Manager Maintenance

Title: Manager Maintenance

Location: Park Rapids, MN

Job Requisition ID: Req-260054

Time Type: Full time

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

The Maintenance Manager position provides leadership, expertise, and direction to facilitate a culture of continuous improvement with regards to efficiencies in the plant. The primary purpose of this role is to develop and implement actions to deliver improved equipment reliability through the identification of top losses, evaluation of work processes, and management of repair and maintenance activities. These actions will include, but are not limited to, development of systems and standards to improve skill levels, improve job plans, drive to root cause, and increase efficiency within the maintenance and production departments. This role is responsible for developing a culture of reliability within the maintenance staff by leading and providing direction to Maintenance Planners, Maintenance Supervisors, Tool Room / Inventory Team, and works closely with the Reliability Specialist to drive the reliability culture within the plant. 

Job Description

• Leads all Maintenance groups.
• Works with Reliability Specialist to support all Reliability systems to include, but not exclusive to: Preventive Maintenance, Lubrication, Predictive Maintenance, Maintenance Planning & Scheduling (MP&S), and Precision Maintenance.
• Supports Loss Identification systems to include, but not exclusive to: Breakdown Elimination (BDE), and along with the Reliability Specialist, supports the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) program, and is responsible for the completion of RCA corrective actions to permanently eliminate failures.
• Provides recommendations and data for equipment reliability improvements
• Works with Maintenance Repair & Operations (MRO) teams to manage spares strategy to include, but not exclusive to: Critical Spare analysis, purchasing processes.
• Works with area Planners to develop and maintain Planned Maintenance (PM) and Lubrication routes
• Works with Production Leaders to maximize reliability improvements
• Works closely with the Line Structure Team to help support the production line and improve the reliability of the overall site.
• Actively supports the Planned Maintenance (PM) Pillar and actively participates with Pillar Teams at all other plants
• Assists in the development, management, and completion (compliance) of an effective Planned Maintenance (PM) program
• Supports the planning & execution processes of the Capital Program for the plant team working with the Engineering team to ensure that key plant resources are available as needed.
• Responsible to Development and maintaining the plant maintenance and one-shot budget.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical a plus)
• 3-5 Years Supervisory/Management experience
• 5-8 years of experience in manufacturing maintenance
• Experience leading and managing a team preferred
• Must be computer literate; experienced in using computer software applications such as CAD, Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Project, etc.
• Prior experience with Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), preferred knowledge of Maximo and SAP a plus
• Basic accounting knowledge preferred
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted for the stated requirements

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive.  Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

• Paid Time Off

• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance

• Family-Friendly Employee events

• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Anticipated Close Date

The anticipated close date is a good faith estimate for when this job will be closed. Some jobs may be unposted or filled earlier or later than the Anticipated Close Date depending on interview processes and business needs.

Anticipated Close Date: 04/19/2026

Pay Transparency

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role is listed below.

Pay Rate or Range: $92,480.00 - $138,710.00

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law