The Plant Maintenance Manager is responsible for ensuring plant equipment, machinery, and facilities are maintained in the best achievable operating condition to minimize downtime and production interruptions while maintaining readiness for emergency repairs. This position
conducts regulatory and departmental inspections, evaluates and reports findings, and assigns and oversees maintenance work performed by departmental staff.
The Plant Maintenance Manager supervises equipment repairs and preventive maintenance
activities and ensures that critical control point checks and maintenance practices support
employee safety, product quality, food safety, and regulatory compliance. Additionally, this position is responsible for managing maintenance services and repairs throughout the facility, including plumbing, carpentry, painting, plastering, mechanical, electrical, and machinery
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Maintains and repairs production and building related maintenance equipment.
- Prepares reports, analyzes data, and makes recommendations for improving plant.
- (LOTO) Lock out and tag any unsafe equipment
- Ensures that all maintenance mechanics are adequately trained, equipped, and motivated so that the maintenance program can be accomplished in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner.
- Communicates regularly with all maintenance, both individually and as a group, to ensure good two-way communication concerning maintenance issues.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Proactive partners with Maintenance, Production, and Sanitation personnel to ensure the proper operation, cleaning, maintenance, and care of plant equipment and systems.
- Participates in annual fire alarm and emergency system testing.
- Assists with emergency response activities and responds promptly to fire alarm system activations.
- Safely disengages electrical, water, gas, or other utility systems as required during emergencies or maintenance activities.
- Ensures all Maintenance Mechanics and Assistants are trained on the most current operating procedures and safety requirements.
- Monitors the operation and performance of building-related equipment and systems.
- Continuously reviews the operation of production and facility equipment to minimize unplanned downtime, anticipate and resolve problems in a timely manner, and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Conducts periodic inspections of buildings and equipment and oversees or performs preventive maintenance, including the inspection, adjustment, and repair of mechanical and facility systems.
- Initiates and leads projects designed to improve operational efficiency, reliability, and productivity while reducing operating costs.
- Maintains appropriate spare parts inventory for the plant, including tracking parts issued from inventory and ensuring timely replenishment.
- Tracks, analyzes, and improves key maintenance performance indicators, including asset utilization, maintenance costs, preventive maintenance compliance, and schedule compliance.
- Ensures compliance with all applicable safety, health, and environmental policies and procedures.
- Ensures the Maintenance Department remains in compliance with applicable city, county, state, and federal laws and regulations.
- Maintains a safe and clean working environment by enforcing compliance with all applicable safety procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) requirements, and company policies and procedures.
Technical Knowledge and Skills
- Possesses a strong working knowledge of and ability to safely operate and oversee the use of the following equipment and systems:
- MIG and TIG welding equipment.
- Arc welding equipment.
- Gas and plasma cutting equipment.
- Power equipment and tools, including drill presses, cutoff saws, lathes, mills, and portable power hand tools.
- Electrical testing equipment, including voltmeters, megohmmeters (meggers), ammeters, diode testers, and SCR testers.
- Demonstrates a working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, and plumbing systems, including troubleshooting, diagnostics, and replacement of related components and parts.
- Works in a team effort with Maintenance Mechanics/ Mechanic assistants/Contractors /production employees to work on production machines, repairs and breakdowns (Troubleshoot).
- Complying with and having thorough knowledge of all companyproduct quality standards, policies and procedures.
- Contributing and encouraging contribution to the companyteam effort.
QUALIFICATIONS/ABILITIES
- Language Skills (Mandatory): Fluent in English and Spanish (essential for daily on-site workforce management).
- Leadership and supervisory experience.
- Ability to manage and coordinate work of 10+ maintenance employees and tailor their schedule to plant operation.
- 5 plus years of experience in industrial maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair.
- 3-phase, 230VAC and 480VAC circuits: circuit protection, motor starters, AC and DC drives servos. Low voltage control circuits: PLC I/), proximity switches, photo-eyes,capacitive sensors, conductivity sensors, mechanical and solid state relays, encoders,transducers.
- Welding and machine fabrication with a strong mechanical background.
- Technical certification in any of the aforementioned is desired.
- Good communication skills
- Flexibility to work various hours and shifts