Maintenance & Utilities Manager

Brakebush Chicken; Mocksville (NC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Brakebush Chicken is seeking a Maintenance & Utilities Manager for 1st shift in Mocksville, NC. The role oversees all plant maintenance and utilities teams, driving preventive, predictive, and emergency maintenance programs to improve reliability and efficiency.

The position leads the Maintenance/Utilities team, mentors supervisors and technicians, and collaborates with Corporate Engineers on project tasks while ensuring OSHA, USDA, GMP, SQF, and HACCP compliance.

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, GMPs, Food Safety (SQF) and HACCP.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, to include professional oral and written communication, a team-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Provides Engineering Support. acts as a Project Manager assisting Corporate Engineers with various tasks.
• Provides Leadership to the Maintenance/Utilities team and manages supervisors and technicians to optimize performance.
• Ensures Plant System efficiencies across ammonia refrigeration, boiler, steam, water, waste systems; develops maintenance programs to improve utilization and productivity.
• Oversees the PSM program, ensuring compliance, training, documentation, and metrics reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Industrial engineering methods

Ammonia refrigeration

Microsoft Office

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Industrial Technology

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

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

City, State: Mocksville, NC

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 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.