Maintenance Manager

Idahoan Foods, LLC; Idaho Falls (ID); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus potential

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance

PTO (Vacation, Sick, Holidays)

401K match

Disability and life insurance

Parental leave

Relocation package

Job summary

Idahoan Foods, LLC is seeking a Maintenance Manager to coordinate plant-wide maintenance, lead a team of supervisors and technicians, and ensure equipment reliability and efficiency on a continuous production schedule.

The role emphasizes safety, budget-minded planning, and collaboration with Packaging/Production to optimize downtime and deliverables in a food processing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Science, or Engineering and five years’ experience in a packaging plant, or ten years’ experience in a manufacturing facility.
• Proficient with computers, including Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate maintenance for the plant’s facilities, packaging, and production to keep equipment in good condition.
• Lead and develop maintenance staff, manage performance, safety, and training.
• Develop and implement preventive maintenance plans and spare parts management.
• Collaborate with Packaging and Production to schedule downtime and major overhauls.
• Support budget development and cost-control for maintenance activities.
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and HR policies.

Skills

Team leadership

Safety awareness

Maintenance planning

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Science/Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

At Idahoan Foods, we bring people and families together by providing high quality, convenient food that delights and nourishes lives. As a top 20 household penetration CPG brand, when you join our table, you’re joining a team that aims high and values collaboration, continuous improvement, sustainable sourcing and innovation, active engagement in the community, and doing the right thing. We understand that it’s our team members that serve as the foundation of our ambitious future and we’re committed to knowing you, growing you, and celebrating you.

Job Purpose

Maintenance Manager is responsible to coordinate and delegate maintenance for the entire plant (Facility, Packaging and Production) to ensure the plant equipment and structures are in good operating condition.

• Provide guidance and direction to the maintenance department by managing a team of supervisors, technicians and support staff in completion and oversight of all maintenance-related work.
• Actively manage employees, which includes, but is not limited to communicating job expectations, addressing performance concerns, managing attendance, issuing disciplinary actions when needed, investigating, and resolving employee issues, reducing turnover through employee engagement, and recognizing employees.
• Embrace a safety conscious attitude with direct reports and other team members and take responsibility for minimizing all incidents, injuries, and accidents on shift.
• Accurately and immediately report all incidents, injuries, and accidents and complete the required incident investigation and any other reporting requirements.
• Utilize equipment records for predictive and preventive maintenance. Develop maintenance procedures and ensure implementation of the maintenance plan. Develop and direct internal maintenance activities and spare parts management with the goal of safely achieving budgeted manufacturing equipment utilization, reliability, and efficiency.
• Work with Packaging and Production departments to coordinate and scheduled downtime to maintain equipment. Plan for and execute major overhaul of equipment.
• Collaborate with leadership team to prepare an effective budget for annual operations. Control material inventory to maintain equipment readiness while maintaining low-cost spare parts inventory.
• Drive employee performance by giving clear directions and expectations, then providing meaningful feedback to aid performance.
• Create a high-performance culture within your team where improvement suggestions are embraced.
• Contribute to the improvement of working procedures by constantly looking for solutions to ensure the best productivity results are achieved on equipment, while maintaining compliance with company procedures.
• Participate in the training of maintenance technicians and ensure that their skills have been validated in a timely manner in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Support, comply, and ensure complicity with Environmental Health and Safety policies and procedures, Human Resource policies, Idahoan Foods Employee Handbook, Quality Assurance policies and procedures, Sanitation policies and procedures, and all other company policies and procedures.
• Engages interest and participation of employees and has a collaborative approach to working together.
• Actively committed to the development of employees.
• Communicate frequently and often with Plant Manager and/or Plant Engineering Manager to ensure compliance with maintenance plan.
• Provide regular training, counseling, and feedback to direct reports to provide maximum engagement and utilization of an employee’s skills and abilities.
• Actively participate in the recruitment and retention of team members with guidance and assistance from Human Resources.
• Takes an active role in improvement initiatives, including employee engagement initiatives, safety programs, employee training, IT initiatives, etc. Must ensure that direct reports understand, use, and embrace new improvement initiatives.
• All other duties, responsibilities, and projects as assigned or required.

Qualifications/Required Skills

Education and/or Experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Science, or Engineering from an accredited college/university and five years’ experience in a packaging plant, or ten years’ experience in a manufacturing facility.
• Proficient with computers, including knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

Language Skills:

• Ability to read, comprehend, and compose simple to complex instructions, policies, procedures, and correspondence.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.

Reasoning Ability:

• Possesses strong analytical, quantitative, communication, problem-solving, and technical skills.
• Demonstrates the self-confidence and maturity to make decisions and solve problems with minimal direction.
• Organized and able to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
• Ability to creatively apply experience, common sense, and a strategic business perspective to a variety of situations, processes, and people.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to maintain a high level of attendance.
• Strong customer service orientation and commitment to performance excellence.
• Demonstrates initiative in learning and performing tasks.
• Ability to work cohesively with others in a team setting.
• Accepts and is flexible regarding changes to assignments and accountabilities.

The position is located in a food processing facility. Thirty-five percent of time will be on the production floor and sixty-five percent of time will be in an office setting. The noise levels on the production floor are usually loud, but in the office setting noise levels are low to moderate. Frequently, exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, and moving mechanical parts. Occasionally exposed to fumes and airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and outside weather conditions. Flexibility with work hours is required in order to accommodate a continuous run production schedule.

Alignment with Core Values & Competencies of the Company

Respect & Value Our People

• Develop myself & others
• Inspire a shared vision

Stay in Front of Change While Reducing Costs

• Challenge the status quo
• Connect the dots
• Grow in business acumen
• Drive results

Food Quality & Safety

• Annual Bonus Potential
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance for full-time team members
• PTO (Vacation, Sick, and Holidays) for full-time team members
• 401K match
• Company paid disability and life insurance policies
• Paid maternity and parental leave
• Relocation package for out of state applicants

Equal Opportunity Employer
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