Maintenance Manager - Hands on
- Maintenance Manager
- Food Manufacturer
- Chicago, IL
- Days, Monday–Friday
- $100,000 – $110,000
A food production company is seeking a hands-on Maintenance Manager. You’ll oversee daily maintenance operations, improve equipment reliability, and support a safe, efficient plant. Ideal for a strong, mechanically skilled supervisor looking for a clear step up.
Key Duties:
- Lead and schedule Maintenance Technicians (team of 5) to support production.
- Oversee preventive and predictive maintenance for equipment and facility systems.
- Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and control issues to minimize downtime.
- Ensure compliance with OSHA, GMPs, HACCP, and company safety/quality standards.
- Partner with Production, Quality, and Engineering on improvements and upgrades.
- Manage spare parts, maintenance spend, and vendor relationships.
- Maintain accurate work orders and asset histories in the CMMS.
- Support new equipment installs, capital projects, and commissioning.
- Track and report KPIs such as downtime and work order completion.
- Build team capability through training, coaching, and continuous improvement
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of maintenance experience in food manufacturing or a regulated processing environment.
- Previous leadership or supervisory experience strongly preferred.
- Solid technical knowledge across mechanical, electrical, PLC troubleshooting, pneumatics, hydraulics, HVAC, and refrigeration.
- Ability to lead maintenance teams and drive equipment performance improvements.
- Experience working in cold environments (freezers/chillers) is a strong plus.
How To Apply
- Contact: Mark Watton
- 773-747-7676 or mark@axionrecruitment.com
- If you would like to find out more, simply click apply.
This position is commutable from: Oak Park, Forest Park, Cicero, Berwyn, Maywood, Elmwood Park, La Grange, Westchester, Brookfield, Skokie, Evanston, Lincolnwood, Oak Lawn, Bridgeview, and Burbank
Relevant Job Title: Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Supervisor, Maintenance Superintendent, Maintenance and Engineering Manager, Maintenance Lead
All applicants must live in the USA and be eligible to work and live in the USA. Please note, our client is unable to offer Sponsorship or Visa support for this role.
Due to the sheer volume of applications, we will only contact successful applications. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 10 working days, please deem your application as unsuccessful.
Axion Recruitment is working as a recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy.