Bakery Maintenance Leader – Operations Excellence

Bimbo Bakeries USA; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 94,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Range: $94,300 - $122,600

Annual Bonus Eligibility

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Paid Time Off

401k & Company Match

Job summary

Bimbo Bakeries USA seeks an experienced Maintenance Department Leader to drive reliability and cost-effective operations across the maintenance function. You will coach Team Leaders, manage annual budgets, and implement the Operations Excellence Playbook to sustain world-class bakery performance.

The role requires 5+ years in maintenance leadership, a related engineering degree, and strong knowledge of PLCs and lean tools.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of hands-on management experience in maintenance.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or related field preferred.
• A combination of education, training and experience that results in demonstrated competency may be substituted.
• Knowledge of PLC programming preferred.
• Familiar with lean tools or similar statistical process and control systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the financial and reliability health of the maintenance department, including creating and maintaining annual budgets.
• Lead the growth and development of Team Leaders and Associates.
• Build a culture that values the person, the community, and always acts with integrity.
• Partner with Business Unit leadership, bakery leadership team, and cross-functional teams to identify and implement profit-driving strategies and programs.
• Coach Team Leaders towards an empowered, problem-solving mentality to consistently achieve world-class standards.
• Operate with a One Team mentality by supporting Team Leaders in collaborating across departments to solve issues and ensure production is to schedule and shipment to order.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Team Development

Coaching

Safety Compliance

Continuous Improvement

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

HS Diploma/GED

Tools

PLC Programming

Lean Tools

AIB Certification

Job description

Bimbo Bakeries USA seeks an experienced Maintenance Department Leader to drive reliability and cost-effective operations across the maintenance function. You will coach Team Leaders, manage annual budgets, and implement the Operations Excellence Playbook to sustain world-class bakery performance.

The role requires 5+ years in maintenance leadership, a related engineering degree, and strong knowledge of PLCs and lean tools.