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Tyson Foods

Processes and sells chicken, beef and pork

Maintenance Manager 1

Equipment MaintenanceConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeGadsden, AL, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree is preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • At least 6 years of maintenance experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
  • Strong knowledge of electrical systems, industrial refrigeration, hydraulics, and mechanical maintenance.
  • Experience supervising maintenance teams.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Proficiency with standard computer applications and maintenance management systems.
  • Ability and willingness to perform the physical requirements of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Responsibilities

  • Lead all maintenance operations within the facility, including production equipment, building systems, utilities, ammonia refrigeration systems, offal operations, and wastewater treatment.
  • Ensure equipment reliability, regulatory compliance, employee safety, budget management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Supervise maintenance personnel and daily maintenance operations.
  • Oversee production equipment, utilities, refrigeration, wastewater, and facility systems.
  • Plan and implement plant improvements, expansions, and capital projects.
  • Reduce downtime by monitoring equipment performance and addressing issues proactively.
  • Manage preventive maintenance programs and work orders through SAP.
  • Maintain appropriate inventory levels for replacement parts and maintenance supplies.
  • Analyze maintenance data to improve asset utilization, preventive maintenance compliance, and maintenance costs.
  • Ensure maintenance employees receive proper training and development.
  • Enforce safety, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), process safety management (PSM), environmental, and company compliance requirements.
  • Administer department budgets and support achievement of financial goals.
  • Manage purchasing activities for maintenance materials, parts, and equipment.
  • Demonstrate responsible use of approved artificial intelligence tools, including safeguarding sensitive information, following company policies, and validating AI-generated outputs. As a people leader, drive responsible AI adoption, enable effective use of approved solutions, identify opportunities to improve team performance through AI, and ensure accountability for the quality and accuracy of AI-supported outcomes.
  • Work Monday through Friday, 4:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with occasional weekends based on plant projects and operational needs.
  • Travel domestically 1–5 times per year.

Desired Qualifications

  • A bachelor's degree.

About the Company

Tyson Foods

Processes and sells chicken, beef and pork

Tyson Foods processes chicken, beef and pork and sells fresh meat and packaged foods to grocery stores, restaurants and other food businesses in the US and abroad. Its grocery brands include Tyson chicken, Jimmy Dean breakfast sausage, Hillshire Farm smoked sausage and lunch meat, Ball Park hot dogs and Wright bacon. The company runs separate chicken, beef, pork and prepared foods businesses, processing animals in its own plants into raw cuts and cooked, ready-to-heat products. It earns money selling those products by the pound to retailers and foodservice buyers and under its own consumer brands. Tyson Foods was founded in 1935 and is based in Springdale, Arkansas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Springdale, AR
Founded
1935

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