Maintenance & Utilities Manager

Brakebush; Mocksville (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Brakebush Brothers, Inc. seeks a Maintenance & Utilities Manager for 1st shift to lead the plant's maintenance and utilities teams. You will guide preventive and predictive maintenance, ensure system reliability, and manage downtime with production teams.

The role requires a strong background in ammonia refrigeration, project management, and leadership, with experience in regulated food processing environments. This position is based at our Mocksville facility with on-site work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Industrial Technology required.
• Eight+ years plant engineering/maintenance experience, with at least five years supervision.

Responsibilities

• Oversee maintenance and utilities teams across three shifts; mentor supervisors and technicians.
• Drive plant performance through preventive, predictive, and emergency maintenance programs.
• Manage plant ammonia refrigeration, boiler/steam, water systems, and waste disposal operations.
• Ensure compliance with PSM, training, documentation, and metric reporting.

Skills

Engineering methods

Leadership

Project management

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Ammonia Refrigeration Certification

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Title: Maintenance & Utilities Manager, 1st Shift Req ID: 10900

Reports to: Corporate Maintenance Manager

Classification:Exempt

Summary

The Maintenance & Utilities Manager oversees all plant maintenance and utilities team members, programs, and ensures plant system efficiencies and reliability. This position will provide guidance for preventive, predictive, and emergency maintenance procedures.

Essential Functions

• Provides Engineering Support. The incumbent will seek to drive plant performance to greater levels. The incumbent will act as a Project Manager assisting Corporate Engineers with various tasks.
• Provides Leadership to the Maintenance/Utilities team. The incumbent manages the activities of the maintenance supervisors and team and is responsible for the overall production maintenance and parts inventory function for the facility. The incumbent mentors and motivates supervisors and technicians, providing training and development to optimize their performance and personal growth.
• Ensures Plant System efficiencies. The incumbent performs highly diversified duties to install and maintain utility systems such as the plant ammonia refrigeration system, boiler and steam systems, plant hydraulic pressure producing system, forklift and pallet jack maintenance, plant water systems (hot and cold), plant exterior grounds appearance, office HVAC systems, and plant waste disposal systems. The incumbent develops and maintains programs, such as Preventative Maintenance, Downtime Analysis, etc. which will enable the plant to continuously improve its equipment utilization, productivity, and efficiency. Works with Scheduling and Production to coordinate, plan and execute plant downtime to facilitate equipment installation or repair projects.
• Oversees the PSM program. The incumbent will ensure compliance in our Process Safety Management Program and is responsible to oversee implementation and enforcement of the program including employee training, documentation, and the reporting of metrics.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Industrial Technology or eight plus years of plant engineering or maintenance experience, including at least five years of supervision.
• Demonstrated application of industrial engineering methods.
• Proven working knowledge of ammonia refrigeration systems - Ammonia Refrigeration Certification.
• Lean Manufacturing/Six Sigma knowledge.
• Proven project management work in a manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of OSHA, USDA regulations, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Food Safety (SQF) and HACCP.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, to include professional oral and written communication, a team-focused approach, and the ability to model composure/make decisions in stressful situations.
• Proven time-management and organizational/office skills including competency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams); ability to write reports and create spreadsheets with formulas.

Preferred Qualifications

• Plant Maintenance experience preferably from a USDA facility
• Experience working in a Portioning or further-processed poultry production facility
• Experience with SAP
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) strongly preferred
• Knowledge of general First Aid and CPR

Supervisory Responsibility

This position will manage the Maintenance and Refrigeration Supervisors and technicians on all three shifts at the facility.

Work Environment

Wide variations in environment temperature (-10 freezer, 32-degree coolers, 40-degree plant, wet cold environment) noise, slippery floors and moving equipment.

Physical Demands

Position will include extensive standing, sitting, lifting, wearing factory required equipment while working in production, walking, visual, responding quickly to sounds and driving.

Travel

Occasional travel to Corporate Headquarters or other production locations, as necessary.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Successful completion of a pre-employment drug testand background check arerequired.

Brakebush provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Applicants must have the legal authorization to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to provide or assume work sponsorship of employment visas.

Brakebush is committed to adhering to compliance and applicable pay transparency laws in all states where we operate and any other states where we have a legal obligation.

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