As a leader and innovator in the snack food industry for over 50 years, J&J; Snack Foods provides branded snack foods to foodservice and retail supermarket outlets across the U.S. Its products include such icons as SUPERPRETZEL, ICEE, and Dippin’ Dots along with other key brands like LUIGI’S Real Italian Ice, The Funnel Cake Factory Funnel Cakes, and Hola Churros. J&J; also has a strong presence in bakery providing cakes, cookies, and pies to some of the largest grocery and convenience retailers in industry. Our company continues to deliver record sales led by a talented team and a commitment to “Fun Served Here”.

POSITION SUMMARY:
Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Reliability and Maintenance Manageris responsible forleading the plant’s maintenance, engineering, and reliability functions to support safe, effective, and consistent plant operations. In a snack food manufacturing environment, product quality, safety, cost, and service all depend on reliable equipment performance. This roleensuresthe plant’s assets are a competitive advantage, not a daily operational risk.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Reliability and Uptime Ownership

Owns line uptime, Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), Mean TimeToRepair (MTTR), and overall equipment reliability for theplant.

Leads the plant toward a more planned, proactive, and data-driven maintenanceculture.

Develops andmaintainspreventive and predictive maintenance programs that improve equipment performance and reduce downtime.

Leads rootcause analysis and corrective action for recurring equipment issues, chronic losses, and breakdowns.

Partners with Production to address recurring downtime and improve day-to-day equipment performance.

MaintenanceandEngineering Leadership

Provides leadership and direction to maintenance supervisorsand maintenance technicians.

Sets clear expectations for troubleshooting, work planning,andexecution.

Developstechnical capability across the team in electrical, mechanical, controls, refrigeration, and related areas.

Oversees contractormanagementand provides technicalleadershipfor new equipment installations, linemodifications,andcapital projects.

Spare PartsandAsset Management

Ownsthe plant’sspare parts strategy, including inventory accuracy,andcritical spare availability.

Improves spare parts controls to reduce stockouts, emergency purchases, and excess or obsolete inventory.

Implementsparts kitting and planning processes to better support scheduled maintenance work.

Maintainsaccurateassethierarchy,equipmentdocumentation,andmaintenance records.

RedzoneandData-Driven Execution

Uses Redzone to support work order management, PM compliance, downtimedataanalysis, technician accountability, and maintenance visibility.

Ensures Redzone data isaccurate,timely, and used toidentifytrends, prioritize reliability work, and improve equipment performance.

Food Safety,



SafetyandCompliance

Ensures maintenance work is completed in compliance with food safety, GMP, quality, safety, and regulatory requirements.

Reinforces safe maintenance practices, including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), contractor safety, and other required safety procedures.

Supports ammonia/refrigeration compliance, documentation, inspections, and related maintenance requirements.

Maintains audit-ready maintenance records, including PM documentation, work orders, regulatory records, and contractor documentation.

FinancialandPerformance Management

Manages the maintenance labor and MRO budget with a focus on cost control, stronger planning, and reduced emergencyspend.

Supports capital planning, equipment upgrade recommendations, and ROI justification for performance improvement projects.

Tracks and improves key maintenanceperformancemetrics, including uptime, equipment-related OEE loss, PM compliance, MTBF, MTTR, planned versus emergency work, spare parts accuracy and availability, maintenance cost per pound/case, safety incidents, and audit findings.

Partnership with Support Center Engineering

Serves as the main site partnerand liaisonfor Support Center Engineering on capital projects, technical strategy, engineering standards, and enterprise initiatives.

Partners with Support Center Engineering oncapitalproject planning, scoping, on-site execution, commissioningandstartupof new lines, and major equipment upgrades.

Supports process engineering improvements that increase throughput, reduce waste, improve quality, and strengthen equipment performance.

Supports theintegration ofnew technologies, automation, controls, and digital tools into theplant.

Partners with enterprise technical resources to support complex technical problem solving, long-term asset strategy, infrastructure planning, equipment standards and specifications, and best practice sharing across plants.

Ensures corporate initiatives are implemented effectively at the plant level andsharespractical site feedback to improve enterprise engineering solutions.

Team Leadership

Leads Maintenance Supervisors, Reliability/Engineering resources, and Maintenance Technicians.

Builds a team culture focused on craftsmanship, urgency, accountability, and pride in equipment condition.

Coachessupervisors and team members to plan work proactively instead of only reacting to problems.

Develops bench strength, technical skill depth, and leadership capability within the maintenance organization.





Performs otherduties asassigned byleadership.

COMPETENCIES:
To perform successfully in this role, theReliability and Maintenance Managermust be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Key competencies include:

Strong maintenance, reliability, and engineering leadership skills.

Ability to build a proactive, planned, and data-driven maintenance culture.

Strong technical troubleshooting and root cause problem-solving skills.

Ability to use data, metrics, and maintenance systems to improve equipment performance.

Strong understanding of preventive maintenance, spare parts management, and asset reliability.

Ability to partner effectively with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Safety, and other cross-functional teams.

Strong communication, organization, planning, and follow-up skills.

Ability to coach, develop, and build technical capability within maintenance teams.

Strong commitment to food safety, GMPs, employee safety, compliance, and audit readiness.

Ability to manage budgets, control costs, and support capital improvement recommendations.

EDUCATIONAND EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineeringor a related technical field strongly preferred.

Five to seven or more years of maintenance and/or engineering leadership experience in CPG or food manufacturing.

Strong mechanical, electrical, andcontrolstroubleshooting knowledge.

Experience leading maintenance teams in a fast-paced production environment.

Experience with CMMS / digital maintenance systems.Redzoneexperiencepreferred.

Knowledge of food safety, GMPs, and industrial refrigeration systems.

Proven ability to buildand sustainreliability systems, not just fix equipment.

US Salary Pay Range: $130,000 — $145,000 USD

Disclaimer:This position description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the team member. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

EEO Statement:J&J; Snack Foods Corp.is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discriminatory employment actions against, and treatment of, employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived Federal, State and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, ethnicity, alienage, religion or creed, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, genetic disposition or characteristics, disability or veteran's status, sex offenses, prior record of arrest or conviction, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic, status as a victim or witness of domestic violence, sex offenses or stalking and unemployment status.

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📌 Reliability and Maintenance Manager (British Columbia)
🏢 Jjsnackfoods
📍 British Columbia