Maintenance Manager

The Maintenance Manager will lead and implement our site maintenance strategy and deliver continuous improvement through core maintenance systems sustaining a Maintenance Department that drives safety, employee development, accountability, continuous improvement, and sustainability while working collaboratively across all departments of the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Prioritize safety through leadership, work procedures and employee safety programs
• Foster a collaborative working environment across all departments of the organization
• Drive a continuous improvement mindset
• Lead, manage and develop the maintenance team ensuring they have the resources, skills and support required
• Provide clear and active leadership and coaching to drive high standards of operation
• Optimize department costs through effective resource planning and management
• Prepare / review / approve cost estimates, budgets, bids, and contracts
• Maintain and continuously improve the manufacturing facilities and equipment enabling the organization to deliver on key performance standards
• Focus on reducing equipment downtime through design and implementation of preventative maintenance programs
• Manage the Maintenance, Repair and Operations stockroom optimizing inventory levels
• Manage facility and maintenance work performed by outside vendors
• Develop and implement policies, standards and procedures for the maintenance and technical work performed

Key Competencies

• Customer Focus: Understands and monitors the needs of internal and external customers
• Adaptable / Flexible: Open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ability to work in a dynamic team environment
• Self-Starter: Takes initiative in developing programs to conform with set standards, ensuring the development of a robust culture
• Problem-Solving: Prevents and solves issues, understand, and mitigates problems, recognizes cause and effect relationships between functions
• Project and Time Management: Plans tasks and deliverables accurately, prioritizes tasks and adapts as needed and is responsive to requests and accountable for actions

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience
• 5 – 10 years’ experience in a manufacturing facility preferably food
• 3 – 5 years’ experience in a supervisory or management position
• Strong knowledge of engineering concepts, including electrical, pneumatic, and PLCs and mechanical systems
• Effective interpersonal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills
• Proficient in MS Office suite including Excel and PowerPoint

Requirements

• Experience dealing with high-speed production and multiple production lines and processes
• Experience dealing with facility maintenance
• 5 years' experience in Maintenance Leadership
• Experience in:
• Developing, maintaining, and overseeing maintenance programs
• Employee training
• Coaching and discipline
• Root Cause Analysis
• Experience utilizing a CMMS system
• Maintaining and analyzing maintenance records
• Time management and Prioritization of work
• 5S, clean work-place skills, good organization