Maintenance Manager Maintenance and Engineering Montgomery, Pennsylvania

Biscuits Leclerc Ltd; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Biscuits Leclerc Ltd is seeking a Maintenance Manager for their Pennsylvania plant. This role involves overseeing maintenance activities, ensuring maximum productivity and safety standards, and leading a team of technicians. Candidates should have a strong engineering background, extensive experience in food manufacturing, and leadership skills.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits program

Employee discounts on products

High velocity technology

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience in food manufacturing or fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of GFSI / BRC, SQF, GMP, and HACCP.
• Strong physical endurance and ability to work flexible hours.

Responsibilities

• Manage the maintenance department to achieve business objectives.
• Promote a positive and safe working environment.
• Oversee compliance with health and safety standards.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem Solving

Technical Knowledge

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial or related Engineering field

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

AutoCAD

Job description

Leclerc is a family business with 120 years of experience, tradition and know-how passed down from people with heart. Thanks to our 1,900 employees in eight plants in Canada and the United States, we are constantly innovating to exceed the expectations of both small and large appetites.

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Position Summary

Reporting directly to the Plant manager / Plant Engineer, the Maintenance manager is responsible for planning and directing all maintenance activities to ensure that work is conducted in a safe, secure, efficient and cost effective manner. This key role leads a team of maintenance technicians in assuring maximum machine uptime and productivity. Also, in collaboration with the plant engineer and other engineering corporate technical resources this person provides leadership and technical guidance to technicians, assuring their engagement and continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Manage and direct the maintenance department of the facility to achieve business objectives;
• Promote and enhance a positive and safe working environment through teamwork and high level of employee involvement;
• Analyze downtime, identify causes and recommend action plan for improvement;
• Collaborate and lead locally predictive and preventative maintenance plan;
• Prepare departmental budget and ensures close follow up;
• Review budgets for current and upcoming projects and schedule forecasts to ensure maintenance projects are completed on-time and on-budget;
• Identify and prioritize major maintenance issues with production and initiate and develop action plans to resolve issues in order to achieve maximum productivity;
• Oversee maintenance activities and programs implementation to ensure compliance with all health and safety standards;
• Support the maintenance team on a daily basis and act as technical resource;
• Implement and manage routine systems for technical problem solving and accountability;
• Collaborate and communicate with other plant management team members on various technical and key performance issues;
• Pursue improvement opportunities and provide technical support for capital improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial or a related Engineering field or equivalent work experience;
• Have 8 + years of relevant experience combining technical and management experience, preferably in a food manufacturing / fast pace environment;
• Knowledge of GFSI / BRC, SQF, GMP and other food safety standard including HACCP or similar food industry regulations is preferable;
• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability for decision making under pressure;
• Strong oral and written communication skills, excellent judgment, strong sense of ethics & integrity, result oriented;
• Excellent people skills, maintain a positive attitude and ability to motivate people, specifically mentoring and coaching individuals;
• Ability to adapt operational changes;
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, challenging, and consistently changing environment;
• Be familiar with SAP or other ERP system;
• Experience using Microsoft Office and other computer based application (I pad, One Note, etc.);
• Experience with AutoCAD is a plus;
• Strong knowledge of mechanics, pneumatics, hydraulics, instrumentation and control;
• Strong physical endurance;
• Ability to stand for long periods of time;
• Flexible with work hours and be able to work weekends when needed;
• This position has been identified as a safety sensitive position within Leclerc Foods USA, Inc.

Essential Functions:

• Must be able to lift from floor to waist 52lbs. 33% of the time.
• Must be able to lift from waist to shoulder 52lbs 33% of the time.
• Must be able to push/pull a maximum force of 55 lbs.
• Regular and reliable attendance.

Working at Leclerc is:

• Benefit from a comprehensive benefits program
• Save on our products
• Embrace high velocity technology

MONTGOMERY

Leclerc’s American story begins in the heart of Pennsylvania in 2002, just 15 minutes from Williamsport. Our thriving Montgomery plant continues to make crackers and granola bars that are loved by all.

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