Job Description: Maintenance and Safety
Manager
Company: Wonder Meats
Location: Carlstadt, NJ
Employment Type: Full-Time
Hours: Monday-Friday: 5am-1pm, Saturday: 7am-11am
Compensation: $90,000- $140,000
Position Overview:The Maintenance & Safety Manager will lead maintenance and facility operations across the New Jersey operation. This role is responsible for leading the maintenance team, managing the CMMS, improving equipment reliability, and overseeing preventive maintenance, contractors, vendors, and maintenance resources.
This role also builds and enforces strong safety practices across maintenance and plant operations. The Maintenance & Safety Manager ensures equipment is safe and well maintained, safety signage is clear and current, and work stays in line with OSHA and company requirements, in partnership with Production and Quality Assurance.
Key Responsibilities- Lead, schedule, coach, and develop the maintenance team.
- Oversee maintenance across multiple buildings, equipment, utilities, and facility systems.
- Manage the CMMS, including work orders, maintenance history, planning, scheduling, and reporting.
- Develop and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs to reduce downtime and repeat failures.
- Manage maintenance priorities, backlog, MRO inventory, spare parts, and department spending.
- Coordinate contractors and vendors and monitor the quality, cost, and completion of work.
- Partners with Operations and other departments to support equipment reliability and minimize disruption.
- Support capital projects, equipment improvements, and new equipment installations.
- Build and enforce strong safety practices across the maintenance team and plant operations.
- Ensure equipment, guards, and work areas are maintained in safe working conditions.
- Maintain clear, accurate safety signage and postings throughout the facility.
- Drive OSHA compliance and enforce company safety policies for maintenance work, including contractors and vendors.
- Partner with Production and Quality Assurance on safety issues that affect equipment, utilities, and plant operations.
- Ensure maintenance work is completed safely and in accordance with company policies and procedures.
Qualifications- 5+ years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or similarly complex environment.
- Previous experience managing or supervising a maintenance team.
- Hands-on CMMS experience.
- Experience with preventive maintenance, maintenance planning, and troubleshooting.
- Strong mechanical and electrical knowledge.
- Experience managing contractors, vendors, MRO inventory, and maintenance costs.
- Experience applying industrial safety practices in a maintenance or manufacturing environment, including OSHA compliance.
Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills.
Preferred Skills- Experience in food manufacturing or another regulated manufacturing environment.
- Experience with predictive maintenance, reliability programs, Root Cause Analysis, TPM, or Lean Manufacturing.
- Experience with industrial utilities, automation, PLCs, HVAC, refrigeration, or similar systems.
- Technical degree, trade certification, engineering background, or equivalent experience.
What We OfferComprehensive Benefits: Comprehensive insurance benefits, including medical, dental, and vision.
Time-off: Competitive time off, including sick leave and site closures for selected holidays.
Corporate Discounts: Get discounts on travel, subscriptions, and more!
Duties and responsibilities may be modified at any time based on business needs.
