Industrial Maintenance Manager $8,000 Sign on Bonus

Cedar's Foods; Haverhill (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cedar's Foods is seeking a Plant Maintenance Manager to oversee preventive and reactive maintenance for our manufacturing operations. You will lead a team of supervisors and technicians, manage PM schedules, and ensure spare parts availability to maximize production rates. This role requires flexibility to work 40+ hours weekly and participate in on-call duties.

Reports to the Production/Plant Manager. Key responsibilities include leading direct reports, achieving safety and performance metrics,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing plant.
• Minimum 3 years of supervisory experience in maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop direct reports to foster a strong team environment.
• Meet safety, reliability, cost, waste, quality, and sanitation goals for plant performance.
• Own spare parts process; act as CMMS power user.
• Provide maintenance support across multiple areas including machine shop and lubrication processes.
• Support and develop High Performance Work Systems (HPWS) to improve information flow and problem-solving.
• Oversee training and skill development for the PM group.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Independent work

Flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Mechanical Engineering degree

Tools

CMMS

Microsoft Dynamics Navision

Job description

Summary

Oversees and performs the preventive and reactive maintenance duties required for the manufacturing operations of the plant. Priorities of the Maintenance Manager include management, execution, and auditing of PM schedules, repair of any equipment that is needed to maintain maximum production rates and maintenance of an adequate spare parts inventory. A Plant Maintenance Manager supervises a department including multiple Maintenance Supervisors and Maintenance Technicians. This position requires the flexibility to work 40+ hours per week, weekends as required, while also fulfilling on-call duties for repairs and assistance. The Maintenance Manager reports directly to the Production / Plant Manager.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leading and developing direct reports while fostering a team environment
• Meeting or exceeding established goals (Safety, Process Reliability - PR%, cost, waste, quality, sanitation and other performance standards) as they relate to the plant performance. Responsible for performance metrics
• Spare parts process leader/owner. Power user and business process owner for CMMS.
• Serving as a maintenance resource, as required, for all Utility Mechanics in areas such Effective Maintenance, Operational based - Automous Maintenance, machine shop, maintenance planning and lubrication processes.
• Supporting and developing Cedars High Performance Work Systems (MHPS) Business Teams to ensure that information flow, personnel development, problem-solving, goal-setting and process improvements are an integral part of the daily activities
• Managing training needs for the PM group to ensure that skill levels are managed and advanced as needed to support plant equipment
• Resource planning, daily management and implementation of key initiatives including Safety, Effective Maintenance, supporting sustained levels of Autonomous Maintenance and delivery of PR% improvements.
• Identifying, analyzing, and reducing equipment performance losses and elimination of repetitive loss events.
• Leading teams to develop cultural and actionable plans to ensure continuous improvement throughout the plant
• Working cross-functionally to resolve issues
• Managing cost spending/overtime/budget controls and scheduling

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum 5 years of demonstrated maintenance experience in a manufacturing plant
• Minimum 3 years of demonstrated experience supervising maintenance employees in a manufacturing plant
• Demonstrated experience improving Process Reliability (PR %) and/or Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE %)
• Demonstrated experience with a CMMS, Microsoft Dynamics Navision or other ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) tool
• Demonstrated experience maintaining manufacturing equipment
• Demonstrated experience delivering loss reduction in a manufacturing environment
• Expert troubleshooter and strong problem solver with demonstrated experience utilizing Root Cause Analysis processes
• Excellent interpersonal, team leadership, communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to work independently with strong action-oriented focus
• Willingness and ability to work flexible hours across three shifts as needed to meet business demands

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electro or another relevant technical field (Mechanical Engineering is ideal)
• Demonstrated experience in a productive team based / collaborative environment
• Demonstrated planning ability and understanding of business decisions based on financial, inventory and customer service indicators
• Demonstrated participative management and leadership skillsExperience in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) manufacturing industry
• Experience managing projects/improvements through successful completion, including contractor management
• Experience maintaining processing equipment
• Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) process experience
• Food manufacturing experience