Maintenance & Facilities Manager

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<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Why We Exist and What We Do</strong><strong>:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">At Dr. Squatch (</span><a href="https://drsquatch.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.drsquatch.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">), we’re raising the bar on men’s personal care with our line of natural, high-performance products. We’re on a high-growth, fast-moving ride, continually introducing new product categories, launching into retailers nationwide, and growing internationally. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">We have been recognized and certified by Great Place to Work® multiple times, and we achieved status as a certified B Corp in 2023. We are </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">looking for passionate, talented people who want to join us in our mission to inspire and educate men to be happier</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and healthier!</span></span></p></div><p><strong>About the Role:</strong></p> <p>Dr. Squatch is scaling one of the largest in-house cold-process soap and deodorant manufacturing operations in the country. As we continue to grow our Brea manufacturing plant, we are looking for a high-caliber Maintenance & Facilities Manager who can lead equipment reliability, facilities readiness, maintenance execution, and continuous improvement across a fast-paced consumer products manufacturing environment.</p> <p>This role is responsible for leading the maintenance and facilities function for a plant that manufactures deodorant and cold-process soap. The ideal candidate is a hands-on, resilient, systems-driven leader who can operate with urgency, build structure where needed, develop mechanics, improve uptime, and help create a world-class manufacturing environment.</p> <p>This is not a role for someone who simply reacts to breakdowns. We are looking for a leader who can build a reliability culture, strengthen preventive maintenance systems, own UpKeep CMMS execution, improve spare parts discipline, and partner closely with Production, Engineering, Quality, and Safety to deliver strong operational performance.</p> <p>This is a full-time role with company benefits based in Brea, CA. This role reports to the Plant Director.</p> <p>The anticipated base compensation range for this role will be $120,000 to $145,000. Compensation will be commensurate with the candidate's experience and local market rates.</p> <p><strong>What You'll Do:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Maintenance Leadership & Equipment Reliability</strong> <ul> <li>Lead the day-to-day maintenance function across production equipment, utilities, facilities, and supporting infrastructure.</li> <li>Own equipment reliability strategy for deodorant and cold-process soap manufacturing operations.</li> <li>Drive uptime, reduce unplanned downtime, and improve maintenance response time through strong planning, root cause analysis, and disciplined execution.</li> <li>Establish, maintain, and continuously improve preventive maintenance and predictive maintenance programs.</li> <li>Ensure maintenance work is completed safely, correctly, and with proper documentation.</li> <li>Lead troubleshooting efforts for mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, utility, and facility-related issues.</li> <li>Partner with Production leadership to prioritize work that supports schedule attainment, line efficiency, safety, and product quality.</li> <li>Build a culture where breakdowns are investigated, root causes are addressed, and repeat failures are eliminated.</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>UpKeep CMMS Ownership</strong> <ul> <li>Serve as the site owner for UpKeep CMMS.</li> <li>Ensure all equipment assets, PMs, work orders, spare parts, and maintenance history are accurately maintained in UpKeep.</li> <li>Use UpKeep to improve maintenance planning, scheduling, accountability, and reporting.</li> <li>Develop and track KPIs such as PM completion, work order closure rate, downtime trends, mean time to repair, repeat failures, spare parts usage, and labor allocation.</li> <li>Train mechanics and maintenance team members on proper CMMS usage and documentation expectations.</li> <li>Use data from UpKeep to identify reliability gaps, recurring equipment issues, and continuous improvement opportunities.</li> <li>Create a disciplined work order process that improves visibility, prioritization, follow-through, and communication with production stakeholders.</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Facilities, Utilities & Building Systems</strong> <ul> <li>Oversee the maintenance and reliability of plant facilities, building systems, utilities, and supporting infrastructure.</li> <li>Ensure the site remains safe, clean, functional, audit-ready, and production-ready.</li> <li>Manage facility-related projects, repairs, contractors, and service providers.</li> <li>Support facility needs related to production expansion, equipment installation, layout changes, utilities, compressed air, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, docks, lighting, and general building upkeep.</li> <li>Ensure facilities work is completed in compliance with applicable…