Senior Maintenance Manager

Position Overview: You may know us for our delicious cheesecakes—and for being recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ since 2014! What you may not know is at The Cheesecake Factory Bakery, our staff members are our highest quality ingredient. The Plant Engineer is responsible for leading the development and strategic direction for the facility maintenance team with a commitment to continuous learning and improvement. The Plant Engineer will motivate others and affect change, manage multiple projects, and display proven ability to successfully project facilitation. You’ll thrive in this position if you are: A proven project manager: you understand the importance of project plans and are skilled at managing projects through to completion. Driven by results: you are conscientious and persistent about delivering timely, high quality deliverables and performing all job functions safely while following instructions. A gifted problem solver: you have an astounding ability to think outside the box, using the resources at hand to effortlessly get to the bottom of an issue: big or small. Adaptable: you’re at ease in a fast‑paced environment and able to effortlessly change direction when priorities shift, learning to perform new tasks as required for business needs and work extended hours if necessary. Here’s more of what you’ll get to do: Lead the development of strategic direction for the facility Engineering and Maintenance team. Develop Leaders and Members to higher levels of success and responsibility thus creating readiness pipelines for your particular areas of responsibility including to source, hire, train and coach. Lead efforts to develop and implement safety, quality, continuous improvement, and customer service programs throughout the functional areas you coach as well as act as a resource and ownership driver to the rest of the facility. Lead the asset management program for the facility to include maximum utilization, replacement, upgrading, maintenance, and tracking. Lead the strategic direction for all utilities, infrastructure, and support areas within the facility. Lead the Process Safety Management (PSM) efforts for the facility. Own the environmental realm for the facility in conjunction with leading continuous improvement efforts within this area. Lead capital and expense driven projects within the facility as well as act as liaison to those other resources that may be driving projects that affect the facility. Lead cross‑functional teams comprised of various functional areas within the organization. Effectively and efficiently manage the use of all consumed energy and utilities, including natural gas, electricity, water. What we require: Minimum of 5 years of experience in the Engineering field. Minimum of 5 years of coaching and leadership experience in a team‑based environment. Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or related field required. Strong coaching and leadership skills. Experience in strategic planning processes. Commitment to personal growth as well as the proven ability to develop those around you to higher levels of responsibility. Knowledgeable in regulatory compliance (OSHA, FDA, EPA). Working knowledge of MSOffice and AutoCAD. Proven ability to drive continuous improvement and innovation. What we prefer: Master's Degree. We are an E‑Verify and equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace for all. We welcome applicants from a wide variety of identities, ideas, perspectives, backgrounds and experiences to apply. The Cheesecake Factory offers reasonable accommodation to job applicants with disabilities. #J-18808-Ljbffr The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated