Maintenance Manager

A leading food manufacturer is seeking a Senior Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance, reliability, and continuous improvement initiatives at a high-volume manufacturing facility in Southern California.

This position offers the opportunity to lead maintenance operations across multiple shifts while partnering closely with plant leadership and corporate engineering teams.

Client Details

Our client is a well-established global food manufacturer with more than a century of history and a strong portfolio of consumer-recognized brands. The organization combines the stability of a mature business with significant investments in manufacturing excellence, continuous improvement, and long-term growth.

The company operates large-scale manufacturing facilities across North America and is seeking a proven maintenance leader to strengthen reliability, reduce operational losses, and support future plant performance initiatives. This is a highly visible position that partners with plant leadership and corporate engineering stakeholders to drive meaningful operational improvements

Description

• Lead maintenance and reliability teams across a multi-shift operation
• Improve equipment uptime, asset reliability, and plant performance
• Develop and execute preventive and predictive maintenance programs
• Drive continuous improvement and cost-reduction initiatives
• Partner with engineering teams on capital projects and plant improvements
• Manage maintenance budgets, MRO spending, and financial performance
• Develop maintenance KPIs and accountability measures
• Foster a strong safety, food quality, and employee development culture

Profile

• 5+ years of maintenance leadership experience in food manufacturing
• Proven success leading maintenance teams in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with CMMS, preventive maintenance, and reliability programs
• Strong budgeting, cost control, and project management capabilities
• Knowledge of HACCP, food safety, and manufacturing compliance standards
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Job Offer

• Base salary: $150,000-$170,000
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development opportunities
• Annual bonus potential

The salary range for this role is $140,000-$170,000. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits, including Paid Time Off, medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k), life and AD&D insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage to eligible employees.

MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.