Maintenance Manager

Crown Bakeries; Pleasant Prairie (WI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bakery Co. is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead plant engineering efforts focused on Quality, Efficiency, Safety and Financial goals. You will direct maintenance staff and coordinate with the Plant Manager to ensure reliable operations and cost-effective performance.

Responsibilities include managing resources, inventory, spare parts, vendor contacts, and capital projects, while developing KPIs and reporting for management review.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience with maintenance and people management.
• Food manufacturing experience is preferred.
• Proficient in mechanical and electrical troubleshooting.
• Effective problem-solving skills.
• PLC troubleshooting preferred.
• Familiarity with safety procedures for a variety of equipment

Responsibilities

• Manage resources to meet production goals at budgeted cost.
• Maintain inventory for cost-effective equipment uptime.
• Identify required spare parts and min/max levels.
• Manage vendor and contractor contacts as main point of contact.
• Report budget attainment and contributing factors.
• Develop capital projects for reliability and goals.
• Manage capital and non-capital projects on time and budget.
• Develop and monitor KPIs to meet plant goals.
• Maintain accurate reporting for management.
• Improve preventive maintenance processes and PM software.
• Monitor equipment to assess PM effectiveness.
• Build and manage a team of supervisors, leads, clerks and technicians.
• Provide leadership and skills development for department.
• Ensure safety compliance and food processing regulations.
• Set clear expectations for department personnel.
• Maintain documentation for compliance.
• Oversee safety activities, training, LOTO and equipment evaluations.

Skills

Maintenance management

People management

Mechanical troubleshooting

Electrical troubleshooting

Food manufacturing experience

Safety procedures

PLC troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

PM software

Job description

No Recruiter or Agency Solicitation accepted for this role.

The Maintenance Manager directs all Engineering efforts to ensure plant Quality, Efficiency, Safety and Financial goals are met or exceeded as directed by Plant Manager.

Resource and Department management:

• Manage all Resources to ensure the operations meets production goals at budgeted cost.
• Maintain and Manage inventory to ensure most cost-effective equipment up time is maintained.
• Identify required spare parts and appropriate min and max levels for inventory.
• Maintain and manage contacts with outside vendors and contractors being main point of contact.
• Effectively report up budget attainment and contributing factors.
• Understand cost drivers within the budget and seek improvements in cost reduction.
• Develop Capital Projects to meet company goals and ensure reliability of plant operations.
• Manage both Capital and Non-Capital project to ensure project meet objectives on budget and on time.
• Develop and monitor KPI’s to ensure the department stays on track to meet plant goals.
• Develop and maintain accurate reporting to be presented to management team.
• Develop effective corrective actions to all down time and waste events.
• Improve the Preventive Maintenance processes within our PM software.
• Monitor and evaluate equipment to access effectiveness of PM program.

People and Organization:

• Build and manage a team including Supervisors, Leads, Clerks, and Technicians to achieve plant objectives.
• Provide and ensure effective leadership, performance management, and skills development for all department personnel.
• Ensure all personnel are adhering to company policies including food processing regulation and safety.
• Set and maintain clear expectations for department personnel.
• Maintain all necessary documentation to ensure department and plant maintains compliance
• Manage all safety activities for the department including but not limited to training, program development, machine specific LOTO, equipment evaluations, ext.

Requirements

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience with maintenance, as well as people management.
• Food manufacturing experience is preferred.
• Proficient in mechanical and electrical troubleshooting
• Effective problem-solving skills
• PLC troubleshooting preferred
• Familiarity with safety procedures for a vast variety of equipment and machines

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Must be able to lift 50 pounds, walk through a manufacturing plant and sit at a desk for long periods of time. Must have good vision, hearing, etc. to perform duties effectively. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

WORK CONDITIONS

This job operates in a production office environment. The employee is occasionally exposed to facility elements such as noise, dust, fumes and odors. This role routine uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.