About this opportunity
Adecco lists this Maintenance & Reliability Manager – Plant Engineering opportunity in arnold, Pennsylvania. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Position Summary
A well-established food manufacturing company is seeking a Maintenance & Reliability Manager – Plant Engineering to help strengthen maintenance systems, improve equipment reliability, and drive continuous improvement across a high-volume manufacturing operation.
This position is ideal for a hands-on maintenance and reliability leader who has experience improving maintenance programs, developing teams, reducing downtime, and creating a more proactive and reliable manufacturing environment .
While the position includes engineering and capital-project responsibilities, the primary focus is maintenance reliability, leadership, and long-term equipment performance rather than solely managing engineering projects.
Key Responsibilities
Lead initiatives to improve plant maintenance, equipment reliability, uptime, and overall equipment performance
Evaluate existing maintenance practices and implement improvements to create a more proactive, preventive, and predictive maintenance culture
Strengthen PM/PdM, TPM, CMMS, work-order, maintenance planning, and scheduling processes
Analyze downtime, equipment failures, OEE, MTTR/MTBF, maintenance data, and recurring issues to identify improvement opportunities
Lead root-cause analysis and implement sustainable corrective actions for chronic equipment problems
Partner with maintenance leadership and technicians to improve troubleshooting, technical capabilities, accountability, and execution
Support the development, coaching, and performance of maintenance personnel
Provide technical leadership across mechanical, electrical, automation, PLC, controls, instrumentation, and facility systems
Partner closely with Operations, Engineering, Safety, Quality, and plant leadership to improve equipment and production performance
Identify and execute capital projects and equipment improvements that support reliability, safety, capacity, and operational efficiency
Manage engineering projects including scope development, budgeting, vendor/contractor coordination, installation, commissioning, and startup
Develop equipment specifications, scopes of work, maintenance standards, and technical documentation
Support equipment installations, production-line improvements, facility upgrades, and automation projects
Drive continuous improvement and change-management initiatives within the maintenance organization
Ensure maintenance and engineering activities comply with applicable safety, food safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements
Qualifications
8+ years of progressive maintenance, reliability, plant engineering, or manufacturing experience
Demonstrated experience leading or significantly improving a manufacturing maintenance program
Maintenance leadership experience with responsibility for technicians, supervisors, or other technical personnel
Strong knowledge of preventive/predictive maintenance, TPM, CMMS, work-order systems, reliability practices, and root-cause analysis
Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting knowledge, including exposure to PLCs, automation, controls, and instrumentation
Experience using maintenance and reliability KPIs to reduce downtime and improve equipment performance
Experience managing capital projects, equipment installations, vendors, contractors, budgets, and schedules
Strong leadership and change-management skills with the ability to develop teams and improve maintenance culture
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
Preferred Background
Food or beverage manufacturing experience strongly preferred
Experience in high-speed, high-volume, or highly automated manufacturing environments
Experience transforming a reactive maintenance organization into a more planned, preventive, and reliability-focused operation
Experience with continuous improvement, Lean manufacturing, OEE, and equipment-performance initiatives
Experience leading significant equipment installations, facility upgrades, automation projects, or production-line improvements
What This Role Offers
High-impact leadership role with visibility across plant operations
Opportunity to directly influence the site's maintenance strategy and reliability culture
Ownership of meaningful reliability, continuous-improvement, and capital initiatives
Opportunity to develop maintenance systems and technical teams
Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
Relocation assistance available
Who can apply
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