Maintenance Manager

About Coast Packing :

Coast Packing doesn’t create the meals millions consume; it enhances their flavor. As a family-owned business for over a century, we've been the foremost supplier of animal fat shortenings, specializing in lard and beef tallow, across the Western United States.

Our clientele includes major manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and smaller food service operations.

Role Summary :

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for planning, directing, and overseeing maintenance and construction personnel in the installation, repair, and preventative maintenance of facility, machines, equipment for the purposes of minimizing / eliminating downtime and remaining in USDA / FDA / BRC / Cal-OSHA compliance.

The ideal candidate will be constantly assessing the systems in place to ensure that they are both safe and operating efficiently.

This candidate will be comfortable managing a team and conducting analysis in order to highlight areas for improvement. This candidate should also be comfortable ensuring necessary utilities are working correctly and possess strong organizational skills in order to keep track of multiple projects at once.

Location : Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CA

100% on-site

Responsibilities :

• Responsible to ensure team adheres to safety and quality expectations
• Responsible for responding to safety requests within 24 hours.
• Lead plant maintenance & construction personnel on day-to-day operations of the plant’s maintenance.
• Review, analyze and maintain department budget; allocate and monitor department funds.
• Oversee capital and continuous development projects; ensure projects are aligned with approved budgets. Communicate scope of projects to plant personnel, vendors, and contractors, direct staff with project assignments and goals.
• Management of CMMS, including training of the system and ensuring the integrity of the information stored in the system.
• Complete regulatory reports and paperwork in compliance with environmental, health, and safety agencies; function as a board member for the regulatory service meetings.
• Assess and analyze plant processes and designs to develop improved systems and support continuous improvements in productivity, efficiency, and safety of the plant.
• Review maintenance schedules and repairs with plant personnel for prioritization and corrections.
• Administers efficient and responsive inventory support; purchase and replace necessary maintenance supplies and parts.
• Incorporate and implement data management services to create and analyze key performance indicators.
• Develops and coordinates an effective preventative maintenance program.
• Develop and communicate safety procedures and policies.
• Develop standard operation procedures as required for proper operations and continual improvement initiatives.
• Ensures tasks are completed in accordance with USDA, FDA, BRC, & Cal-OSHA regulations.
• Key measures of success will be defined through production department efficiencies, budget management, BRC audit scores, internal team training and development targets, and overall response to safety initiatives.
• Maintains accurate records of maintenance work performed and inventory.
• Maintains a safe, healthy, and comfortable work environment for all maintenance employees and vendors; ensure proper safety protocol is adhered.
• Execute & maintain confined space training & program for maintenance team; obtain and maintain trainer certification.
• Execute powered industrial vehicles training and maintain training logs for maintenance team.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, selecting, training, coaching, and developing employees; planning, assigning, and directing work;

appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and assisting in providing appropriate resolutions.

• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Act as a leader for outside related vendors and contractors.
• Ensures tasks are completed in accordance with USDA, FDA, BRC, & Cal-OSHA regulations.
• Other projects and duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

Education and Experience

Any combination of education and experience likely to provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities, typically :

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Equivalent. Electrical Engineering Preferred.
• 5-7 years related experience and / or training in maintenance or engineering role.
• Bilingual English / Spanish preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Self-motivated and able to work well in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective verbal communication.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one conversations with other employees in the organization.
• Ability to operate powered industrial vehicles; ability to obtain & maintain powered industrial vehicles certification.
• Able to develop and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to work holidays, nights, weekends, or different shifts.
• Ability to work overtime.
• Ability to work in an environment with moderate to high noise level.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here represent those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job with or without accommodations.

Office and plant setting. The plant environment will include wet or humid conditions (non-weather related), extreme cold and heat (non-weather related), and working near moving mechanical parts.

Benefits :

• Competitive base salary
• 401K
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

We do

accept unsolicited 3rd party recruitment agency assistance.