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Job Title: Maintenance Manager

Job Description

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for overseeing all maintenance operations within the facility, ensuring equipment reliability, minimizing downtime, and leading a team of technicians. This role requires strong technical experience, leadership skills, and a proactive approach to preventive and corrective maintenance.

1st shift: 5:00am-3:30pm

Responsibilities

+ Lead, train, and manage a team of maintenance technicians and mechanics.

+ Schedule and assign daily tasks, monitor performance, and ensure safety compliance.

+ Troubleshoot and resolve equipment failures efficiently.

+ Maintain accurate maintenance records and logs.

+ Manage maintenance budgets, including labor, parts, and equipment.

+ Maintain inventory of tools, spare parts, and supplies.

+ Evaluate cost-saving opportunities and vendor contracts.

+ Lead facility improvement projects, equipment upgrades, and installations.

+ Collaborate with engineering and production teams to support operational goals.

Essential Skills

+ 4+ years of maintenance experience working for a meat processing company.

+ 2+ years as a maintenance manager.

+ 5+ years in Industrial Maintenance.

+ Troubleshooting 3-phase power systems.

+ Working with motors, VFDs, and control panels.

+ Experience with conveyor systems, gearboxes, bearings, and line changeovers.

+ Understanding of hydraulics and pneumatics, including reading pneumatic schematics and troubleshooting valves, cylinders, and air systems.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

+ Experience in Food Manufacturing / GMP for 1+ year.

+ TIG Welding experience for 1+ year.

+ EPA / HVAC certification.

+ Spanish language skills are a plus.

Why Work Here?

Join a 125+ year-old company that offers strong job security and representation as a Union 399 shop. Enjoy excellent benefits including health, dental, medical, and pension plans, along with quarterly bonuses and consistent contract renewals. This is a hands-on, high-impact role with real responsibility in a GMP-compliant facility equipped with modern equipment.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Chicago, Illinois.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $100000.00 - $120000.00/yr.

medical, dental, vision 401k

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Chicago,IL.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 23, 2025.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.