Production & Maintenance Manager

Production & Maintenance Manager - Snacks & Baked Goods Manufacturing

CSG are partnered with a rapidly growing Snacks & Baked Goods manufacturer to appoint a Production & Maintenance Manager to lead day-to-day plant operations across production, maintenance, and sanitation. This is a highly visible, hands-on leadership role focused on strengthening structure, improving reliability, and driving consistent operational performance in a scaling environment.

Reporting to the Director of Manufacturing with executive-level exposure, this role plays a critical part in shaping plant culture, systems, and long-term operational growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead daily production, maintenance, and sanitation execution across the facility

• Direct Production Supervisors, Maintenance Technicians, Mixing Operators, and Production Associates

• Drive performance across safety, quality, output, waste, downtime, and labour efficiency

• Partner closely with FSQA to maintain strong GMP, HACCP, and audit-ready standards

• Strengthen preventive maintenance systems and improve equipment reliability

• Prioritise breakdown response, repairs, capital upgrades, and line improvements

• Improve up time, changeovers, and overall equipment effectiveness

• Develop supervisors and front-line leaders, driving accountability and engagement

• Support hiring, training, performance management, and employee relations

• Implement stronger operating procedures, training systems, and production standards

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across safety, quality, cost, and efficiency

• Review production and downtime data to guide operational decisions

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Warehouse, Procurement, and Plant Leadership

• Support labour planning, budgeting, cost control, and strategic growth initiatives

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5+ years of manufacturing leadership experience with full floor ownership

• Experience leading supervisors and/or maintenance teams preferred

• Food or CPG manufacturing experience required (snacks or baked goods experience advantageous)

• Strong knowledge of production, maintenance, sanitation, and plant safety systems

• Working knowledge of GMP, HACCP, and SQF environments

• Hands-on leadership style with strong problem-solving capability

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, or related field preferred but not required

• Experience supporting equipment upgrades or operational scale-ups advantageous

Physical Demands:

• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds and move throughout a manufacturing facility

• Ability to stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl as required

• Ability to work on the production floor for extended periods

Work Environment:

• High-volume snacks and baked goods manufacturing environment

• Exposure to noise, dust, temperature variation, and moving equipment

• Combination of production floor leadership and office-based planning responsibilities

Why Join:

• Pivotal leadership role within a fast-growing manufacturer

• Direct impact on daily plant performance and long-term operational growth

• Opportunity to build structure, develop leaders, and improve reliability

• Company actively investing in people, systems, and equipment