Palermo's Pizza

Manufacturing Maintenance Lead (2nd Shift)

Palermo's Pizza Milwaukee, WI

Join Our Team as a Manufacturing Maintenance Lead in Food Manufacturing

Are you an industrial maintenance professional with a strong background in food processing or bakery manufacturing?

Do you have a passion for leading teams to promote process improvement, optimization and ensuring the efficient operation of production equipment? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

Palermo’s is a leader in the food manufacturing industry, known for our high-quality products and commitment to excellence. We are seeking an experienced Manufacturing Maintenance Lead to oversee our 2nd shift maintenance operations and ensure the reliability of our equipment.

As our Maintenance Lead, you will be responsible for leading our 2nd shift team of maintenance technicians and ensuring that all equipment is properly maintained and repaired. You will play a crucial role in minimizing downtime, optimizing equipment performance, and ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and standards.

If you have a proven track record of success in maintenance leadership roles within the food manufacturing industry, we want to hear from you. Join us and be part of a team that is dedicated to producing high-quality food products for consumers around the world.

Our Maintenance Lead role start at $45+ per hour PLUS premiums weekends and holidays.

What You’ll Do…

Lead the maintenance team to ensure proper maintaining and repairing all production lines, troubleshooting, and performing preventative maintenance on all machinery and equipment in order to keep Palermo's production lines operating at our world class 98.5% up time!

Coach, develop and inspire the team through day-to-day projects to install, repair, rebuild and maintain machinery and mechanical equipment used in production, packaging, and all other plant areas.

Be involved with all aspects of equipment from installation to rebuilding, fitting, and aligning equipment to meet quality and efficiency standards.

Demonstrate and share strong electrical knowledge and troubleshooting skills on controls such as, PLC’s, VFD’s, servos, robotics, and programable devices.

Why you’ll be successful…

Proven ability to operate safely by following all food and people guidelines.

Utilizing knowledge from your 8+ years’ experience leading a team of mechanics through mechanical repair, plumbing, welding, and electrical repair to facilitate seamless production functionality to deliver daily production goals.

Organized and methodical approach to problem solving – often in a time-sensitive, tight-deadline situation where accuracy is critical.

Designated lifelong learner with a strong interest in mastering new mechanical technologies.

People focused leader promoting team growth and development through excellent communication skills, ready to step in on the team and work hard to ensure the whole Palermo’s team succeeds.

Who You’ll Work For…

Innovation is at the heart of who we are. We use an entrepreneurial, forward-thinking approach resulting in high quality products that are consistently recognized by both the industry and consumers.

Our commitment to quality has made Palermo’s a leader in private label frozen pizza and contract manufacturing!

Our maintenance group contributes to our high success by achieving a 98.5% equipment availability rating!

Perks…

  • 20 free Pizzas per month
  • Free uniforms & reimbursement for safety shoes, prescription safety glasses and tools
  • 401k & Roth with company match and fully vested on the 1st of the Month after Hire
  • Fantastic benefit offering starting on the 1st of the Month after Hire
  • $5.00 per hour Off-Shift Premiums
  • $5000 sign-on bonus!


Where you’ll work…

Located in Milwaukee’s Menomonee River Valley, Villa Palermo is a state-of-the industry manufacturing facility that adjoins our company headquarters.

Our high-tech pizza manufacturing operations include an on-site bakery to produce best-in-class crusts, robotic packaging equipment, and a 24-hour shipping and receiving facility.

Our Maintenance Team contributes to Palermo’s success by ensuring that our Plant operates at a world-class level with production uptimes over 98%.

When you’ll work…

We are currently hiring an experienced Maintenance Lead for our 2nd shift team. Schedule may include periodic coverage on other all shifts.

How To Join Our Team…

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  • Seniority level

    Mid-Senior level
  • Employment type

    Full-time
  • Job function

    Management and Manufacturing
  • Industries

    Food and Beverage Services

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