Industrial Maintenance Lead - Controls, Packaging, and Utilities

Job Description

Job Description Join a fast-growing food manufacturer in McDonough, GA

Ken’s Foods is expanding and seeking an Industrial Maintenance Lead to guide our maintenance team and ensure uninterrupted production across facility and manufacturing systems.

Role highlights

• Be a key voice on the management team—set the tone for Safety, Quality, and Productivity in a food manufacturing setting.
• Continuously evaluate line and utility performance; deliver improvement recommendations and put them into action.
• Develop technicians’ troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair skills; mentor for growth.
• Uphold performance standards and policy compliance; recognize excellence and address gaps.
• Scale Preventive/Predictive Maintenance programs across assets and systems.
• Drive CMMS utilization for work orders, POs, inventory, and equipment histories.
• Fix control-system issues, including PC/PLC/HMI network problems.
• Apply advanced electrical know-how: power distribution, motor controls, VFD/variable speed controllers, servo controllers, and robotics.
• Diagnose automated packaging operations with expert-level proficiency.
• Resolve process equipment issues (pumps, valves, meters, mixers).
• Troubleshoot hydraulic and pneumatic systems effectively.
• Maintain utilities and facility support systems—steam, hot water, compressed air, refrigeration.
• Read/interpret electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic schematics.

People leadership

• Directly supervise Maintenance team members.
• Interview, hire, and train talent; plan, assign, and direct daily/weekly work.
• Conduct performance appraisals; reward, coach, and discipline as appropriate.
• Address complaints and resolve issues, following company policies and applicable laws.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated capability to meet essential job duties with a representative blend of knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Comfort operating within a CMMS-driven maintenance environment.
• Strong schematic reading and cross-disciplinary troubleshooting capability.

Education & Experience: Associate’s degree (A.S.) in Electrical, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering, or Engineering Technology; or equivalent background combining education with 2–7 years in a manufacturing plant (food, beverage, or consumer goods).

Compliance statements

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Employment with Ken’s Foods is contingent upon successful completion of a drug test, background screening, and pre-employment assessment.