Maintenance Director - Room for Advancement

The Director of Maintenance is pivotal in driving operational excellence across our plant, ensuring optimal performance, safety, and efficiency. This role encompasses leading capital projects, enhancing equipment reliability, and fostering a zero-injury workplace through innovative maintenance strategies.

This role offers the unique opportunity to spearhead transformative initiatives in maintenance and reliability across a dynamic manufacturing environment. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in shaping the maintenance culture, driving sustainability, and contributing significantly to the company's bottom line, all while leading a team of dedicated maintenance professionals.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assures the safe execution of all maintenance and utility activities- demands that all plant activities are conducted following all safety procedures
• Champions safety as the first consideration of all employees/contractors and promotes a safe work environment through own behaviors
• Maintains facility and assets to meet regulatory guidelines e.g. USDA- FDA- OSHA- and EPA
• Optimizes costs through effective budget planning and management and maintains a cost-effective approach toward asset management and minimizing loss and waste
• Optimizes the Availability and safe operation of production assets through appropriate predictive and preventative maintenance and safe and effective execution of corrective maintenance and projects
• PSM Management and Training
• Manage security of building
• Coordinates major maintenance and project requirements with manufacturing production and engineering- to include major downtime activities and downtime periods and supports the effort to identify opportunities and develop the Plant’s Capital Budget
• Trains maintenance staff on effective maintenance practices- including effective use of the computerized maintenance management system- problem solving tools- risk and failure analysis- maintenance scheduling and analysis of maintenance related data and equipment histories
• Sets and evaluates departmental goals and objectives through a collaborative effort with maintenance departmental supervision- factory leadership team- Regional Reliability Managers and the Engineering Manager
• Conducts special studies as assigned or self-initiated to improve departmental services- equipment reliability and factory operations or satisfy external requirements
• Provides direction to the operation and maintenance of the Utilities (Air- Steam- Water- Nitrogen- Ammonia- etc) and Wastewater facilities to assure they meet production demands
• Ensure parts availability in the MRO stockroom to minimize equipment downtime while balancing economic maintenance inventory management
• Assist with evaluating reliability- utility- facility- production and packaging needs for Capital Equipment
• Oversee and lead the implementation of the Quality Risk Management Process (QRMP) system and operational standards as outlined in the factory’s QRMP accountability list
• Partner with business leaders on implementation of equipment and manufacturing reliability- process improvements (Six Sigma / Lean) including leading change initiatives- planning- and facilitation of improvement project(s) completion
• Manage and evaluate the Maintenance staff including but not limited to performance management- employee improvement and employee development plans- etc.
• All other duties as assigned by Plant Manager to support the facility

Qualifications and skills

• Engineering related degree, technical school degree or equivalent experience
• 10+ total years maintenance engineering field or in a manufacturing environment
• Including 7+ years Supervisory / Management experience
• Proven experience in project management execution
• Experience in predictive/preventive maintenance programs and on TPM and/or Lean initiatives
• PSM Management experience
• HVAC & Ammonia systems experience
• Operations and projects budget planning and managing
• Known to be an inspiring leader cascading the vision of the organization
• Known to be a team and people developer

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience and Training

• 10+ total years maintenance engineering field or in a manufacturing environment. Including 7+ years Supervisory / Management experience.

Technology/Equipment

• Extensive knowledge including but not limited to the following areas: Packaging/Mechanical Operations- Electrical maintenance- Instrumentation- Electronics/Controls- and Utility Systems- as well as boiler and ammonia refrigeration. Microsoft Office and CMMS experience and proficiency required

Characteristics

• Ability to manage a continuous operation (24 hrs- 7 days per week)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree; focus in Engineering or related technical field highly preferred

Experience and Training

• 10+ years of maintenance experience within a manufacturing environment

Technology/Equipment

• Extensive knowledge including but not limited to the following areas: Packaging/Mechanical Operations- Electrical maintenance- Instrumentation- Electronics/Controls- and Utility Systems- as well as boiler and ammonia refrigeration. Microsoft Office and CMMS experience and proficiency required

Characteristics

• Interpersonal and communications skills to motivate- empower- train- direct- lead- evaluate and coach a diverse group of team members to reach their fullest potential. Ability to effectively plan and manage through change within large enterprise organizations.