Manager Plant Maintenance - EF

Evolution Fresh; Rancho Cucamonga (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Generous Brands seeks a Plant Operations Leader at Evolution Fresh in Rancho Cucamonga to supervise day-to-day quality assurance and plant operations, driving efficiency and safety across shifts. You will lead maintenance programs, ensure regulatory compliance, and partner with engineers and suppliers to meet customer needs.

The role requires strong leadership, budgeting, and data-driven decision making to optimize OEE, MTBF, and PM programs while fostering a compliant, inclusive team culture.

Qualifications

• Must lead and develop a high-performing operations team in a food/beverage plant.
• Demonstrated ability to manage budgets and operating costs.
• Experience implementing GMP/HACCP and food safety programs.

Responsibilities

• Supervise day-to-day QA/plant operations to meet business objectives.
• Set goals, develop capability, and model teamwork.
• Plan and execute departmental processes aligned with company goals.
• Collaborate with engineers, suppliers, contracts, and plant members to meet customer needs.
• Manage maintenance programs and equipment upgrades for safety and reliability.
• Lead performance reviews and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Coach and develop team members to achieve results.

Skills

Team building

Clear communication

Problem solving

Leadership

Analytical skills

Relationship building

Safety procedures

GMP/HACCP

Food safety regs

TPM

Preventive maintenance

Reliability practices

Data-driven

OEE

CMMS

Tools

CMMS

Job description

• This position will report to the: Director - Plant -EF
• Travel Requirement: None
• FLSA Status: Exempt
• Shift: 1st Shift (Support all 3 Shifts)
• Employment Category: Full Time Regular

The Role

• This position will report to the: Director - Plant -EF
• Travel Requirement: None
• Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA
• FLSA Status: Exempt
• Shift: 1st Shift (Support all 3 Shifts)
• Employment Category: Full Time Regular
• Pay Range: $120k - 150k plus bonus opportunity

Generous Brands is dedicated to inspiring people to thrive through the power of vibrant nutrition through its leading brands, Bolthouse Farms, Health-Ade, and Evolution Fresh. Generous Brands partners with SAMBAZON to manufacture, distribute and sell SAMBAZON branded beverages.

Bolthouse Farms is a pre-eminent provider of chilled juice, smoothies, shakes, and protein drinks. Health-Ade is the fastest growing kombucha brand, dedicated to creating bubbly beverages that boost gut health. Evolution Fresh is a premier cold-pressed juice brand with national availability. And, SAMBAZON beverages bottle the superfruit power of açaí in juice and natural energy cans.

The company operates its North American business from facilities in Southern California, and the Greater Chicago Area. To learn more, please visit www.generousbrands.com .

Responsibilities

WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IN THIS ROLE

This job contributes to Evolution Fresh success by supervising day-to-day operations in quality assurance to support Evolution Fresh roasting plant business objectives.

Job Duties

• Leadership – Setting goals for the work group, developing organizational capability, and modeling how we work together:
  • Identifies and communicates key responsibilities and practices to ensure the immediate team of direct reports promotes a successful attitude, confidence in leadership, and teamwork to achieve business results
  • Supports the implementation of company programs to ensure the success of the Company
• Planning and Execution – Developing strategic and operational plans for the work group, managing execution, and measuring results:
  • Plans and manages business unit and department processes and practices to ensure that programs are aligned with company business goals and objectives
  • Prepares, communicates, and educates client groups and team on changes in policies and practices within the organization
• Business Requirements – Providing functional expertise and executing functional responsibilities:
  • Anticipates, recognizes, and assesses situations quickly and organizes resources to take appropriate action
  • Collaborates with engineers, suppliers, contracts, and plant members to ensure customer needs are met
  • Controls operating costs within budgets
  • Develops and maintains plant preventive maintenance programs
  • Ensures compliance with government regulatory agencies
  • Leads efforts to upgrade facility for efficiency, safety, and reliability
  • Leads projects involving installation, modification, or renovation of equipment
  • Manages repairs and supplies, purchases, and budgets
  • Responsible for the management and/or implementation of food safety, legality, and quality programs
• Member Development & Team Building – Providing team members with coaching, feedback, and developmental opportunities and building effective teams:
  • Challenges and inspires team members to achieve business results
  • Conducts and ensures the completion of performance reviews
  • Ensures team members adhere to legal and operational compliance requirements
  • Oversees training and development of team members directly and indirectly managed and makes effective staffing decisions
  • Provides coaching, direction, and leadership support to team members to achieve business, and customer results

What We’re Looking For

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Team-building skills
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Ability to solve complex problems and follow through to solution
• Ability to provide leadership with the ability to coach and mentor team members
• Apply analytical and quantitively skills
• Ability to build relationships
• Proficient in safety procedures
• Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) standards
• Familiarity with food safety regulatory requirements and global standards including Preventive Controls for Human Food (21 CFR 117) and the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). Experience with BRC or SQF certification schemes.
• Demonstrated ability to build, support, and drive a Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program, including autonomous maintenance, planned maintenance, focused improvement, and early equipment management
• Working knowledge of reliability practices, including predictive maintenance (vibration, thermography, oil analysis), root cause failure analysis, and CMMS utilization
• Stays on top of automation and autonomous technology trends (robotics, Industry 4.0, IIoT, condition monitoring) and evaluates their application to plant operations
• Proven people leader with experience in performance management: setting expectations, coaching, delivering candid feedback, and holding team members accountable
• Ability to cultivate and foster an inclusive, positive, and engaged work environment and culture
• Data-driven approach to managing maintenance KPIs such as OEE, MTBF, MTTR, PM compliance, and planned vs. unplanned downtime

Minimum Qualifications

• Leadership Competencies
  • Setting direction by establishing and communicating a compelling and inspired vision that creates a competitive winning strategies and plans, ensures department strategies are aligned with company strategies.
  • Willing to take a managed risk to drive with the business forward
  • Able to create the environment and develop a positive, respectful, productive, and professional work environment
  • Establish positive connections with others to facilitate the attainment of business results
  • Develop competencies of both self and others
  • Understand and effectively leverage the organization to accomplish business and unit goals
  • Consistently exceed goals for not only self, but internal and external customers
• Core Competencies
  • Ability to deliver legendary service that mees and exceeds all customers’ expectation
  • Adhere to Generous Brands and Evolution Fresh values, beliefs, and principles during good and bad times
  • Ability to maintain composure and remain professional
  • Result oriented

Physical Demands & Environmental Hazards

• Must be able to stand and walk for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to work in environmental exposure including, but not limited to, freezer and noisy, cold, wet, or humid conditions of 34°F or below.
• Occasional exposure to fumes, airborne particles, toxic, and/or caustic chemicals.
• Occasional material exposure to moving mechanical parts and equipment (forklifts, pallet jacks, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in developing and leading plant-specific quality, customer service and cost optimization programs.
• Consumer products or food company and plant experience, either technical or production.
• Managing and developing others.
• Managing budgets.
• TPM, Lean, or Six Sigma certification; Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) a plus.

What We Offer

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Group Life and AD&D
• Voluntary Life and AD&D
• Group Short-Term Disability
• Group Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a culturally diverse organization. We strive for inclusiveness and a workplace where mutual respect is paramount. We encourage applications from a diverse pool of candidates, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or veteran status. We will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities, as need, to assist them in performing essential job functions.

Recruitment Agencies

Generous Brands does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Generous Brands is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

1st Shift -8:00am -5:00pm ( Support all 3 shifts);