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We are assembling a team of talented and driven individuals who are just as excited about the future of seaweed as we are!\nGimme was recognized by Inc. magazine in the 2025 and 2026 Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies, achieving strong growth over the past three years.\nWHO YOU ARE\nYou are a reliability-focused manufacturing professional who builds scalable systems and drives equipment performance. You bring a program-owner mindset, strong technical judgment, and a passion for operational excellence rather than focusing primarily on day-to-day maintenance scheduling.\nYou can design a maintenance management system from the ground up, translate equipment data into improvement priorities, and work collaboratively with the Plant Director, Maintenance Manager, Production, Quality and Sanitation. You balance long-term reliability goals with safety, food safety and practical execution.\nWHAT YOU DO\nMaintenance & Reliability Strategy\nOwn and continuously improve the plant’s maintenance and reliability strategy, projects and program standards in partnership with plant leadership.\nDevelop preventive and predictive maintenance programs; independently assess PM quality, frequencies, tasks and effectiveness, and implement improvements within delegated authority.\nOwn the Reliability pillar of the plant’s Lean Manufacturing system, including root-cause analysis, continuous improvement and reliability standards as new lines are added.\nDevelop a predictive-maintenance and equipment-health approach to reduce unplanned downtime, breakdowns and total maintenance cost.\nCMMS, Systems & Program Development\nLead the design, configuration and implementation of the plant’s CMMS from initial asset hierarchy and equipment records through fully operational workflows, reporting and governance.\nEstablish standards for planned and reactive work, work-order quality, backlog management, PM compliance and maintenance performance reporting.\nDesign CMMS dashboards and use reliability data to identify systemic risks, prioritize improvements and report recommendations to plant leadership.\nDevelop a maintenance kitting program after the foundational systems are implemented; continuously improve CIL (cleaning, inspection and lubrication) and PM programs.\nMRO Inventory, Vendors & Resource Stewardship\nOwn the MRO parts-room program, inventory accuracy and inventory value; establish critical-spares strategy and min/max stock levels.\nServe as primary technical contact with equipment OEMs and relevant vendors; evaluate performance and recommend sourcing, service and reliability improvements.\nMonitor spare-parts spending and resource requirements, identify cost and inventory tradeoffs, and recommend investments and changes within established approval processes.\nReliability Performance & Cross-Functional Partnership\nDefine and monitor reliability metrics, including mean time between failures (MTBF), mean time to repair (MTTR), downtime, planned versus reactive work, backlog and PM compliance.\nLead structured root-cause analysis and drive corrective and preventive actions with Maintenance, Production, Sanitation and Quality.\nPartner with the Maintenance Manager on implementation priorities, technician readiness, safe work practices and equipment startup; provide targeted planning support as needed.\nMaintain an ongoing focus on system design and reliability improvement; routine scheduling and coordination are expected to represent approximately 10-20% of the role, subject to actual operational needs.\nWHAT YOU BRING\nDemonstrated ownership of reliability programs and the ability to design, implement and improve maintenance systems, not only administer work orders.\nSound independent technical judgment, structured problem-solving, and the ability to present options, costs, risks and recommendations to plant leadership.\nStrong CMMS architecture, maintenance data analysis, inventory controls and performance measurement skills.\nCollaborative leadership, clear communication and a continuous-improvement mindset in a fast-changing plant startup.\nYOUR EXPERIENCE\n5+ years of progressively responsible maintenance planning, reliability, or maintenance systems experience in manufacturing; food or consumer packaged goods preferred.\nExperience implementing or substantially configuring a CMMS and developing preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance or reliability programs.\nExperience with root-cause analysis, reliability KPIs, OEM documentation, MRO inventory strategy and equipment commissioning.\nWorking knowledge of LOTO, GMP, food safety, and plant safety standards; advanced Excel and reporting capability.\nTechnical degree or relevant certification (such as CMRP) preferred; bilingual skills a plus.\nPHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORK ENVIRONMENT\nThe physical demands described here are representative of those required to perform essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be provided to qualified individuals with disabilities. Work is performed in office and manufacturing environments, involving computer work, standing, walking on the production floor, and compliance with required PPE and safety procedures. Occasional equipment-area access and vendor visits may be required.\nCOMPENSATION AND BENEFITS\nThis full-time role offers competitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, vision and 401(k) coverage. The proposed annual base salary range is $80,000-$90,000, pending leadership approval. Bonus and equity eligibility, if applicable, will be confirmed during hiring. Compensation is based on experience, skills, qualifications and location. We neither ask for nor consider applicants’ salary history.\nGimme is an equal opportunity employer. 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