Maintenance Manager

At Idahoan Foods, we bring people and families together by providing high quality, convenient food that delights and nourishes lives. As a top 20 household penetration CPG brand, you’ll join a team that values collaboration, continuous improvement, sustainable sourcing, innovation, and community engagement. We’re committed to knowing, growing, and celebrating our team members.

About the role

The Maintenance Manager coordinates and delegates maintenance for the entire plant (Facility, Packaging, and Production) to ensure equipment and structures operate reliably.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and direction to the maintenance department by managing supervisors, technicians, and support staff.
• Actively manage employees: communicate expectations, address performance, manage attendance, issue disciplinary actions, resolve issues, reduce turnover, and recognize contributions.
• Embrace a safety-conscious attitude; report and investigate all incidents, injuries, and accidents.
• Utilize equipment records for predictive and preventive maintenance; develop and implement maintenance procedures.
• Develop and direct internal maintenance activities and spare parts management to safely achieve budgeted equipment utilization, reliability, and efficiency.
• Coordinate with Packaging and Production departments to schedule downtime and execute major equipment overhauls.
• Collaborate with leadership to prepare and manage the annual operations budget; control spare parts inventory for cost efficiency.
• Drive employee performance through clear directions, expectations, and meaningful feedback.
• Foster a high-performance culture where improvement suggestions are embraced.
• Improve working procedures to enhance productivity while maintaining compliance.
• Participate in training and skill validation of maintenance technicians.
• Support and ensure compliance with Environmental Health & Safety, HR, Quality Assurance, Sanitation, and company policies.
• Engage employees collaboratively and commit to their development.
• Communicate frequently with Plant Manager and/or Plant Engineering Manager to ensure compliance with the maintenance plan.
• Provide regular training, counseling, and feedback to direct reports.
• Actively participate in recruitment, retention, and improvement initiatives (e.g., safety programs, employee training, IT initiatives).
• Ensure direct reports understand, use, and embrace new improvement initiatives.
• Perform all other duties, responsibilities, and projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Science, or Engineering from an accredited college/university and five years’ experience in a packaging plant, or ten years’ experience in a manufacturing facility.
• Proficient with computers, including Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, communication, problem-solving, and technical skills.
• Self-confidence and maturity to make decisions and solve problems with minimal direction.
• Organized; able to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
• Ability to creatively apply experience, common sense, and strategic perspective to various situations, processes, and people.
• High level of attendance and strong customer service orientation.
• Initiative in learning and performing tasks; ability to work cohesively in a team setting.
• Flexibility regarding changes to assignments and accountabilities.

Work Environment

The position is located in a food processing facility. Thirty-five percent of time is spent on the production floor (loud noise, wet/humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, occasional exposure to fumes, airborne particles, toxic/caustic chemicals, and outdoor weather) and sixty-five percent in an office setting (low to moderate noise). Flexibility with work hours is required to accommodate a continuous production schedule.

Benefits

• Annual bonus potential
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for full-time team members
• PTO (vacation, sick, and holidays)
• 401K match
• Company-paid disability and life insurance policies
• Paid maternity and parental leave
• Relocation package for out-of-state applicants

Alignment with Core Values & Competencies

• Respect & Value Our People: Instill trust, develop self and others, inspire a shared vision, communicate effectively.
• Stay in Front of Change While Reducing Costs: Challenge the status quo, connect the dots, grow in business acumen.
• Delight Our Customers: Drive results, incite curiosity, seek collaboration.
• Food Quality & Safety: Embrace accountability, achieve our best, be partner and customer focused.