This is a direct hire role that will travel between IL, GA, NV, and FL.
Schedule: Monday through Friday
Please note: This role requires up to 100% travel between manufacturing sites in IL, GA, NV, and FL.
Pay Rate: starting at $100,000 yearly
Our client, a well known national bakery, is looking for a Traveling Bakery Maintenance Manager to join their team!
Traveling Bakery Maintenance Manager Responsibilities:
- Lead multi-site engineering and capital improvement projects from planning through implementation.
- Manage construction, facility upgrades, equipment installations, and production line expansions.
- Develop project scopes, budgets, timelines, and vendor requirements.
- Coordinate contractors, suppliers, and internal teams to ensure successful project execution.
- Evaluate manufacturing processes and recommend operational improvements.
- Partner with Plant Engineers and Maintenance teams to improve equipment reliability and operational performance.
- Assist plants in improving maintenance inventory control and critical spare parts management.
- Support troubleshooting and resolution of major mechanical, electrical, and PLC-related equipment issues.
- Recommend and implement equipment upgrades and modernization initiatives to improve reliability, safety, efficiency, and production capability.
- Analyze equipment failures and implement long-term corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ensure engineering and maintenance activities comply with GMPs, food safety standards, and company sanitation requirements.
- Coordinate maintenance activities in food handling areas to minimize operational and product safety risk.
- Ensure proper communication and cleanup procedures following maintenance or repair work.
- Support compliance with applicable OSHA, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
- Present project updates, budgets, and recommendations to Leadership.
- Work cross-functionally with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Sanitation, and Purchasing teams.
- Assist in developing engineering standards and best practices across facilities.
Traveling Bakery Maintenance Manager Qualifications:
- 5+ years of engineering leadership experience in bakery.
- Prior experience managing capital projects, plant construction, or equipment installations.
- Strong mechanical, electrical, and PLC skills.
- Experience working in GMP and food-safe manufacturing environments.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
- Strong vendor management, budgeting, and project planning skills.
- Excellent communication and leadership abilities.
- Willing and able to travel to manufacturing sites in IL, GA, NV, and FL as business needs dictate.
- Provide frequent plant-floor presence in active production environments,
- Travel between facilities required as business needs dictate.
- Please note: occasional off-hours support may be required during major projects or operational emergencies
City Staffing is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in all aspects of our business. As a women-owned and operated business, WBE certified, we recognize the importance of creating an inclusive and welcoming work environment for all individuals regardless of age, race, creed, color, national origin, sex, ability, marital status, gender identity and/or expression, or sexual orientation.
