Maintenance & Safety Manager

Job Description

Job Description:\n\nRole Summary\nThe Manager, Maintenance & Safety is responsible for leading the functions and systems that enable safe, reliable and compliant manufacturing operations at Bimeda’s Le Sueur, Minnesota facility. \nThis role provides leadership for maintenance, facilities, utilities, asset reliability, environmental health and safety, contractor management, and infrastructure improvement activities. The Manager ensures that manufacturing equipment, facility systems, and supporting infrastructure are maintained in a condition that supports employee safety, product quality, regulatory compliance, and uninterrupted production. \nThe Manager will serve as a visible safety leader, partnering closely with teams and department leaders to strengthen the site’s safety culture, reduce workplace risk, investigate incidents, and ensure compliance with applicable occupational safety, environmental, and company requirements. \nThe successful candidate will be a visible hands-on leader who combines strategic thinking with practical execution, develops high-performing teams, and establishes disciplined processes that support long-term manufacturing performance. \n\nMorning Shift : Monday - Friday\n\nRole Specific Requirements\nSafety Leadership and Culture • Lead the continued development and improvement of the site environmental health and safety program. • Establish visible safety leadership practices that promote employee engagement, accountability, and proactive risk identification. • Partner with site leadership to strengthen safety culture and integrate safety into daily operational decisionmaking. • Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, local, and company safety and environmental requirements. • Lead and support safety initiatives including hazard assessments, incident investigations, corrective actions, contractor safety, emergency preparedness, and regulatory compliance activities. • Ensure safety programs, procedures, training, and documentation are effectively maintained. • Promote an environment where employees are encouraged to identify hazards, report concerns, and participate in risk reduction. Maintenance and Asset Reliability • Provide leadership for maintenance and reliability activities supporting the Le Sueur manufacturing site. • Ensure manufacturing equipment, utilities, and facility systems are maintained in a safe, reliable, and compliant condition. • Establish maintenance strategies that improve equipment reliability, reduce downtime, and support production objectives. • Lead preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs. • Establish reliability improvement processes including asset criticality assessments, root-cause analysis, failure investigations, and lifecycle planning. • Monitor maintenance performance through appropriate metrics, including preventive maintenance effectiveness, downtime, backlog, repeat failures, and reliability performance. • Ensure maintenance activities are appropriately planned, prioritized, documented, and completed. • Lead major maintenance activities, shutdowns, equipment repairs, and reliability improvement projects.\nPromote an environment where employees are encouraged to identify hazards, report concerns, and participate in risk reduction. \nFacilities, Utilities and Infrastructure • Provide leadership for facility systems and utilities supporting manufacturing operations. • Ensure critical systems, including HVAC, electrical systems, compressed air, water systems, fire protection, and other utilities, are maintained and operated appropriately. • Identify infrastructure risks and develop strategies for repair, replacement, and capital investment. • Support equipment installation, facility improvements, expansions, and infrastructure projects. • Ensure new and modified equipment is properly evaluated, installed, documented, and incorporated into maintenance programs. \nQuality Systems and Regulatory Compliance • Ensure maintenance and facility activities comply with cGMP requirements, approved procedures, and applicable regulatory expectations. • Maintain strong documentation practices supporting equipment history, maintenance records, and compliance requirements. • Partner with Quality Assurance to assess and manage the impact of equipment failures, utility interruptions, and maintenance activities. • Support validation activities, change controls, deviations, CAPAs, audits, and regulatory inspections. • Ensure maintenance-related corrective actions are effectively implemented and sustained. \nLeadership, Collaboration and Continuous Improvement • Lead, coach, and develop maintenance, facilities, and safety personnel. • Establish goals and priorities aligned with site safety, quality, reliability, service, and cost objectives. • Build technical capability through training, qualification, cross-training, and succession planning. • Partner with Production and other site functions to balance operational needs with safety, quality, compliance, and reliability requirements. • Lead structured problem-solving and continuous improvement initiatives that reduce risk, improve reliability, and enhance operational performance. • Participate as an active member of the Le Sueur site leadership team. • Communicate operational risks, resource needs, and improvement opportunities effectively to leadership. \nBudget, Contractors and Capital Projects • Develop and manage maintenance, safety, and infrastructure-related budgets. • Identify opportunities to improve cost performance while maintaining safety, quality, compliance, and reliability. • Develop and support capital proposals related to equipment replacement, facility improvements, reliability, and risk reduction. • Manage contractors, vendors, and service providers to ensure safety, quality, documentation, and performance expectations are met. • Ensure contractor activities are appropriately planned, supervised, and documented. \nSupervisory Responsibilities Provides leadership for maintenance, facilities, and safety personnel supporting the Le Sueur site including: • Workforce planning and scheduling • Recruiting and onboarding • Training and qualification • Performance management • Coaching and development • Work prioritization • Succession planning \nPlease note that this job description is not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to undertake other relevant duties commensurate with the grading of the post. Activities may be subject to amendment over