Maintenance Manager - Food Manufacturing

Title: Maintenance Manager - Food Manufacturing Location: Baltimore, Maryland (Relocation Assistance Available) Salary: $120,000-$140,000/Year + Benefits Requirements: Must have at least 5+ Years of Experience in a LEAN Manufacturing environment, with Continuous Improvement/Maintenance Management Experience. Food, Beverage and Packaging Experience, as well as USDA/FDA is needed for this role. What You Will Be Doing This position is responsible for driving progressive maintenance processes that are predictive, preventive, and planned work practices that maximize mechanical reliability. Has direct responsibility for the production equipment, utilities, and building structures. Support, implement, and maintain food safety and quality practices as required through SQF. The role will be a key member of the operations management team responsible for leading the Maintenance function in a manner that supports plant safety, food safety, quality, environmental, and budget adherence. What You Need for this Position Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience with increasing responsibilities in maintenance, engineering, or production, including supervisory experience OR a high school diploma or equivalent with 10 years of experience with increasing responsibilities in maintenance, engineering, or production, including 8 years supervisory experience Experience in both self-directed work teams and autonomous maintenance is preferred. Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) preferred or ability to achieve certification within 12 months. Previous experience in the food industry is desirable, plus experience with packaging equipment. Skills: Balance of technical, maintenance and management, human relations, and conceptual skills. Strong communication skills with the ability to act as both a strategic and tactical leader. Able to evaluate alternatives, establish priorities, and formulate decisions that affect all aspects of the operation. Able to establish clear support for long-term best practice behaviors while recognizing the short-term need to bring others with you on the vision of a highly reliable operation. Management Skills: Able to hire, plan, listen, organize, set department objectives, interpret, provide work direction, coach, counsel, train, and conduct performance reviews. Ability to influence others indirectly, team members, peers, and support resources. A leader by behavior and action. Strong business acumen with the ability to see larger business objectives and translate them into functional strategies and tactics. Problem Solving: Must solve technical problems, find solutions to crises, and plan to minimize crises. Must be able to understand the impact of decisions and policies within and beyond the immediate work group. Develop and implement a proactive engineering and maintenance support strategy focused on increasing equipment reliability and proven uptime. If you are a Maintenance Manager with Food and Beverage Experience please email your resume to: View email address on click.appcast.io for review. #J-18808-Ljbffr CyberCoders