Home Chef · 15 hours ago
Maintenance Manager
Bedford Park, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$100K/yr - $110K/yr
10+ years expHome Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. The Maintenance Manager is primarily responsible for leading, developing, and building the capabilities of the maintenance team while ensuring reliable operation of all equipment and facility infrastructure.
DeliveryFood and BeverageRestaurants
Responsibilities
Manages the maintenance team day to day to ensure operations have what they need and the facility is properly maintained
Manages the CMMS and ensures work orders are closed in a timely manner
Prioritizes emergency as well as planned work orders to keep operations running and the equipment running reliably
Develops Preventative Maintenance tasks to keep equipment reliable for all existing and future equipment
Manages spare parts inventory for all equipment and maintenance needs
Conducts trends of work orders to understand which assets are bad actors
Acts as site point of contact for all capital improvement work and helps manage project progress when corporate project manager is not on site
Trains all maintenance team members on how to complete PMs
Trains all maintenance team members on safe work practices
Plans day to day maintenance activities for the maintenance team and contractors
Ensures all planned work is executed for the maintenance team and contractors
Ensures all emergency work is prioritized and completed to prevent impact to operations
Ensures all equipment that is worked on is released to sanitation before returning to the operations team
Ensures all maintenance team members are trained and retrained on safe work practices (LOTO, elevated work, hot work, confined space, line breaks)
Enforces safety standards and safe work practices for all Home Chef employees and contractors working on site
Ensures maintenance SOPs are developed and maintained up to date
Ensures documentation on all maintenance tasks are compliant with Food Safety best practices to ensure we are audit ready
Communicates with other plant leaders on required maintenance work that could impact operations or put team members at risk
Communicates expectations to the maintenance team and leads by example
Coaches maintenance team members on a daily basis
Coaches operations team on the work order process to ensure work is getting resolved in a timely manner
Manages work order completion on a daily basis
Manage site maintenance budget
Manages equipment uptime and reliability to minimize production impact
Qualification
Required
General high school degree, or equivalent, (e.g. GED). Associate's degree, bachelor's degree or technical degree preferred
Minimum of 10 years of facilities or industrial maintenance experience, with sufficient technical depth to lead, coach, and hold teams accountable for best practices
Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated, successful people leadership experience, including hiring, training, coaching, performance management, and development of maintenance teams
Proven ability to build team capability, set expectations, prioritize work, and develop future leaders within a maintenance organization
Experience working in controlled or regulated environments (e.g., food manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, or similar)
Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate, and partner effectively across Maintenance, Production, FSQA, and Safety teams
Experience developing and managing maintenance budgets, including preventive maintenance programs, spare parts, and contractor spend
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, with strong working knowledge of Excel for tracking, analysis, and reporting
Ability and willingness to be on-call and respond to facility needs after hours and/or on weekends as required
Demonstrated experience as a visible safety leader, including implementation and enforcement of safety programs such as Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Confined Space, Hot Work, Elevated Work, and Line Break procedures
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available
Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time
401k program
Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses
Company
Home Chef
Home Chef is a provider of subscription-based meal kit delivery services to help people to save time while enjoying home cooking.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$57MKey Investors
L CattertonShining Capital
2018-05-23Acquired
2016-09-29Series B· $40M
2016-06-28Debt Financing
Leadership Team
Erik Jensen
CEO
Recent News
2025-12-29
2025-11-05
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