The Facility Maintenance Technician plays a vital role in ensuring Mana Nutrition’s facilities, utilities, grounds, and infrastructure remain safe, reliable, and fully operational. This position supports production by proactively maintaining building systems, responding to facility issues, and completing preventative maintenance that minimizes downtime and creates an excellent work environment.
This is a hands-on role requiring technical competence, initiative, and a servant’s mindset. The successful candidate takes pride in maintaining a clean, safe, and efficient workplace while responding quickly to facility needs across the organization.
Core Responsibilities
- Perform routine maintenance and repairs on buildings, offices, warehouses, and support facilities.
- Troubleshoot and repair plumbing, lighting, doors, locks, flooring, ceilings, and general building systems.
- Perform preventative maintenance on facility equipment and infrastructure.
- Coordinate repairs to HVAC, electrical, and other specialized systems with qualified contractors when necessary.
- Maintain facility maintenance records and work orders.
- Ensure all repairs are completed safely, efficiently, and with minimal disruption to operations.
- Maintain the exterior appearance of company property.
- Coordinate and perform landscaping, mowing, irrigation, and seasonal maintenance.
- Maintain parking lots, sidewalks, fencing, signage, and exterior lighting.
- Respond to weather-related facility needs including storm preparation and recovery.
- Ensure company property reflects professionalism and care.
- Support OSHA and workplace safety initiatives.
- Identify facility hazards and proactively resolve safety concerns.
- Assist with emergency preparedness and facility inspections.
- Ensure maintenance activities comply with safety standards and company policies.
- Maintain organized storage areas, maintenance shops, and mechanical rooms.
- Respond promptly to facility-related production issues.
- Assist with office moves, equipment installations, and facility modifications.
- Coordinate with Production, Quality, Engineering, and Operations to prioritize maintenance needs.
- Manage inventory of maintenance supplies, tools, and replacement parts.
- Support contractors and vendors working on-site.
Work Environment & Expectations
- Based in Fitzgerald, Georgia.
- Primarily supports manufacturing and office facilities.
- Occasional evening or weekend work may be required for emergency repairs or planned maintenance.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work on ladders, rooftops, and elevated platforms.
- Ability to work both indoors and outdoors in varying weather conditions.
- On-call availability may be required for facility emergencies.
We are looking for someone who:
- Has experience in commercial or industrial facility maintenance.
- Possesses working knowledge of plumbing, electrical, HVAC, carpentry, and general building systems.
- Is organized and able to prioritize multiple maintenance requests.
- Takes initiative without requiring constant supervision.
- Has strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Values preventative maintenance over reactive repairs.
- Demonstrates professionalism and excellent customer service toward fellow employees.
- Is humble, dependable, and willing to do whatever is needed to support the mission.
- Understands that every repaired door, functioning light, and maintained building contributes to feeding children around the world.
- Facility issues are resolved quickly with minimal disruption.
- Preventative maintenance reduces unexpected breakdowns.
- Buildings and grounds remain clean, safe, and professional.
- Production teams can rely on dependable facility infrastructure.
- Employees experience a workplace that reflects excellence and care.
- Mana’s culture is demonstrated through dependable service and attention to detail.
Mana Nutrition is a mission-driven manufacturer dedicated to producing ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) to treat severe acute malnutrition around the world. Our work serves the world’s most vulnerable children, and everything we do is anchored in operational excellence, humility, and service.
Mana Nutrition also owns GoodSpread, a purpose-driven peanut butter company that fuels Mana’s mission while operating as an entrepreneurial growth venture.
Culture Requirements
Our mission is to Feed Kids! To accomplish this mission, we must know who we are as a Village and then decide how we will conduct ourselves to realize this great mission. We are guided by three simple “we are” statements. As villagers, we must know these principles but, most importantly, live them!
- We are a Village – Culture
o Our culture transcends the walls of our factories. We view our employees and their families as integral members of a larger movement to end malnutrition worldwide.
- We are not jerks – Behavior
o Our work is rooted in kindness. We believe in respecting every individual’s dignity, never letting anyone be just a number. From the way we run our factories to how we handle global logistics, empathy guides every decision.
- We are the “they” – Attitude
o If we truly believe that what impacts one of us touches us all, then it’s our responsibility to consider how our actions shape the communities we work in, the people we serve, and the partners who help us make a difference.
