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Job Title: Maintenance Manager
1st Shift Schedule: Monday to Friday 7:00am - 3:30PM
Pay Rate: $40/hour
Job Description
This role oversees and supports all aspects of maintenance operations in a manufacturing facility, combining hands-on mechanical and electrical work with leadership, planning, and coordination responsibilities. You will work on a first-shift schedule, lead maintenance activities, support production reliability, and serve as a key backup to the current maintenance leadership while shadowing and learning all aspects of their responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Lead, supervise, and support maintenance technicians in a food manufacturing plant to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operation of all equipment.
- Perform hands-on mechanical and electrical maintenance, including troubleshooting, repair, and adjustment of industrial machinery, conveyors, motors, and gearboxes.
- Diagnose and resolve issues involving hydraulics, pneumatics, welding, and high-level mechanical and electrical systems to minimize downtime.
- Conduct electrical troubleshooting, including work on three-phase systems and PLC-related issues, using blueprints and schematics to identify and correct problems.
- Plan, schedule, and coordinate preventive maintenance activities to improve equipment reliability and extend asset life.
- Set up and manage maintenance projects from start to finish, including scope definition, resource planning, and coordination with production.
- Handle maintenance-related invoices, interact with sales and service vendors, and coordinate external service work as needed.
- Support and oversee industrial maintenance activities, ensuring compliance with plant standards and food manufacturing requirements.
- Participate in and contribute to meetings with plant leadership, providing input on maintenance status, projects, and equipment performance.
Essential Skills
- Proven experience in a maintenance lead, supervisor, or manager role within an industrial or manufacturing environment.
- Maintenance experience with both mechanical and electrical systems.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and repair industrial equipment, including conveyors, motors, and gearboxes.
- Experience with hydraulics and pneumatics in a production or industrial setting.
- Proficiency in electrical troubleshooting, including three-phase systems.
- Experience with PLC troubleshooting in an industrial environment.
- Ability to plan, schedule, and coordinate maintenance activities and projects.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Working closely with plant leadership, including participation in cross-functional meetings.
- Comfortable working independently on shift and making decisions with limited direct supervision.
- Strong communication skills for interacting with technicians, leadership, vendors, and other stakeholders.
- Organizational skills for managing multiple tasks, projects, and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
This is a Permanent position based out of Reading, PA.
Pay and BenefitsThe pay range for this position is $40.00 - $40.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
This is a fully onsite position in Reading,PA.
Application DeadlineThis position is anticipated to close on Jun 4, 2026.
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.
San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Massachusetts Lie Detector:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.
Posting ID: JP-006041314
