Night Shift Maintenance Manager

Department: Maintenance

Reports To: Director of Engineering & Maintenance

Location: Northvale, New Jersey

Hours: M-F 4:00PM - 1:30AM (30-minute break)

Position Overview The essential functions of the Maintenance Manager position include managing and coordinating activities related to production equipment, general plant equipment, maintenance, and new installations. The Maintenance Manager will lead the maintenance team to ensure that day-to-day maintenance operations, shared shop resources, and responsibilities are properly distributed among team members.

Requires extensive knowledge of production equipment, industrial automation, and extensive electrical and electronic systems.

Principal Responsibilities - Core Competencies Extensive knowledge of the following production equipment:

• Freezers: Standalone spiral freezers (Messer, Linde), Tunnel Freezers

• Depositors - Fillers - Portioners - Grinders:

• Unifiller 400, Unifiller 1000, Unifiller 600, 601 Multistation

• Handtmann 608, 808, Vemag 520

• GEA Optiflour, GEA Multiformer, GEA Crumbmaster

• Rheon Rounder, Rheon Portioner

• Tromp Laminating Lines - Dough Sheeting

• Urschel Grinder

• Mixers (Escher, AMFEC, Hobart, Handtmann, Tonelli)

• PD Pumps (Graco, UNIBLOC)

• Cooking Equipment:

• Tilt Skillets, Cleveland Kettles, Blentech Cooker, Chester Jensen

• Ovens (Middleby Marshall, Revent)

• Fryers (Heat and Control Mastermatic)

• Packaging Equipment:

• Flow Wrappers (Sleek 65, Weighpack), Cartoners (ADCO)

• X-Ray (Ishida, Novus, JBT), Metal Detectors, Tape Sealers

• Cleaning Equipment: Viking Sanitation Cars, Rackwashers (Somengil)

• Industrial Automation: ABB Robots, Fanuc Robots, Self-Motorized Pulleys (Interroll)

Key Duties & Tasks

• Work closely with Operations/Production and Engineering to help achieve production targets without compromising safety, food quality, or reliability.
• Execute and support the preventive maintenance program in collaboration with the Director of Engineering & Maintenance.
• Track, report on, and help improve maintenance KPIs, including MTBF, MTTR, and Equipment Reliability (ER), in collaboration with the Director of Engineering & Maintenance.
• Promote and participate in a culture focused on effective Root Cause Analysis (RCA) execution.
• Oversee the safe maintenance, repair, replacement, installation, and startup of production equipment.
• Coordinate and oversee external contracting work for installations, repairs, and maintenance.
• Maintain and strengthen OEM and vendor relationships for critical spare parts, repairs, and service of equipment.
• Support the spare parts inventory program, including establishing and maintaining min/max levels for critical components.
• Available to respond promptly to emergency maintenance issues, equipment failures, facility-related incidents, and major breakdowns.
• Available to attend to work on requested weekends, based on the needs of the organization.
• Support the full integration and daily use of the CMMS system, ensuring accurate work order documentation and improving the maintenance team's user experience.
• Conduct daily follow-ups with the maintenance team after plant huddles. Facilitate repairs as well as scheduled preventive maintenance work.
• Improve coordination between shifts by participating in daily meetings to ensure smooth shift-to-shift transitions.
• Generate and distribute end-of-shift reports daily upon completion of the shift.
• Support the hiring, onboarding, training, and development of maintenance technicians.
• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with food safety (GMP), sanitation, and applicable regulatory requirements, including the safe use of food-grade materials and lubricants.
• Enforce safety procedures, including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), and ensure compliance with OSHA and company safety standards.

Physical Requirements & Body Mechanics Key to Requirements as Percentage of Work Day:

• N = NEVER
• O = OCCASIONAL (1 - 33% of Time)
• F = FREQUENT (34 - 66% of Time)
• C = CONSTANT (67 - 100% of Time)

Body Movements

• Stand: CONSTANT (67 - 100%)
• Walk: CONSTANT (67 - 100%)
• Sit: OCCASIONAL (1 - 33%)
• Bend at the Waist: FREQUENT (34 - 66%)
• Twist/Turn: FREQUENT (34 - 66%)
• Kneel: FREQUENT (34 - 66%)
• Squat: FREQUENT (34 - 66%)
• Climb/Heights: FREQUENT (34 - 66%)
• Crawl: OCCASIONAL (1 - 33%)
• Head/Neck Movements: CONSTANT (67 - 100%)
• Reach Outward: CONSTANT (67 - 100%)
• Reach Above Shoulder: FREQUENT (34 - 66%)
• Drive/Operate Equipment: FREQUENT (34 - 66%)

Lift & Carry / Push & Pull

• Lift & Carry Up to 10 lbs: FREQUENT (34 - 66%)
• Lift & Carry Up to 20 lbs: FREQUENT (34 - 66%)
• Lift & Carry Up to 30 lbs: FREQUENT (34 - 66%)
• Lift & Carry Up to 50 lbs: OCCASIONAL (1 - 33%)
• Push/Pull Up to 10 lbs: FREQUENT (34 - 66%)
• Push/Pull Up to 20 lbs: FREQUENT (34 - 66%)
• Push/Pull Up to 30 lbs: FREQUENT (34 - 66%)
• Push/Pull Up to 50 lbs or Greater: OCCASIONAL (1 - 33%)

Hand Use & Typing

• Grip: CONSTANT (67 - 100%)
• Type/Keyboard: FREQUENT (34 - 66%)
• Repetitive Hand Use: CONSTANT (67 - 100%)