, visual, diagram, or schedule form. Employees will work under significant time constraints, apply memorization, analysis, perception/comprehension skills, spontaneous thought, judgment, and manage time in completing assignments. The employee is required to use decision-making skills, practically solve problems and to deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists, communicate effectively, articulate ideas, respond to inquiries, handle conflict situations, perform mathematical calculations reasonably necessary to satisfactorily perform job duties, and to make decisions based on department and organizational goals. 
Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are dependent on operational needs and may vary, Monday through Sunday. The employee is required to be available as scheduled and may be required to be available for extended hours. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand. No travel is expected for this position.
Required education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Industrial Technology, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• 5+ years of progressive maintenance experience in food manufacturing or similar regulated environment.
• 3+ years of supervisory or management experience.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and refrigeration systems.
• Experience with CMMS systems (e.g., SAP, MP2, or similar).
• Working knowledge of GMPs, HACCP, OSHA, and EPA standards.
• Proven ability to lead teams, drive process improvements, and manage projects.
• Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice. Additional duties may be described and assigned as appropriate by management; employees are expected to perform these as well regardless of job title or routine duties.

Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, military service, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
 
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, military service, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.