Maintenance Manager

About the Role

As the Maintenance Manager, Execution & Planning, you'll lead the execution of Palermo's maintenance strategy by building a proactive, data-driven maintenance organization. You'll play a critical leadership role in transforming our maintenance organization through disciplined planning, proactive execution, and people development. Working closely with Engineering, Reliability, Production, and Operations leaders, you'll help maximize equipment reliability while developing a high-performing maintenance team that supports world-class manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily maintenance execution across multiple manufacturing operations
• Build and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs
• Drive preventive maintenance completion, schedule compliance, and maintenance planning effectiveness
• Lead maintenance planning, scheduling, and execution processes that maximize equipment availability
• Improve CMMS accuracy, work order quality, and maintenance documentation
• Partner with Reliability Engineering to prioritize proactive maintenance activities
• Lead, coach, and develop maintenance supervisors, planners, leads, and technicians
• Manage maintenance labor, staffing, contractor activities, and overtime
• Use maintenance KPIs to improve equipment reliability, productivity, and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
• Promote a culture focused on safety, accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Maintenance Management, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Five or more years of progressive maintenance leadership experience within manufacturing
• Experience leading preventive maintenance, planning, scheduling, and maintenance execution
• Experience supervising and developing maintenance employees
• Strong CMMS knowledge and maintenance planning experience
• Experience using KPIs to improve maintenance performance and equipment reliability
• Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Food manufacturing or consumer packaged goods (CPG) experience
• Lean Manufacturing, TPM, or Reliability Centered Maintenance experience
• Predictive maintenance experience
• Experience supporting highly automated manufacturing operations
• Professional maintenance or reliability certifications (CMRP, CMRT, etc.)

Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual incentive opportunity
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off and floating holidays
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• Career growth within a growing, family-owned organization
• Twenty free pizzas each month

Location

This position is based at Palermo's headquarters and manufacturing campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. You'll spend significant time on the production floor partnering with maintenance technicians, production leaders, engineering, and operations to improve equipment performance, develop your team, and drive operational excellence.