time as the role develops and/or priorities and requirements evolve. \n\nCompetencies required for the Role:\nACCOUNTABILITY/EXECUTION – A willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions. Accountability is when an individual or a department experiences consequences for their performance or actions. COMPLEXITY/STRESS MANAGEMENT /TIME MANAGEMENT - The ability to keep functioning effectively when under pressure and maintain self-control in the face of hostility or provocation. Cuts through complexity to focus on core issues; ability to manage time smartly; manages resources soundly. FOSTERING COLLABORATION/TEAMWORK - Is the ability to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor; the ability and desire to work cooperatively with others on a team; as a team leader, the ability to demonstrate interest, skill, and success in getting groups to learn to work together. Builds partnerships for global performance. Respects others. PROBLEM-SOLVING – Is the ability to find solutions to complex problems quickly; know how to identify problems and strengths; good analytical skills. INTEGRITY/PERSONAL CREDIBILITY – Demonstrated ability and concern that one be perceived as responsible, reliable, and trustworthy. \n\nOther Requirements:\nEssential • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, industrial technology, occupational safety, facilities management, or a related technical field; equivalent relevant education and experience may be considered. • Seven or more years of progressive experience in maintenance, engineering, facilities, equipment reliability, manufacturing operations, safety, or related disciplines. • Experience leading technical teams, maintenance organizations, safety programs, or comparable manufacturing functions. • Experience working in regulated manufacturing environments. • Demonstrated experience with: o Maintenance and reliability programs o Root-cause analysis and problem solving o Contractor management o Facility systems o Safety management systems o Continuous improvement initiatives • Strong communication, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills. \nDesirable • Experience in pharmaceutical, animal-health, medical-device, food, chemical, or other FDA-regulated manufacturing. • Experience with cGMP requirements, Good Documentation Practices, ALCOA+ principles, change control, deviations, CAPA, equipment qualification, regulatory inspections • Professional certification such as Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP), Associate Safety Professional (ASP) • Experience managing capital projects and infrastructure improvements. \nKey Performance Indicators Success in this role may be measured through: • Employee and contractor safety performance • Completion of safety inspections, training, and corrective actions • Recordable injuries, near-miss reporting, and recurrence prevention • Preventive maintenance completion and schedule compliance • Unplanned equipment downtime • Repeat equipment failures • Emergency versus planned maintenance work • Maintenance backlog and aging • Equipment and utility reliability • Timely completion of deviations, CAPAs, audit actions, and change controls • Maintenance documentation accuracy and timeliness • Critical spare-parts availability • Maintenance and safety budget performance • Capital-project execution • Employee training, qualification, engagement, and development \nPhysical Requirements • Ability to work effectively in manufacturing, warehouse, mechanical, utility, laboratory-support, and office environments. • Ability to walk and stand for extended periods while regularly engaging with employees and operations throughout the facility. • Ability to climb stairs, ladders, and access equipment and utility areas as required. • Ability to bend, stoop, kneel, reach, and work around manufacturing equipment and facility systems. • Ability to occasionally lift, carry, or move materials or equipment weighing up to 50 pounds, with appropriate assistance when required. • Ability to wear required personal protective equipment and comply with site safety requirements. • Ability to work around noise, chemicals, powders, moving machinery, electrical equipment, and varying temperatures while following established safety controls. • Ability to respond to urgent equipment, facility, safety, or operational events outside normal working hours when necessary. \nWork Environment and Schedule This position is primarily based at the Bimeda manufacturing facility in Le Sueur, Minnesota. The role requires regular presence on the manufacturing floor, in maintenance and utility areas, and throughout the facility. The position generally works during normal business hours but must be flexible to support multi-shift operations, planned shutdowns, emergency repairs, regulatory inspections, and significant safety or facility events. Occasional evening, weekend, holiday, or on-call support may be required. Limited travel may be required for training, vendor visits, equipment acceptance, or meetings at other Bimeda locations. \n\nWhat We Offer\nCompensation & Benefits\n\nHealth Insurance (medical, dental, vision)\n401(k) plan for retirement savings\nPaid time off (vacation, sick leave, holidays)\nLife insurance\nEmployee assistance program\n\nAbout Bimeda\nBimeda is a leading global innovator, manufacturer and marketer of veterinary pharmaceuticals and animal health products and has over half a century’s experience in providing science-driven solutions to optimize the health, wellbeing and productivity of the world’s animals. Bimeda’s global innovation program sees six state-of-the art R&D centers across four continents collaborate on an enviable product development pipeline which anticipates the ever-evolving needs of the animal health industry. Bimeda’s nine manufacturing facilities across seven countries allow the company to manufacture a broad range of preventative, curative and nutritional products including sterile injectables, vaccinations, nutritional boluses, feed additives, tablets, water-soluble powders, pastes and non-sterile liquids. Globally, the company focuses on the development, manufacture and commercialization of quality Bimeda-branded products while also being the partner of choice for contract manufacturing and R&D services for prominent companies within the animal health industry. Your application to us; assumes you have read and agree with our privacy policy. \n\nMore info at \n\nBimeda is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.