Maintenance & Utilities Manager

Brakebush Brothers, Inc.; Mocksville (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Maintenance & Utilities Manager to lead plant maintenance efforts and ensure system efficiencies. This role involves overseeing a dedicated team, managing preventive and emergency maintenance procedures, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering background, proven leadership skills, and a commitment to optimizing plant performance. Join a dynamic environment where your contributions will directly impact productivity and safety. This is an exciting opportunity for individuals passionate about engineering and team development, offering a chance to make a significant difference in a vital industry.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Industrial Technology required.
• 8+ years of experience in plant engineering or maintenance with supervision.

Responsibilities

• Oversee plant maintenance and utilities team members and programs.
• Ensure compliance with Process Safety Management Program.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Project Management

Interpersonal Skills

Time Management

Problem-Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Technology

8+ years of plant engineering or maintenance experience

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

SAP

Job description

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Title: Maintenance & Utilities Manager, Salaried, Shift not Applicable Req ID: 6660

Reports to: Corporate Maintenance Manager

Classification: Exempt

JOB DESCRIPTION

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 test and background check are required.

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 currently unable to sponsor or assume sponsorship of employment visas.

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