**Maintenance Manager

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Liquid Filling & Blow Molding — Multi-Site

**Location Dupage County

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**Reports to

**VP Manufacturing]

**Direct reports 1

** supervisors and15 technicians across 3 shifts

**Type 

**Full-time, exempt

**Compensation 

**$130,000 – $160,000 base + [bonus target]% annual bonus

**Why this role exists

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We run multiple filling lines and several blow molding machines across [3 shifts. When they run, we ship. When they don't, everything behind them stops.

We're looking for someone who has already lived this — a maintenance leader who knows the difference between a filler that's “running” and a filler that's running right, who can walk a line and hear a problem before the sensor catches it, and who has built the kind of team that closes work orders because they own the outcome, not because someone chased them.

This is not a caretaker job. You will inherit [describe current state: an established program to scale / a reactive operation to rebuild / a greenfield expansion], and you will be measured on what changes.

**What you'll own

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**Uptime across the filling and blow molding platforms. 

**Rotary and inline fillers, cappers, labelers, case packers, palletizers, and the blow molding equipment feeding them. You set the reliability strategy and you answer for OEE.

**A real preventive and predictive program. 

**PM schedules that reflect how the equipment actually wears, not what the OEM manual said in 2009. Vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, and condition monitoring where they pay for themselves.

**Work order discipline. 

**Every request enters the CMMS, gets prioritized, gets assigned, gets closed with the notes that make the next repair faster. You own the backlog, the schedule compliance number, and the wrench-time behind it.

**Changeover and setup performance. 

**Multiple SKUs, multiple bottle formats, multiple line speeds. You drive changeover times down and first-pass yield up in partnership with Production.

**Your people, across all shifts and sites. 

**Hiring, training matrices, skills development, cross-training, and succession. You are visible on off-shifts — not by email, in person, on a rotation people can count on.

**Spare parts and MRO spend. 

**Critical spares strategy, min/max levels, vendor relationships, and a stockroom that doesn't hide $200K of obsolete inventory.

**Capital projects. 

**Scoping, justifying, and installing new lines and equipment upgrades. You write the business case and you stand behind the numbers.

**Safety and compliance. 

**LOTO, arc flash, machine guarding, confined space, [GMP / FDA / SQF / USDA as applicable]. Non-negotiable, and it starts with how you behave when you're tired and behind schedule.

**What accountability looks like here

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We're direct about this because it's the heart of the job. The person we hire will be expected to:

• Publish and defend a weekly scorecard — schedule compliance, PM completion, MTBF, MTTR, backlog aging, downtime by cause

• Run a daily maintenance tier meeting with a clear standard for what “done” means on a work order

• Hold supervisors to the same standard on off-shifts that exists on days, and make shift-to-shift handoffs actually transfer information

• Have the hard conversation early, document it fairly, and coach before it becomes a performance plan

• Give techs the training, parts, and time to do the job right — because accountability without capability is just blame

*If your instinct when a line goes down at 2 a.m. is to ask who before why, this isn't the right fit.

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**What you bring

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**Required

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• 8+ years in industrial maintenance with 4+ years leading teams, including salaried supervisors

• **Hands-on depth in liquid filling operations

  ** — rotary/inline fillers, cappers, conveyors, and the downstream packaging train

• **Direct experience with blow molding equipment

  ** (extrusion and/or injection stretch blow) and the resin, mold, and tooling issues that come with it

• Strong electrical troubleshooting: 480V three-phase, VFDs, motor controls, safety circuits

• PLC troubleshooting — Allen-Bradley preferred; comfortable in ladder logic and able to tell a controls problem from a mechanical one

• CMMS ownership, not just usage (Maximo, Fiix, eMaint, Limble, SAP PM, or similar)

• Demonstrated multi-shift leadership; multi-site experience strongly preferred

• Track record you can quantify — downtime reduced, changeover time cut, PM compliance moved, turnover improved

**Preferred

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• Experience in [food & beverage / personal care / household chemical / nutraceutical] filling

• Reliability certification (CMRP, CRL) or Six Sigma / TPM background

• Experience commissioning new lines from FAT through production release

• Automation and robotics exposure — palletizing, vision systems, servo-driven equipment

• Bilingual English/Spanish

**Schedule and expectations

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Primarily first shift, based in Woodridge. You'll flex to cover off-shifts on a predictable rotation and participate in an on-call escalation. Travel to [Site 2] and [Site 3] roughly [1–2 days per week / one week per month]. Occasional weekend support during major installs, shutdowns, and peak season.

**What we offer

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• $130,000 – $160,000 base, depending on depth of filling and blow molding experience 

• Medical, dental, and vision effective day 1]

• 401(k) with 6% match, vested [schedule]

• 3 weeks PTO plus 6 holidays

• Tuition and certification reimbursement, including CMRP

• Relocation assistance available for the right candidate

**How to apply

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Send a resume and, if you're willing, a short note on one line or machine you turned around — what shape it was in, what you changed, and what the numbers looked like six months later. That's what we'll want to talk about anyway.

[Company] is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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