Engineering & Maintenance Manager

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with our customers, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 17,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. In the USA, we develop, market and produce a wide array of solutions from our 25 most innovative sites, based across the country. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.Are you looking to build a career with a world-leader? Do you want to be a part of a management team to challenge and inspire you to be your very best every day? Being the best at what we do means that we can offer you an environment that allows you to be the best at what you do.Reporting to the site director, you will be on-site determining and directing all our plant engineering and maintenance services for our South Hackensack, NJ manufacturing facility. Main impact of this role will be to implement necessary changes to support manufacturing organizational changes and strategies, and to implement capital improvements for building utility, manufacturing processes and associated equipment.Achieve Operational Efficiency: Direct internal maintenance activities including mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and spare parts management with the goal of safely achieving required manufacturing equipment efficiencies. Manage (develop and implement) procedures and equipment changes for maintenance effectiveness, predictive maintenance programs, EHS compliance, and building / other code compliance.Ensure Site Productivity: Direct all facilities services to provide appropriate support to operations groups. Provide oversight for project engineering related to facility capital projects. This includes evaluating needs and assessing options. It also involves defining costs and justifications, preparing credit requests and project plans. Finally, it includes implementing projects to improve the manufacturing environment, focusing on costs, efficiencies, yields, and quality. Manage third-party service contracts by developing requirements, qualifying vendors, and providing service monitoring / improvements.Use/Develop the Very Best of You: Manage multi-accomplished teams (engineering /maintenance) enhancing a results-oriented, and service-minded culture in a food and beverage production environment. Hone your experience managing multi million dollar manufacturing projects, operating expense and capital budgeting, and work order / preventative maintenance programs.You? Bachelor of Science (or MS) degree in Engineering5+ years experience in Manufacturing and Plant Engineering & Maintenance5+ years of leadership, and project management experienceHave lean manufacturing experience, TPM, Six Sigma, continuous improvement processes/methodologies SAPBenefits include medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, parental leave, and a high matching 401kEducation and experience partly determine Job Title and Base Salary, with our compensation program guidelines determining them. Target pay is $125k - $150k per year. Annual Bonus#LI-OnsiteGivaudan takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, qualifications/certifications and education, and internal equity.At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.Every essence of you enriches our world.Diversity of perspectives fuels innovation and fosters deeper connections with our employees, customers, and partners. At Givaudan, we are dedicated to cultivating an inclusive environment where every individual’s voice is valued and has the power to shape our world. Join us in making a difference together.Job SummaryJob number: 118890Date posted : 2026-06-24Profession: Manufacturing, Operations, EngineeringEmployment type: Regular