Sr. Manager, Maintenance (Manufacturing)

Location: US-NC-Winston-Salem; onsite in a manufacturing facility

Company

hirify.global operates a U.S. manufacturing environment producing nutraceutical or food products under regulated standards.

What you will do

• Oversee production maintenance operations across multiple shifts, including supervisors, planners, technicians, parts-room staff, and dispatchers.
• Manage maintenance continuity, workflow, productivity, staffing coverage, training plans, and departmental performance.
• Monitor preventive maintenance, spare-parts availability, equipment efficiency, reliability, and production schedule support.
• Manage departmental budgets, operating costs, capital expenditures, P&L responsibilities, and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Lead continuous improvement programs, establish performance metrics, reduce costs, and improve lead times.
• Coordinate maintenance activities and projects with facilities, IS, HR, manufacturing, planning, procurement, finance, R&D, engineering, quality, and production.

Requirements

• 8+ years as a maintenance supervisor, manager, or in a related technical role.
• 8+ years working in a nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, food manufacturing cGMP environment, or another regulated environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• Knowledge and application of FDA and cGMP standards.
• Experience managing maintenance and production operations, budgets, capital projects, CMMS systems, and workflow for multiple direct reports.
• 5 years of demonstrated experience managing engineering, maintenance, and production operations, including P&L responsibilities and capital projects.
• Knowledge of nutraceutical or food-processing facility operations and machinery, preferably in nutraceuticals, food processing, or consumer goods.
• Exceptional mechanical and electrical aptitude and understanding of PLC functionality.
• Strong written and oral communication, organization, analytical, coaching, teaching, prioritization, and conflict-management skills.
• Proven record of delivering improvements and exceeding budget or forecast targets.
• Ability to meet physical requirements including clear communication, seeing, hearing, speaking, writing, and manual dexterity.

Nice to have

• Experience managing a large facility in a three-shift production environment.
• Working knowledge of computer-based maintenance scheduling and management tools such as Oracle, SAP, or eMaint.
• 12 years of progressive manufacturing experience.
• Managerial experience in a GMP/FDA production environment.
• 8–12 years of managerial experience supervising direct reports or directing workflow.
• Master’s degree in a related field.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a production facility with multiple shifts, moving mechanical parts, elevated areas, fumes or airborne particles, dust, powders, chemicals, strong odors, and food products.
• Support safety, environmental, quality, and OSHA requirements in a cGMP operating environment.
• Eligible U.S. employees may receive medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, disability, life, and employee assistance benefits.
• Benefits may include a 401(k), employee stock purchase plan, wellness incentives, voluntary insurance, paid holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave, bereavement leave, personal leave, and voting time off.