Maintenance Manager OOJ - 34283

Job Description

A Maintenance Manager oversees all aspects of facility maintenance, ensuring the upkeep and repair of buildings, equipment, and systems, while also managing budgets, staff, and maintenance strategies to optimize operations and minimize downtime.

Maintenance Manager

Provides leadership and direction to the facility’s maintenance function in ensuring that all mechanical, electrical and physical facility operations are functioning at maximum.

Manages capital projects through the project system including planning, estimates, and cost analysis, budgeting, tracking and implementing timelines.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

• Leads maintenance team in ensuring that all production equipment, electrical components, and the physical building are operating/ functioning with maximum efficiency.

• Develops direct reports and ensures the development of indirect reports through training and performance management.

• Ensures that all programs and plans are in compliance with USDA and FDA manufacturing requirements.

• Prepares departmental budget including costs for adequate systems, parts and supplies to ensure they are available to minimize downtime.

• Plans and executes preventative maintenance programs, energy cost reduction programs, continuous improvement, etc.

• Researches equipment and materials to accomplish the needs for new or revised processes, packaging or products.

• Plans, directs and coordinates activities involved in the design, construction, modification, and maintenance of equipment, machinery and utility systems. This includes working with outside vendors and contractors and coordinating Capital Expense projects.

• Conducts continuous improvement projects and cost analysis to improve line efficiencies and overall operations. • Maintains commitment to personal development plan and directs team’s participation in job specific training.

COMPETENCIES

• Makes decisions based on a mixture of information, analysis, experience and judgment.

• Understands how to separate and combine tasks into efficient work flow.

• Can ‘flex-style’ to adapt to others when necessary and demonstrates ability to update priorities.

• Works well with others to jointly achieve goals.

• Monitors and evaluates plans, focuses on results and measures attainment of outcomes.

• Utilizes different ways of conveying a message to add clarity and meaning to communications.

• Acts as a resource to approach issues or disagreements with the objective of reaching win/win solutions.

• Establishes development plans for staff and succession plans for key positions while leading with model instruction.

DIMENSIONS

• Primary location for this position is in Northern Lake County, Illinois

Qualifications

• Requires a B.S. in Maintenance Engineering or related major with a minimum of 5 years maintenance management/engineering experience (preferably in food manufacturing).

• Thorough knowledge and experience in total productive manufacturing systems, CMMS, PLC’s, preventative maintenance programs, high-speed packaging, downtime analysis, process start-ups and breakdowns, budgeting, cost/benefit analysis, project justification and development, vendor selection and supervision of outside workers.

• Knowledge of refrigeration systems and experience in a USDA or FDA operation preferred.

Must have strong communication, interpersonal, PC, organizational and team facilitation skills.

Why is This a Great Opportunity

This Premier Food Manufacturer recently was added to a massive ‘player's’ portfolio within the big brand food industry with tremendous upside in terms of growth.

High visibility with the senior corporate structure and lots of room to be a key player in the ongoing growth of the firm

Excellent Benefit package

OOJ - 34283