Director of Maintenance & Engineering

Stanislaus Food Products

Modesto, CA

Pay: $175,000-$195,000/yr

Shift: Full time

**Position Title:** Director of Maintenance & Engineering

**Reports to:** SVP of Tomato Operations

**Department:** Tomato Operations

**Classification:** Full-time, Exempt

**Pay:** $175,000-$195,000

**Stanislaus Mission**

To attract quality-oriented restaurateurs with consistently superior tomatoes and olive oil, keep them through legendary service, and invest in talented people who share our dedication to customer success.

**The Company**

Stanislaus Food Products is a nationally recognized, family-owned company known for crafting the finest Italian-style tomatoes and sauces for top-quality Italian restaurants and pizzerias.

If you take pride in the quality of your work and prefer working on a team of talented individuals who share your passion for excellence, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity! This is a full-time position located on-site at our Modesto Tomato Cannery.

**Position Summary**

The Director of Maintenance & Engineering is responsible for the reliability, maintainability, and technical performance of the facility. Reporting to the SVP of Tomato Operations, this position provides leadership for maintenance, engineering, controls, technical development, procurement operations, utilities, and capital improvement efforts to support safe and efficient manufacturing operations.

This role combines maintenance leadership, technical expertise, and analytical decision-making. The Director is expected to spend significant time understanding equipment performance, reviewing maintenance and reliability metrics, developing technical leaders, and driving improvements that increase equipment uptime and operational capability.

**This position will be primarily responsible for:**

**Reliability & Maintenance Leadership**

• Lead all maintenance and reliability activities to maximize equipment uptime and operational performance.
• Ensure effective execution of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs.
• Develop maintenance strategies that reduce downtime and improve equipment reliability.
• Support operations in resolving critical equipment and process-related issues.
• Support the maintenance managers to develop and implement maintenance schedules and programs to prevent equipment failures and extend asset lifespan.
• Ensure accountability among their managers for urgency levels on maintenance request to minimize operations disruptions.

**Engineering & Technical Leadership**

• Establish and maintain engineering standards across the facility.
• Support process optimization and equipment improvement initiatives.
• Partner with Production to improve manufacturing capabilities and performance.
• Provide technical leadership for controls, automation, utilities, and infrastructure systems.

**Maintenance Analytics & Performance**

• Analyze reliability metrics, downtime trends, efficiency rates, maintenance costs, and equipment performance data.
• Utilize maintenance KPIs to prioritize resources and improvement efforts.
• Develop action plans to improve reliability performance and reduce operating costs.
• Develop workflow-policies to improve efficiency without compromising safety or quality.

**Capital Projects & Continuous Improvement**

• Provide oversight and support for capital projects and facility improvements.
• Partner with the Operations Continuous Improvement Manager to execute projects that improve safety, reliability, efficiency, and capacity.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective action efforts for chronic reliability issues.

**Leadership & Workforce Development**

• Lead, develop and coach maintenance managers, engineers, planners, Operational Technology (OT) management, and procurement professionals.
• Partner with their managers and People Operations to hire and train their team(s) as demand allows.
• Support succession planning and technical capability development across all areas under this role.
• Reinforce accountability, ownership, and effective troubleshooting throughout their organization.
• Empowers their people to make decisions where problems are solved at the lowest level in their organization.
• Build trust with the organization by allowing people to take ownership for their decisions but knows when and how to coach and guide on critical problems.

**Parts, Contractors & Resource Management**

• Oversee spare parts inventory management and Procurement Operations through the Procurement Manager.
• Manage contractor relationships and external service providers.
• Ensure maintenance resources are aligned with business needs and budget expectations.
• Create and support collaboration processes for maintenance and procurement to improve processes and service.

**Safety & Compliance**

• Ensure compliance with OSHA, food safety, environmental, and company standards by creating accountability culture in their organization.
• Create and promote safe maintenance practices and risk-reduction initiatives alongside their managers.
• Partner with t