Maintenance Superintendent

Maintenance Superintendent

Location: Arnold, PA

Salary: $100K -130K plus bonus

Job Summary of the Maintenance Superintendent: The first shift Maintenance Superintendent will lead a team of Maintenance Supervisors, driving the success of our building and equipment maintenance efforts! Develop strategies to minimize mechanical downtime and keep production lines running at full throttle, ensuring product flow remains uninterrupted. Oversee the development and implementation of maintenance systems like Preventative and Predictive Maintenance, TPM, and more—transforming maintenance processes.

Job Duties & Responsibilities of the Maintenance Superintendent:

• Oversee the maintenance systems to drive peak performance and minimize costs!
• Lead the charge in implementing best-in-class systems like Root Cause Analysis, Reliability-Centered Maintenance, and TPM to ensure the plant operates at maximum capacity.
• Schedule work, reducing unscheduled downtime, and boosting efficiency, you'll minimize disruption and maximize plant performance, all while cutting costs.
• Lead the maintenance team through effective delegation, planning, and organizing, ensuring smooth execution of work assignments.
• Problem solve day-to-day operational challenges.
• Troubleshooting, ensuring minimal disruption and preventing recurring problems.
• Partner with the Plant Engineer to design and manage a top-tier Preventive and Predictive Maintenance program using the SAP PM Module.
• Ensure the plant's equipment is always in optimal condition, driving reliability and long-term success.
• Stay on top of Key Performance Indicators, tracking and reporting maintenance performance across all areas—equipment reliability, supplier performance, overall equipment effectiveness, and more.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts, ensuring the maintenance function operates at its highest potential.

Education & Experience Requirements of the Maintenance Superintendent:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university and 3+ years' relevant experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience, required.
• Food manufacturing experience.
• Ammonia Refrigeration experience preferred.
• Strong electromechanical skill set.
• Experience acting as a lead by providing training, coaching or mentoring to less experienced staff or through managing a process or project
• Possesses advanced technical skills in the mechanical / electrical fields (e.g. PLCs, instrumentation, mechanical engineering, etc.) and is able to lead resource planning efforts in a large manufacturing environment.
• Thorough knowledge of world-class maintenance management systems, work order processes, preventive/predictive maintenance, TPM, etc.
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High level of organizational planning, teamwork, analytical reasoning skills.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office and well versed in SAP.
• Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment.