Manager, Maintenance - Food Manufacturing

JOB SUMMARY

The Maintenance Manager is a critical role with oversight of all planned and unplanned facility, processing equipment, material handling equipment, and were applicable fleet maintenance. This position will be responsible for implementing industry leading preventive, predictive, and urgent repair strategies, and processes to increase overall equipment reliability. A successful candidate will have strong leadership skills, a thorough understanding of manufacturing equipment, and experience developing and leading, multi-shift maintenance teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead safety in the department and adherence to all work safety policies, procedures, and governing requirements to include OSHA, NFPA, NEC, and other local, state, and federal regulations. As per Sysco's policies and procedures, maintain an effective lockout-tagout program to ensure employee safety during equipment shutdowns.
• Lead an organization responsible for the maintenance, repair and overall reliability of production equipment, process utilities, MHE, facility / grounds and fleet shop (if applicable). Collaborate with the operations team to improve site employee safety, food safety production quality, and equipment reliability.
• Provide leadership, coaching and technical direction to maintenance associates and operations staff to enhance employee knowledge, succession planning, and to retain top talent. Remain current with latest and emerging industry regulations and codes relative to mechanical and electrical systems design and operation.
• Manage and lead associate headcount and staffing schedules to ensure proper maintenance converge for operations. May include coverage for two shifts, weekend work, extended overtime, on-call, and emergency response situations.
• Manage personnel performance, including employee reviews, real-time coaching / performance improvement, documented disciplinary action, time and attendance.
• Effectively communicate companywide goals regarding safety, sustainability, efficiency, and performance to the Maintenance Team. Utilize equipment and departmental key performance indicators (KPI) to initiate continuous improvement and root cause analysis activities to increase equipment reliability.
• Lead and manage equipment and facility capital projects from the initial proposal stages through final completion and commissioning. Includes referencing and complying with Sysco design and construction guidelines, building, and maintaining relationships with contractors, developing project timelines and budgets, hosting project status meetings, escalating constraints, and collaboration with Sysco's Global Support Center support groups.
• Responsible for managing and utilizing computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) to complete reactive, preventive, predictive, and corrective work orders safely, accurately and on time. To include approving work orders, auditing work completed (both internal and external), accurate parts inventory, requesting modifications to PM task lists, PM schedules, assets relocations, etc.
• Responsible for managing monthly expense budget to include repairs, spare parts, consumables, professional services, and departmental overtime.
• Manage capital costs to ensure projects are completed within budget and make recommendations for future capital needs to properly maintain the facility.
• Responsible for the completion of refrigeration, fire suppression, electrical infrastructure and process utility compliance inspections and logs that must be completed accurately and on time. Participate in compliance audits, reviews, and corrective action plans.
• Timely and effectively manage third-party vendors and contractors to complete specialized preventive maintenance and repairs throughout the facility to ensure safe and reliable equipment. May include equipment rebuilds, emergency repair work, compliance mechanical integrity tasks, project work, etc.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education Required :

Education Preferred :

Experience Required :

Experience Preferred :

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Physical Demands :

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to talk or hear. The associate is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and climb or balance. The associate is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The associate must occasionally lift and / or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment :

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate may encounter while performing the essential functions of the job.

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is occasionally exposed to wet, hot, extreme cold and / or humid conditions; and moving mechanical parts and may be required to work in confined spaces. The associate works non-traditional business hours including evenings, nights, weekends, holidays and on-call. The associate may occasionally be required to travel to other Operating Companies or the corporate office as business needs dictate (i.e. training, business continuation . click apply for full job details