Maintenance Manager

Wildflower Recruitment Consulting

Canton (OH)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

A leading recruitment consultancy is seeking a Maintenance Manager to serve as a technical adviser at a food processing facility in Canton, OH. The role involves leading a maintenance team, implementing maintenance strategies, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and optimizing costs. Candidates should have substantial experience in manufacturing and supervisory roles, alongside a proven record in lean manufacturing and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

8+ years of experience in manufacturing or project engineering, preferably in food processing.
5+ years supervisory and people management experience.
Hands-on experience in leading maintenance teams.

Responsibilities

Implement a maintenance strategy to reduce breakdowns.
Ensure compliance with safety regulations.
Manage a team of technicians and oversee departmental functions.

Skills

Lean manufacturing support

Breakdown reduction

Project management

Data manipulation and analysis

Supervisory skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Base pay range

$110,000.00/yr - $130,000.00/yr

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Job Title

Maintenance Manager

The Maintenance Manager will serve as a technical adviser for the Manufacturing site Leadership Team. This position will lead the maintenance team in implementing a coherent maintenance and reliability strategy aimed at reducing breakdowns and extending manufacturing equipment life. This position will be responsible for providing technical leadership in support of lean manufacturing objectives, and ensuring full utilization of all maintenance information systems and oversee engineering functions within the plant. This position reports to the Plant Director.

What you bring to the Team

Direct the efficient maintenance and improvement, installation, and safe operation of food processing equipment in compliance with company, State, and Federal policies; procedures, and regulations including OSHA, FDA, SQF, AIB, EPA, GMP, NFPA, NEC and other code and regulatory agencies.
Work with the operations team to establish production line operating metrics such as efficiencies, up time and reliability.
Provide Technical support (related to reliability / maintenance services) for all production equipment throughout the facility.
Assure lines are mechanically capable of meeting standard operating rates and reliability, and improve up time and reliability for all lines.
Maintains an appropriate and adequate supply of inventory and parts.
Identifies and develops plans to improve equipment designs or department procedures to maximize asset availability.
Drives Plant asset integrity and reliability program, including proactive maintenance programs, such as predictive maintenance programs, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), maintenance scheduling, root cause analysis, improvement through Lean Six Sigma techniques and other best practices.
Optimize cost through effective budget planning and management. Identify and implement cost saving ideas for facility maintenance.
Interface with vendors and contractors providing services to the facility to ensure company needs are met.
Interface with associates in manufacturing, warehouse, planning, engineering, QA and other departments or improvement teams as needed as a technical resource.
Responsible for a team of technicians including performance and compensation management, training, coaching, discipline and career development.
Performs other job-related projects, duties and assignments as directed by Plant Management. Other duties may be assigned due to business needs or special circumstances which may require reassignment to other departments or other job duties.

Desired Technical/Functional Skills

8+ years of experience in manufacturing or project engineering, preferably in the food processing and consumer packaged goods industries
5+ years supervisory and people management experience
Significant hands-on experience in leading maintenance teams.
Significant record of achievement with regard to lean manufacturing support, continuous improvement, and breakdown reduction.
Excellent project management skills.
Ability to perform data manipulation and analysis using Microsoft Office suite.
Applicable systems and software knowledge.

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