Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager

Park Rapids, MN | Direct Hire | $95,000–$142,000

Konik is partnering with a nationally recognized food manufacturing organization to add a Maintenance Manager to its growing Park Rapids operation. This facility supports large-scale continuous process manufacturing and is seeking a hands-on leader capable of driving reliability, mentoring teams, and improving maintenance operations across a high-volume production environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for a maintenance leader who enjoys developing people, improving systems, and supporting a collaborative manufacturing culture with strong long-term growth potential. The organization offers exceptional benefits, advancement opportunities, and a highly team-oriented environment within one of the premier manufacturing employers in the region.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support maintenance operations across a large manufacturing facility with 4 direct-report maintenance leaders and several maintenance employees
• Drive equipment reliability, maintenance efficiency, and continuous improvement initiatives across production operations
• Support and develop maintenance team leads across electrical, process, packaging, and boiler/refrigeration operations
• Oversee preventative maintenance, predictive maintenance, planning and scheduling, lubrication programs, and root cause analysis initiatives
• Partner closely with production leadership to improve uptime, equipment performance, and operational reliability
• Support conveyor systems, material handling systems, pumps, thermal systems, fryer systems, and continuous process manufacturing equipment
• Assist with capital project planning and execution alongside engineering and plant leadership teams
• Manage maintenance budgets, maintenance planning efforts, and spare parts strategies
• Mentor and coach both salaried and hourly employees while helping build future leadership within the organization
• Support safety, compliance, and operational excellence initiatives across the facility

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of maintenance management or maintenance leadership experience within a manufacturing environment
• Strong background within process manufacturing environments such as food production, paper, wood products, industrial processing, or similar continuous-process operations
• Experience supporting conveyors, pumps, hydraulics, pneumatics, thermal systems, and electro-mechanical equipment
• Knowledge of boiler and/or refrigeration systems is highly preferred
• Prior leadership experience within union manufacturing environments is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline preferred
• Experience developing maintenance teams, mentoring supervisors, and driving accountability within operations
• Familiarity with CMMS systems such as Maximo or SAP is preferred
• Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving abilities

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: $95,000–$142,000
• Bonus opportunity
• Industry-leading retirement and 401(k) benefits
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employee stock purchase program
• PTO and paid holidays
• Relocation assistance available for qualified candidates
• Strong long-term advancement opportunities within a national manufacturing organization

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Konik is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected class status.

Konik has specialized in placing technical professionals with leading Minnesota and western Wisconsin employers for more than 50 years.