Maintenance Manager
We are working with a growing food manufacturer in the Albany, NY area that is looking for an experienced, hands-on Maintenance Manager to join their team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in a growing manufacturing facility, leading a maintenance team while remaining actively involved in troubleshooting, repairs, and equipment reliability. The ideal candidate will bring strong mechanical and electrical maintenance experience, PLC troubleshooting knowledge, and a willingness to roll up their sleeves and work alongside their team to keep operations running efficiently.
Location: Albany, NY
Job Responsibilities:
- Oversee day-to-day maintenance functions to keep manufacturing equipment operating consistently and limit unplanned interruptions.
- Manage a team of four maintenance technicians, providing direction, training, and ongoing performance support.
- Diagnose equipment issues and oversee corrective work involving electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and automated systems.
- Maintain the functionality of production assets used for ingredient preparation, blending, product forming, material handling, packaging, and freezing.
- Assist with the upkeep and operation of essential facility systems, including refrigeration equipment, steam generation, and compressed air.
- Take an active role in resolving equipment failures, partnering with production personnel to return machinery to service promptly and safely.
- Serve as a technical resource for difficult repairs and complex machinery issues requiring advanced troubleshooting.
- Build and refine proactive equipment care strategies designed to reduce unexpected failures and improve machinery dependability.
- Implement routine service intervals, inspection procedures, and scheduled equipment evaluations.
- Investigate repeated mechanical or operational problems and develop sustainable solutions to prevent recurrence.
- Set daily objectives, assign responsibilities, and establish performance standards for maintenance personnel.
- Mentor technicians through hands-on instruction, troubleshooting assistance, and continued technical development.
- Partner with operations, sanitation, quality assurance, and facility management to coordinate maintenance around manufacturing priorities.
Required Skills/Qualifications:
- 5+ years of maintenance experience supporting industrial machinery, with prior responsibility for directing or supervising maintenance personnel.
- Background in food processing, beverage production, or a comparable manufacturing environment is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve challenging electrical and mechanical equipment problems.
- Practical experience servicing manufacturing machinery, automated production lines, and packaging systems.
- Knowledge of industrial components such as electric motors, variable-frequency drives, pumps, conveyors, fluid power systems, and electrical controls.
- Understanding of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and the ability to troubleshoot automated machinery.
- Experience organizing, implementing, or improving scheduled maintenance and equipment reliability programs.
- Proven ability to supervise technicians while remaining actively involved in equipment diagnostics and repair work.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with a focus on identifying root causes and preventing repeated failures.