Maintenance Manager
Smurfit Westrock · Fresno Container, CA
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Industry
- Packaging
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management reliability role at Smurfit Westrock (packaging) in Fresno Container, CA. Ensure a safe work environment and adherence to all corporate, state and federal safety, health and environmental policies, procedures and regulations by all maintenance staff.
- They ask for
- 10+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- PLC
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Reliability Engineer roles in California: typical posted base $115k–$178k.
Median of the low and high ends of 73 live postings that list pay, out of 162 reliability engineer openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
California plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 161 other live reliability postings in California.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (10+ vs 5+)
Typical $115k–$178k, from 72 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 67%
- New product launch 44%
- FMEA 35%
- Automation 31%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 22%
- SPC 22%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for PLC, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
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Pick 2–3 people on the Reliability team at Smurfit Westrock
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Full description from Smurfit WestrockAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Reliability Manager
The Opportunity
The Maintenance Manager is responsible for providing expertise and leadership to the service and maintenance staff while ensuring the safe maintenance, repair or replacement of plant assets. The Maintenance Manager is also responsible for driving continuous improvement of plant operations to enable efficient, high-quality production of customer products.
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How you will impact Smurfit WestRock
- •Ensure a safe work environment and adherence to all corporate, state and federal safety, health and environmental policies, procedures and regulations by all maintenance staff.
All Team Members are responsible for safety, this includes personal safety and food safety. Must drive positive safety culture and lead by example.
Provide strategic leadership on maintenance operations to ensure maximum production.
- •Develop and implement the short- and long-term maintenance strategy to enable operating efficiency in alignment with Smurfit Westrock’s values.
- •Create Maintenance Department safety goals and plan to ensure a safe work environment.
- •Create an effective Plant Maintenance Program using industry best practices to maximize equipment reliability and uptime.
- •Supervise and inspect maintenance work to ensure the most effective, efficient and up to date technology and preferred maintenance practices are implemented by craftsmen.
- •Manage and analyze maintenance department KPIs to assess operating efficiency and identify opportunities to drive performance excellence.
- •Monitor and communicate departmental performance in Safety, Environmental, Reliability, and cost effectiveness.
- •Provide guidance in the development of the maintenance business plan and forecasts.
- •Lead maintenance staff to exceed industry standards and set new industry uptime and reliability standards.
- •Serve as a member of the Plant Leadership Team to align on Plant goals and standards and collaborate on organizational effectiveness.
- •Foster a culture of care that promotes active participation and buy-in for safety and maintenance reliability from craftsmen.
- •Ensure maintenance staff is adequately trained and motivated to achieve departmental objectives in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner.
- •Leads and motivates a team of people to achieve performance excellence; ability to read people and situations and adjust approach; accordingly, proactively leads and enforces initiatives that drive organizational effectiveness; teaches others how to build trust-based relationships.
- •Uses strong problem-solving skills and supporting information to arrive at optimal decisions in an appropriate timeframe; knows when to decide and/or when to seek additional input, and drive for consensus.
to succeed
- •2-year technical degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering- preferred; High school diploma or GED- required
- •10+ years of experience in industrial maintenance with 5+ years in maintenance management - Required
- •Proficient with various software packages such as Microsoft Office - Excel, Outlook, JDE, PLC / DCS or similar CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System.
What we offer
- •Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence.
- •Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities.
- •An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies, and potential.
- •Benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k with match, tuition reimbursement, employee discounts, employee referral bonus, and much more!
- •A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.
Candidates are required to undergo a drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer, but before starting employment.
