Job Description

Title: Manager Maintenance

Location: Quincy, WA

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

Provides leadership and direction to plant maintenance department responsible for repair, maintenance, and installation of machines, tools, and equipment in manufacturing operations. Responsible to eliminate all causes of failure and ensure full useful life in coordination with daily maintenance completed by operating personnel. Schedules repair, maintenance, and installation to ensure continuous production operations. Creates and manages the maintenance and stores budgets. Inspects operating machines and equipment for conformance with operational standards. Reviews production, quality control, and maintenance reports and statistics to plan and modify maintenance activities

Job Description

• Execute plant-specific vision and mission to assure continuous improvement and alignment with the corporate vision.
• Ensure that all manufacturing / facility systems are properly resourced and that all resources are efficiently utilized.
• Lead maintenance supervisors and hourly maintenance team members in their roles and responsibilities to meet plant objectives in safety, quality, cost, and service.
• Provide technical support for efficient troubleshooting / problem solving activities and maintenance repair to maximize efficiencies and limit downtime.
• Continuously apply sound mechanical and electrical solutions to resolve hindrances to plant efficiencies and to drive continuous improvement.
• Provide leadership in implementing / maintaining preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Manage maintenance department costs within budgetary guidelines.
• Ensure that appropriate inventory levels for standard replacement parts are maintained.
• Manage the buildings and grounds such that good manufacturing practices (GMP) are adhered to and a professional appearance is maintained.
• Perform follow-up analysis to identify and resolve recurring downtime / inefficient operational issues.
• Schedule mandatory inspections and coordinate certifications and appropriate authorities.
• Maintain environmental compliance.
• Drive employee engagement, training, and development to maximize manufacturing, quality, safety, and productivity goal attainment.
• Effectively communicate results and action plans to appropriate employees and managers.
• Collaborate directly with human resources to ensure employee issues or concerns are correctly addressed and resolved.
• Collaborate with finance to create and execute a maintenance and capital budget to insure that financial allocations and obligations are set, administered and met.
• Initiate cost savings measures.
• Ensure all plant maintenance operations are conducted in a safe and controlled environment. Ensure all quality and regulatory standards, specifications and policies are met or exceeded.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• 7-10 years maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment, food processing experience preferred
• 3-5 years leadership experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Industrial Management, Manufacturing, Production Operations Management or equivalent field of study
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong computer application skills, network and PC business application software, CMMS
• Basic mathematical, statistical skills, and financial skills and understanding
• Basic financial skills and understanding

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

• Paid Time Off

• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance

• Family-Friendly Employee events

• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Job Requisition ID: Req-258008

Time Type: Full time

Anticipated Close Date: 08/24/2025

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate’s work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $92,480.00 - $138,710.00

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law