Maintenance Manager

Case Farms, Inc.; Farmerville (LA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Case Farms, Inc. in Louisiana seeks a Maintenance Planning Manager to oversee the Maintenance Planning Department and CMMS, ensuring safe, compliant operations.

You will lead maintenance programs, manage staff, and coordinate repair and installation activities to improve plant reliability and performance. This role requires strong leadership, analytical thinking, and communication skills, with experience in food processing environments.

Qualifications

• BS Degree (Engineering) or Technical Education Equivalent.
• 5+ years of plant maintenance experience in food processing.

Responsibilities

• Ensure health and safety policies comply and are followed.
• Develop and deploy maintenance and planning improvement programs that enhance plant and equipment performance.
• Promote safety and ensure compliance from the maintenance department.
• Directly manage the Maintenance Planning Department, CMMS, and planning processes.
• Supervise maintenance staffing, including hiring, training, and development.
• Ensure preventative and predictive maintenance is completed, with records maintained for all assets.
• Plan and oversee all repair and installation activities.
• Allocate workload and supervise staff efficiency.

Skills

Maintenance management systems

Preventive maintenance

Predictive maintenance

Manufacturing technologies

Leadership

Communication skills

Math skills

Analytical skills

Education

BS in Engineering or Technical Education Equivalent

Tools

CMMS

Job description

• Ensure health and safety policies comply and are followed.
• Develop and deploy maintenance and planning improvement programs and projects that improve the plant and equipment performance.
• Promote safety and ensure compliance from the maintenance department.
• Directly manage the Maintenance Planning Department, the Computerized Maintenance Management System, and Planning Processes.
• Supervise maintenance staffing to include hiring, training, and developing the staff to meet the needs of the department.
• Ensure preventative and predictive maintenance is completed, and records are maintained on all assets.
• Ensure that designated buildings, the plant, and facilities are fit for purpose and to provide proactive support/solutions when required.
• Allocate workload and supervise upkeep of staff.
• Monitor equipment inventory and place orders as necessary.
• Plan and oversee all repair and installation activities.

Responsibilities And Tasks

• Ensure health and safety policies comply and are followed.
• Develop and deploy maintenance and planning improvement programs and projects that improve the plant and equipment performance.
• Promote safety and ensure compliance from the maintenance department.
• Directly manage the Maintenance Planning Department, the Computerized Maintenance Management System, and Planning Processes.
• Supervise maintenance staffing to include hiring, training, and developing the staff to meet the needs of the department.
• Ensure preventative and predictive maintenance is completed, and records are maintained on all assets.
• Ensure that designated buildings, the plant, and facilities are fit for purpose and to provide proactive support/solutions when required.
• Allocate workload and supervise upkeep of staff.
• Monitor equipment inventory and place orders as necessary.
• Plan and oversee all repair and installation activities.

Requirements

• BS Degree (Engineering) or Technical Education Equivalent.
• 5+ years of plant maintenance experience in food processing.
• Understanding of maintenance management systems and processes.
• Understanding of preventative and predictive maintenance.
• Understanding of manufacturing technologies.Understanding of standard software applications.
• Demonstrated leadership experience.
• Strong communication, math, organizational, and analytical skills.

Physical Requirements

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, if applicable.

• Work in a manufacturing environment that will expose the employee to increased levels of noise from equipment, as well as environmental conditions ranging from wet and cold to hot and humid.
• Perform some sedentary work in an office environment
• Walk through all areas of the processing plant and facilities in the complex
• Assist mechanics that may require some heavy lifting, bending stooping, kneeling, and squatting to access hard-to-reach areas.
• Able to communicate, listen, and direct a group of personnel assigned to the department.
• Lift up to 75 lbs.
• Work around raw, live animal odors.
• Work in a noisy environment (>85 decibels) and moving equipment.
• Work nights, weekends, holidays, and long shifts.

Case Farms is an Equal Opportunity / Affi...

Case Farms participates in the E-Verify system and uses tools made available by the federal government to confirm employment eligibility of all team members. Persons offered employment are required to provide documentation proving their employment eligibility, and all offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of the E-Verify process.

Skills

Required

• Basic Math skills

Equal Opportunity Employer

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