Maintenance Manager

Description

General Purpose:

This position will supervise, provide leadership, direction and support to the Maintenance Department workforce. This position will coordinate the mechanical needs necessary to support the physical facility. In addition, the position will support plant project work. Emphasis is placed on continuing to develop and further enhance the employee skill sets. This position is responsible to ensure that safety, quality, yields, throughput and efficiencies are met. This position directly supervises hourly collective bargaining unit employees assigned to the maintenance department, but also has close daily interaction with all employees on the floor.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assure all departmental personnel are operating in compliance with plant and corporate procedures and policies
• Assure that the department is operating in compliance with customer, company and governmental regulations
• Oversee daily maintenance operations to help insure production schedules are met and plant efficiencies are maintained
• Attend required and necessary meetings concerning production, safety, quality and operations
• Interact with vendors, customers and external resources as needed
• Attend seminars that will help to develop skills needed to improve job performance
• Coordinate material requests, supplier and plant schedules and established project timelines
• Source and provide training for skill set development of the maintenance workforce
• Must follow all DFA GMP's and work in a manner consistent with all Corporate and regulatory, food safety, quality and sanitation requirements along with other duties as assigned

Requirements

Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma Required
• BS Degree preferred or comparable experience in related field
• 5 plus years of managerial experience in a plant manufacturing environment

Necessary Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Mechanical experience and knowledge working with high-speed, multi-line production, packaging and processing equipment