Assistant Manager Facility Maintenance

Bronco Wine Company

Ceres, CA

Pay: $71,800-$97,375/yr

Shift: Full time

**Company:** Bronco Wine Company

**Reporting to:** Facility Maintenance Manager

**Travel Requirements:** 7–10%, based on business needs

**FLSA Status:** Exempt

**Employment Category:** Full-Time Regular

**Pay Range:** $71,800–$97,375 annually

**Location:** Onsite, Ceres, CA

Bronco Wine Company is seeking a **Facility Maintenance Assistant Manager** based in Ceres, CA. This position supports the Facility Maintenance Manager in overseeing the safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective operation of facility systems and maintenance activities.

The Facility Maintenance Assistant Manager provides day-to-day leadership to a multifunctional maintenance team; helps establish priorities, preventive and corrective maintenance plans, and performance expectations; coordinates resources, contractors, and projects; and serves as the department leader in the Facility Maintenance Manager’s absence. This position applies technical expertise and sound judgment to support equipment reliability, employee capability, regulatory compliance, and operational continuity.

Bronco Wine Company was founded in 1973. Our family-owned company strives to continue and improve upon being vertically integrated, from the vineyard to the table, focusing on crafting quality wines for every table. Our family’s resilience and sustained growth will continue to be fostered through stewardship of family, valued employees, respected partners, and future generations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Assist the Facility Maintenance Manager in planning, directing, and evaluating daily maintenance operations across electrical, refrigeration, mechanical, utility, and facility systems.
• Provide direct supervision, coaching, work direction, and accountability for maintenance leads, forepersons, technicians, and other assigned personnel.
• Serve as the acting department leader in the Facility Maintenance Manager’s absence, maintain operational continuity, and escalate significant safety, compliance, personnel, or business risks as appropriate.
• Establish daily and weekly priorities, assign labor and resources, monitor work quality and completion, and adjust schedules to meet production and facility needs.
• Lead preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance planning within the IFS asset management system, including work-order management, equipment history, backlog review, and schedule compliance.
• Analyze recurring failures and equipment performance, support root-cause analysis, and recommend repairs, overhauls, replacements, or capital improvements based on safety, reliability, cost, and business impact.
• Support compliance with environmental requirements, facility permits, safety programs, and applicable regulatory standards.
• Maintain accurate compliance records and assist with inspections, findings, and corrective actions.
• Promote a strong safety culture by monitoring safe work practices, conducting or leading safety meetings, addressing hazards, and reinforcing lockout/tagout and other required procedures.
• Develop and coordinate technical training, safety training, cross-training, standard work, and maintenance procedures to strengthen team capability and succession readiness.
• Coordinate outside contractors and vendors, including scope clarification, scheduling, site access, safety expectations, work quality, and performance follow-up.
• Support departmental budgeting, purchasing, inventory control, and cost-management activities.
• Help maintain appropriate parts and critical-spares availability.
• Partner with Production, Warehouse, Safety, Quality, and other departments to plan downtime, communicate equipment status, and minimize operational disruption.
• Participate in hiring, onboarding, performance management, employee development, workplace investigations, and corrective action in partnership with the Facility Maintenance Manager and Human Resources.
• Review and approve timecards and time-off requests within delegated authority and help ensure appropriate staffing and overtime control.
• Track and communicate key maintenance measures, emerging risks, project status, and resource needs to departmental and operational leadership.
• Perform other leadership, technical, and operational duties as assigned, consistent with the position’s purpose and business needs.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

**Minimum Qualifications:**

• High school diploma or GED equivalent; in lieu of a high school diploma or GED, a minimum of 1–2 years of relevant work experience will be considered.
• Five or more years of progressively responsible industrial or facility maintenance experience.
• At least three years of experience leading or supervising a multifunctional maintenance team.
• Demonstrated experience with preventive and corrective maintenance programs, computerized maintenance management systems, contractor coordination, workplace safety compliance, and employee performance management.
• Working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, refri