Associate Manager, Maintenance

About the role

Reporting into Sr Manager, Maintenance & Engineering, the Associate Manager, Maintenance oversees all plant maintenance activities, collaborating with key stakeholders to support the plant's strategic goals focused on Safety, People, Quality, Delivery, and Cost.

Responsibilities

• Asset Care & Reliability Strategy: Develop and lead the implementation of the site’s Asset Care and Reliability strategy across all production and utility systems, ensuring alignment with plant financial, operational, and strategic objectives.
• Drive execution of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs to maximize equipment reliability and uptime.
• Maintenance Execution & Technical Support: Provide technical expertise to support equipment selection, installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting. Ensure effective execution of maintenance work through standardized processes, CMMS utilization, and adherence to planning and scheduling discipline.
• People Development & Leadership: Build, develop, and lead a high-performing Maintenance team. Ensure employees have the capabilities, tools, materials, and resources required to safely and effectively execute maintenance activities. Establish clear expectations, provide coaching, and drive accountability to achieve business results.
• Operational Excellence Integration: Partner with Operations, Quality, Engineering, and OpEx teams to support continuous improvement initiatives. Leverage maintenance systems and loss analysis to improve key plant KPIs (e.g., OEE, downtime, cost, quality).
• Problem Solving & Reliability Improvement: Lead root cause analysis (RCA) efforts for equipment failures and chronic losses. Partner cross-functionally to implement sustainable corrective actions and improve overall asset performance.
• Capital & Strategic Planning: Support development and execution of capital and expense plans for maintenance-related initiatives. Identify, prioritize, and justify investments that improve reliability, safety, and cost performance.
• Budget & Resource Management: Manage maintenance labor, materials, and contractor spend to meet operational needs while optimizing cost. Ensure appropriate allocation of resources to balance planned and unplanned work.
• Safety & Compliance Leadership: Ensure all maintenance activities are performed in compliance with safety standards, GMPs, and regulatory requirements. Promote a culture of safety ownership and accountability within the maintenance organization.
• Leadership & Team Development: Lead and develop a diverse maintenance workforce while maintaining engagement, accountability, and high performance.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Influence and align with operations and support functions to drive maintenance priorities and plant performance outcomes.
• Operational Effectiveness: Drive improvements in maintenance processes, including planning/scheduling, PM/PdM compliance, and reduction of reactive work.
• Safety & Regulatory Compliance: Ensure strict adherence to safety, food safety, and regulatory standards across all maintenance activities.
• Resource & Cost Management: Balance labor, materials, and contractor resources to meet production needs while maintaining cost discipline.
• Technical Expertise: Maintain and apply knowledge of maintenance systems, reliability methodologies, and manufacturing technologies.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate equipment and process risks to minimize downtime and business disruption.
• Performance Management: Track and analyze key maintenance metrics (e.g., downtime, PM compliance, schedule adherence, cost) to drive continuous improvement.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• 5+ years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment
• 3+ years of supervisory or leadership experience, preferably in food manufacturing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline
• Demonstrated leadership capability with a focus on performance, engagement, and accountability
• Experience in Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) or similar reliability systems
• Six Sigma, CMRP, or equivalent certification
• Experience with CMMS systems (e.g., SAP) and MRO/storeroom operations
• Working knowledge of safety standards, GMPs, and sanitary design principles
• Experience applying reliability tools (RCM, FMEA, RCA)
• Experience in a continuous manufacturing environment and matrixed organization

Skills

• Technical expertise in maintenance systems, reliability methodologies, and manufacturing technologies
• Ability to identify and mitigate equipment and process risks
• Strong leadership and team development skills
• Effective problem-solving and reliability improvement capabilities
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Benefits

• Medical, dental, short and long-term disability, AD&D, and life insurance
• Matching 401(k) plan
• Unlimited sick time along with paid time off and holiday pay
• Free access to the fitness center if in WHQ
• Access to on-site day care (operated by Bright Horizons) and company store
• "Campbell’s Cares" program matching employee donations and/or volunteer activity up to $1,500 annually
• A variety of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support employees