🔧 Second Shift Maintenance Manager | Bergen County, NJ
Monday–Friday | $115,000–$140,000 Base Salary
I'm partnering with a long-standing, highly respected food manufacturer that is looking to add a Second Shift Maintenance Manager to its leadership team. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys building strong maintenance teams, driving reliability, and making a real impact in a modern, highly automated manufacturing environment.
If you're the type of leader who likes being on the production floor, solving problems, mentoring technicians, and improving processes—not sitting behind a desk all day—this could be an excellent next step.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead, coach, and develop a skilled second shift maintenance team.
- Improve equipment uptime and plant reliability through preventive maintenance and Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives and monitor KPIs to reduce downtime.
- Manage CMMS activities, work orders, and preventive maintenance programs.
- Coordinate equipment repairs, installations, and outside contractors.
- Partner closely with Operations, Engineering, and Production to keep the facility running efficiently.
- Champion safety, GMP, OSHA, and Lockout/Tagout compliance.
- Help recruit, train, and develop maintenance technicians while building a strong team culture.
What They're Looking For
- Maintenance leadership experience in food, beverage, bakery, dairy, protein, or another FDA-regulated manufacturing environment.
- Experience leading maintenance teams in a highly automated manufacturing facility.
- Strong knowledge of industrial equipment such as conveyors, packaging systems, mixers, ovens, pumps, freezers, robotics, and preventive maintenance systems.
- Mechanical and electrical troubleshooting expertise with a passion for continuous improvement and developing people.
Why This Opportunity Stands Out
- Monday–Friday second shift schedule.
- $115,000–$140,000 base salary, depending on experience.
- Stable, well-established manufacturer with modern equipment and strong leadership.
- High-visibility leadership role with the opportunity to influence plant performance and build a high-performing maintenance team.
If you're open to hearing more—or know someone who might be a great fit—I'd love to have a confidential conversation. For immediate consideration, send your resume to Hillary.Cooley@gogpac.com.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations.
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