The Hershey Company · 18 hours ago
Sr Maintenance & Engineering Manager
Memphis, TN
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expThe Hershey Company is a leading manufacturer based in Memphis, TN, producing popular confectionery products. The Sr Maintenance & Engineering Manager is responsible for ensuring the reliability and effectiveness of the plant's manufacturing assets and infrastructure, leading technical resources, and managing engineering and maintenance functions.
Food and BeverageManufacturingConfectioneryService IndustrySnack Food
Responsibilities
Leads development, management, and implementation of the site capital plan, providing prioritization, justification, and cost estimates; includes both asset sustaining and cost justified projects. Ensures solutions are in place for critical asset and infra-structure needs
Leads development of engineering support staff, including leadership and career development, project development and management, and other technical skills
Overall responsibility for all site engineering activities and resources
Manages capital budgets, ensures accuracy and deliverance of financial forecasts
Site leadership and support for the development and execution of new product and capacity expansion capital solutions
Leads internal engineering efforts for facility and asset improvements, complying with safety, quality, and operational requirements
Ensures project design and execution activities align with The Hershey Company standards, processes, and policies, including capital administration tasks
Represents plant on cross-functional project exploratory and development teams, interacting and presenting to Executive Leadership
Ensures asset reliability through the development, planning, and execution of preventative and predictive maintenance plans. Leads continuous improvement of maintenance activities through the utilization of equipment and process data, aligned with the Hershey Lean PM Pillar
Accountable for the management and organizational development of maintenance personnel, including salary leadership and hourly technical positions
Responsible for the development and management of the plant maintenance budgets, including parts, supplies, maintenance labor, contract, and service labor
Ensures resource alignment and escalation for effective problem solving and issue mitigation for safety, quality, and operational impacting issues. Supports the development of equipment improvement activities
Supports the continuous development of the operational integration of equipment support activities
Responsible for all utility operations and maintenance required to support plant operations, including steam, compressed air, hot/cold water, process and facility HVAC, sanitary and process waste handling equipment
Supports facility maintenance and improvement efforts, through maintenance, plant expense and capital, to ensure the facility infra-structure meets the requirements to safety support employees and plant operations
Develop utility usage budgets and acts as liaison with site utility providers, as needed, to support maintenance and repair of delivery systems
As site technical leader, is a key contributor to the plant senior leadership team. Collaborates on the development and execution of plant strategic actions, including organizational strategy, contractual management, and safety, quality, and operational initiatives
Leads collaboration and development of new technologies, products, and capacity initiatives with senior plant staff
Qualification
Required
Practical knowledge and relevant experience in the areas of Maintenance, Utilities, Process and Packaging Engineering, Project Management and Capital Administration
Management and leadership experience with technical teams and personnel development
Knowledge of TPM, SAP, capital control, engineering specifications and standards, food safety, policies, procedures, and GMP's
Strong problem-solving abilities, utilization of data-based decision making, process-based actions
Demonstrative communication skills in a leadership role
Knowledge and demonstrated expertise in the food and beverage, or consumer packaged goods preferred
B.S. in Engineering (Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical) or other science degree with significant technical content or equivalent or equivalent job experience
Minimum 10 years' experience in manufacturing engineering
Experience in engineering and leadership roles within consumer-packaged goods or food and beverage industries
Two or more years of personnel management experience
Two or more years of project management experience
Preferred
Master's degree in engineering or an MBA is a plus
Company
The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company is headquartered in Hershey, Pa., and is an industry-leading snacks company with a purpose to make more moments of goodness through its iconic brands.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.62B2025-10-21Post Ipo Debt· $1.88B
2025-02-19Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2023-05-01Post Ipo Debt· $750M
Leadership Team
Kirk Tanner
Chief Executive Officer
Michele Buck
President & CEO
Recent News
2026-02-07
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