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J&J also has a strong presence in bakery providing cakes, cookies, and pies to some of the largest grocery and convenience retailers in industry. Our company continues to deliver record sales led by a talented team and a commitment to “Fun Served Here”.\nPOSITION SUMMARY: \nReporting to the Plant Manager, the Reliability and Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading the plant’s maintenance, engineering, and reliability functions to support safe, efficient, and consistent plant operations. In a snack food manufacturing environment, product quality, safety, cost, and service all depend on reliable equipment performance. This role ensures the plant’s assets are a competitive advantage, not a daily operational risk. \nThe Reliability and Maintenance Manager leads maintenance supervisors and maintenance team functions, with accountability for equipment uptime, asset health, spare parts readiness, and technical problem solving across the plant. This leader is responsible for developing and strengthening proactive, planned, and data-driven reliability programs through effective preventive maintenance, root cause analysis, spare parts management, and full utilization of Redzone. \nThis position partners closely with Operations and cross-functional teams to reduce downtime, improve equipment performance, and support overall plant productivity. \nESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: \nReliability and Uptime Ownership \nOwns line uptime, Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), Mean Time To Repair (MTTR), and overall equipment reliability for the plant. \nLeads the plant toward a more planned, proactive, and data-driven maintenance culture. \nDevelops and maintains preventive and predictive maintenance programs that improve equipment performance and reduce downtime. \nLeads root cause analysis and corrective action for recurring equipment issues, chronic losses, and breakdowns. \nPartners with Production to address recurring downtime and improve day-to-day equipment performance. \nMaintenance and Engineering Leadership \nProvides leadership and direction to maintenance supervisors and maintenance technicians. \nSets clear expectations for troubleshooting, work planning, and execution. \nDevelops technical capability across the team in electrical, mechanical, controls, refrigeration, and related areas. \nOversees contractor management and provides technical leadership for new equipment installations, line modifications, and capital projects. \nSpare Parts and Asset Management \nOwns the plant’s spare parts strategy, including inventory accuracy, and critical spare availability. \nImproves spare parts controls to reduce stockouts, emergency purchases, and excess or obsolete inventory. \nImplements parts kitting and planning processes to better support scheduled maintenance work. \nMaintains accurate asset hierarchy, equipment documentation, and maintenance records. \nRedzone and Data-Driven Execution \nUses Redzone to support work order management, PM compliance, downtime data analysis, technician accountability, and maintenance visibility. \nEnsures Redzone data is accurate, timely, and used to identify trends, prioritize reliability work, and improve equipment performance. \nFood Safety, Safety and Compliance \nEnsures maintenance work is completed in compliance with food safety, GMP, quality, safety, and regulatory requirements. \nReinforces safe maintenance practices, including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), contractor safety, and other required safety procedures. \nSupports ammonia/refrigeration compliance, documentation, inspections, and related maintenance requirements. \nMaintains audit-ready maintenance records, including PM documentation, work orders, regulatory records, and contractor documentation. \nFinancial and Performance Management \nManages the maintenance labor and MRO budget with a focus on cost control, stronger planning, and reduced emergency spend. \nSupports capital planning, equipment upgrade recommendations, and ROI justification for performance improvement projects. \nTracks and improves key maintenance performance metrics, including uptime, equipment-related OEE loss, PM compliance, MTBF, MTTR, planned versus emergency work, spare parts accuracy and availability, maintenance cost per pound/case, safety incidents, and audit findings. \nPartnership with Support Center Engineering \nServes as the main site partner and liaison for Support Center Engineering on capital projects, technical strategy, engineering standards, and enterprise initiatives. \nPartners with Support Center Engineering on capital project planning, scoping, on-site execution, commissioning and startup of new lines, and major equipment upgrades. \nSupports process engineering improvements that increase throughput, reduce waste, improve quality, and strengthen equipment performance. \nSupports the integration of new technologies, automation, controls, and digital tools into the plant. \nPartners with enterprise technical resources to support complex technical problem solving, long-term asset strategy, infrastructure planning, equipment standards and specifications, and best practice sharing across plants. \nEnsures corporate initiatives are implemented effectively at the plant level and shares practical site feedback to improve enterprise engineering solutions. \nTeam Leadership \nLeads Maintenance Supervisors, Reliability/Engineering resources, and Maintenance Technicians. \nBuilds a team culture focused on craftsmanship, urgency, accountability, and pride in equipment condition. \nCoaches supervisors and team members to plan work proactively instead of only reacting to problems. \nDevelops bench strength, technical skill depth, and leadership capability within the maintenance organization. \nPerforms other duties as assigned by leadership. \nCOMPETENCIES: \nTo perform successfully in this role, the Reliability and Maintenance Manager must be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Key competencies include: \nStrong maintenance, reliability, and engineering leadership skills. \nAbility to build a proactive, planned, and data-driven maintenance culture. \nStrong technical troubleshooting and root cause problem-solving skills. \nAbility to use data, metrics, and maintenance systems to improve equipment performance. \nStrong understanding of preventive maintenance, spare parts management, and asset reliability. \nAbility to partner effectively with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Safety, and other cross-functional teams. \nStrong communication, organization, planning, and follow-up skills. \nAbility to coach, develop, and build technical capability within maintenance teams. \nStrong commitment to food safety, GMPs, employee safety, compliance, and audit readiness. \nAbility to manage budgets, control costs, and support capital improvement recommendations. \nEDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: \nBachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field strongly preferred. \nFive to seven or more years of maintenance and/or engineering leadership experience in CPG or food manufacturing. \nStrong mechanical, electrical, and controls troubleshooting knowledge. \nExperience leading maintenance teams in a fast-paced production environment. \nExperience with CMMS / digital maintenance systems. Redzone experience preferred. \nKnowledge of food safety, GMPs, and industrial refrigeration systems. \nProven ability to build and sustain reliability systems, not just fix equipment. \nUS Salary Pay Range\n$120,000—$150,000 USD\nDisclaimer: This position description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the team member. 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