Job Description

Job Title: Sr. Director, Maintenance & Engineering

Classification: Exempt full-time

Reports to: Sr. VP of Supply Chain & Operations

Position Backup: Sr. VP of Supply Chain & Operations

A. PURPOSE 

The Sr. Director, Maintenance & Engineering is accountable for all maintenance, facilities, and capital engineering functions across the company's multi-site food manufacturing operations. This role owns the long-term asset reliability strategy, leads a cross-functional maintenance organization, and delivers measurable improvements in equipment uptime, cost efficiency, and food safety compliance. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with proven people leadership—capable of building systems that scale, developing high-performing teams, and sustaining operational excellence in a fast-paced CPG environment.

B. DUTIES 

Some of the duties of this position are those described below. This job description does not state or imply that the duties listed are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. Employees holding this position will be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by management.

• Strategic Leadership:
  • Develop and execute a strategic vision for maintenance management to drive operational excellence.
  • Spearhead transformative projects aimed at enhancing quality, safety, and productivity across multiple locations.
• Project Management:
  • Lead capital expenditure (CAPEX) projects, ensuring successful implementation within budget and on schedule.
  • Manage budget allocations, ensuring adherence to financial plans while optimizing expenses.
• Maintenance Management:
  • Implement computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) to streamline maintenance operations.
  • Strategically determine equipment criticality and maintain adequate spare parts inventory.
• Team Leadership:
  • Provide leadership, mentorship, and coaching to the maintenance team.
  • Oversee recruitment and hiring efforts to attract and acquire qualified maintenance professionals.
• Technical Troubleshooting:
  • Serve as the technical expert for troubleshooting production machinery, manufacturing processes, and facility systems.
  • Ensure compliance with applicable industry standards and regulations, including SQF, FDA, and OSHA requirements.

C. Skills/Work Experience:

The required competencies to perform this job at an acceptable or above level of performance are as follows:

• Skilled in control systems, industrial electronics design, and implementation.
• Skills in equipment calibration.
• Knowledge of programmable logic controllers (PLCs), variable frequency drives (VFDs), human-machine interfaces (HMIs), and DeviceNet.
• Expertise in hydraulics and pneumatics, including tunnel ovens and rack ovens.
• Strong leadership skills with a focus on cost management.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in food or CPG manufacturing, with a minimum of 5 years in a senior maintenance leadership role overseeing multiple facilities.
• Demonstrated success leading maintenance transformations, including CMMS implementation, TPM deployment, and CAPEX execution, in regulated food or CPG manufacturing environments.
• Strong project management skills with a focus on CAPEX projects.
• Proven ability to build, develop, and retain high-performing, cross-functional maintenance teams across multiple plant locations.
• In-depth knowledge of maintenance strategies, including TPM, Lean, and preventive maintenance.
• Proficient in implementing and optimizing computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot technical issues and provide timely solutions.
• Familiarity with industry regulations and standards, including SQF, FDA, OSHA, and other applicable requirements.
• Bilingual in Spanish (preferred but not required).
• CMMS experience required (SAP, Maximo, or similar).
• HACCP & GFSI Certification preferred.
• OSHA 30-hour Certification preferred.

D. EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in industrial, mechanical, or electronics engineering, or a related field.
• Proficiency in English and Spanish.
• Proficient in CMMS, PMP, preventive maintenance (PM), TPM, and industrial electrical systems.
• Experience with horizontal and vertical high-speed packaging machines and conveyor systems.

Physical Requirements (All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with a disability.)

 1. Physical activities of this position. 

 ý Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.

 ý Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.

 ý Stooping: Bending body downward and forward bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.

 ý Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.

 ý Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

 ý Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.

 ý Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

 ý Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.

 ý Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances.

 ý Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.

 ý Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.

 ý Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.

 ý Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

 ý Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

 ý Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly or quickly.

 ý Hearing: Noisy environment.

 ý Vision: Close work.

 ý Repetitive motions: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands and/or fingers.

1.  Degree of physical exertion required for the position. 

 ý Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 lbs of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary Work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

 ý Light Work: Exerting up to 20 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs. of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for Sedentary Work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for Light Work.

 ý Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 20 lbs. of force frequently, and/or up to 10 lbs. of force constantly to move objects

 Heavy Work: Exerting up to 100 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 50 lbs. of force frequently, and/or up to 20 lbs. of force constantly to move objects

 Very Heavy Work: Heavy Work: Exerting in excess of 100 lbs. of force occasionally and/or in excess of 50 lbs. of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 lbs. of force constantly to move objects

1. Environmental conditions the employee will be subject to in this position. 

 ý Inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes.

 ý Outside environmental conditions: No effective protection from weather.

 ý Both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside.

 ý Extreme cold: Temperatures below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour.

 ý Extreme heat: Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour.

 ý Noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.

 ý Vibration: Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or the whole body.

 ý Hazard: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.

 ý Atmospheric conditions: One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system or the skin: Fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases or poor ventilation.

 ý Oils: There is air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids.

 ý Humidity: Exposure to humid conditions ranging from 70 to 92 percents.

 Respirator: Use is required.

 ý None: No substantial exposure to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work). 

4. PRIMARY CONTACTS

A. CONTACTS

1. Inside the Company: 
   1. Leadership Team
   2. Administration 
   3. Company Supervisors & Managers
   4. Subordinate Staff

 2. Out of the Company: 

 A.) Vendors

B. SUPERVISION

1. Directly Supervises: Subordinate Maintenance Staff
2. Indirectly Supervises: No one