Maintenance Manager
As the Maintenance Manager at Nature’s Bakery, you will lead all maintenance and repair operations within the facility, ensuring equipment reliability, minimizing downtime, and maximizing operational efficiency. You’ll manage a diverse team—including maintenance technicians, leads, supervisors, a scheduler, a maintenance administrator, and external contractors—while driving a proactive, data-informed maintenance culture.
This role blends people leadership, technical understanding, and strategic planning. While you won’t be expected to be the hands-on expert in every discipline, having a solid foundation and the ability to guide, challenge, and support your team is key to success.
Key Responsibilities
Team Leadership & Development
Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing maintenance organization.
Provide ongoing coaching, mentorship, and performance feedback.
Build a culture grounded in safety, accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
Maintenance Planning & Scheduling
Develop and maintain a comprehensive maintenance plan for equipment and facility assets.
Partner closely with Operations to minimize production disruption.
Prioritize work based on risk, criticality, and available resources.
Utilize our CMMS (Maintenance Connection) to plan, schedule, and track work.
Preventive & Predictive Maintenance
Drive preventive maintenance strategies that reduce unplanned downtime and extend asset life.
Partner cross-functionally to refine PM frequencies and task effectiveness.
Support predictive maintenance efforts using data, inspections, and condition-based tools.
Repair & Reliability Management
Lead effective responses to equipment failures, ensuring timely and cost-effective repairs.
Guide troubleshooting efforts across process lines, automation, and controls.
Oversee vendor relationships, parts sourcing, and repair quality.
Capital Projects, Rebuilds & Shutdowns
Plan and manage equipment rebuilds, line shutdowns, and major maintenance events.
Support capital improvement projects from scoping through execution.
Balance short-term reliability needs with long-term asset strategy.
Budgeting, CapEx & Reporting
Own the maintenance budget, forecasting expenses and identifying cost-saving opportunities.
Prepare and manage capital expenditure requests.
Use CMMS data to track asset costs, downtime, and reliability trends.
Maintain accurate maintenance records, spare parts inventory, and reporting.
Qualifications & Experience
We’re looking for a strong people leader with a solid technical foundation and a passion for building reliable systems.
Required
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Maintenance, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
8+ years of progressive experience in maintenance, plant engineering, or industrial operations (CPG strongly preferred).
Proven experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
Strong understanding of maintenance best practices and reliability principles.
Experience leveraging CMMS platforms to drive planning, execution, and continuous improvement.
Ability to work flexible hours and respond to maintenance emergencies when needed.
Working knowledge of safety standards and regulatory requirements.
Additional preferred experience
Exposure to mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems in a manufacturing environment.
Experience supporting or leading preventive and predictive maintenance programs, including tools such as CMMS analytics, vibration analysis, thermography, or similar condition-based techniques.
Comfort guiding teams through troubleshooting of process lines, automation, and controls, even if not hands-on daily.
Ability to read and interpret mechanical and electrical schematics to support troubleshooting and project work.
Experience planning or managing equipment rebuilds, major shutdowns, and capital improvement projects.
The Good Stuff – Benefits
Our team members' physical and mental health is important to a thriving workplace. That’s why we offer the following benefits to full-time employees:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance offered for eligible employees
401(k) plan with a company match that vest on day 1 of eligibility
Paid vacation
Paid time off
Holiday pay (11 days)
Paid short-term disability
Paid life insurance
Banfield Pet Insurance Discounts
Wellness Benefits and Discounts
Employee Assistance Program
EEO
We are committed to an inclusive workplace where diversity in all its forms is championed. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we are an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
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About Us Since our founding in 2011, Nature’s Bakery has been baking better-for-you snacks to nourish families and enable them to thrive. We believe that the choice to snack healthier should be an easy and desirable one. Today, we are a top 10 granola and snack bar brand, with approximately 600 employees baking soft-baked snacks with real, recognizable, and wholesome ingredients, such as whole grains and sun-ripened fruits. Our marketplace success led us to join forces with KIND to create a health and wellness platform within Mars, Inc. While continuing to operate as a standalone company, we are now part one of the most well-regarded consumer goods company in the world. That independence allows us to remain an agile, insurgent brand committed to our brand purpose and founding. Nature’s Bakery is a fast-growing company with a bright future ahead. We have achieved great things, and there is more opportunity for growth both on the digital and retail shelves, through expanded distribution with existing and new retail customers. To achieve our aspirations, we are expanding our team of growth-minded, nimble, and entrepreneurial individuals who like to roll up their sleeves and get things done. We think like owners, act like operators. So, come join us to create a world of snacking that is both good, and good for you.
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