Maintenance manager

Position: Maintenance Manager Location: Central New Jersey (Middlesex County Area) Industry: High-Volume Food Manufacturing & Packaging We are looking for a hands-on Maintenance Manager to run a fast-paced, highly automated production facility. You will directly manage the daily schedules, breakdowns, and PM programs for a team of maintenance technicians. What matters to us: • Technical Expertise: Background in electrical, mechanical, pneumatics, hydraulics, and PLC troubleshooting. Experience with industrial ovens/thermal processing and high-speed packaging is highly preferred. • Floor Leadership: You aren't just sitting in an office. You need to manage a crew on the floor, handle a team with direct communication styles, and keep everyone accountable. • Uptime & Urgency: When a line goes down, every minute costs money. We need someone who responds quickly and systematically solves root causes to keep OEE high. • Compliance: Ownership of safety procedures (LOTO) and food safety standards (GMP/SQF). This is a full-time, permanent position offering competitive pay and benefits.

salary: $115,000 - $137,000 per year
shift: First
work hours: 7 AM - 3 PM
education: No Degree Required

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Direct, coach, and schedule a team of multi-skilled maintenance technicians. Promote accountability, skill development, and a safety culture.
• Operations & Uptime: Oversee troubleshooting, repair, and PM/PdM programs for high-speed processing, thermal/baking systems, packaging, and refrigeration to minimize unplanned downtime.
• Reliability & OEE: Analyze downtime trends and equipment performance. Lead root-cause analysis, implement reliability improvements, and support capital projects or line modifications.
• Safety & Compliance: Ensure strict adherence to OSHA, industrial safety, and food safety standards (GMPs, SQF, BRC, or equivalent GFSI certifications). Enforce LOTO and lead safety audits.
• Budget & Inventory: Manage departmental budget (labor, parts, services). Optimize critical spare parts inventory and manage external contractors/vendors.
• Communication: Lead effectively in a candid, fast-paced production environment, translating floor-level feedback into constructive communication for the broader organization.

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The essential functions of this role include:

• manual lifting up to 50lbs
• standing for 8 hours at one time

Skills

• Maintenance
• Electrical
• Mechanical Maintenance
• General Maintenance
• Managing
• Leading
• Coaching
• Operations
• Budget
• Planning
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Oral Communication
• CMMS
• PLC Troubleshooting
• Preventive Maintenance

Qualifications

• Years of experience: 5 years
• Experience level: Manager

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.