Maintenance Manager

Safety

Understand and comply with safe work practices and procedures to create and maintain a safe working environment.

Quality

Understands and complies with all Kettle Cuisine and USDA quality procedures and regulations to ensure safe and top quality product delivery.

Responsibilities

• Follow the company GMP’s.
• Comply with Company Policies and Procedures.
• Manage all department employees to meet assigned prioritized workload and work schedule safely.
• Develops, coordinates and administers a daily and weekly Maintenance Plan of Preventative services and corrective work orders requested by Maintenance technicians, Operations and QA Staff.
• Prioritizes response to ensure the availability and safe operation of equipment.
• Ensures staffing of the department and approves and schedules overtime, vacations, and off time.
• Manages the utilization and lead continuous improvement of CMMS application to manage work, work requests from others, department KPI and document completed work for regulatory and food safety matters.
• Communicates conditions of equipment by completing appropriate maintenance records, transfers knowledge of conditions to incoming mechanics at shift change, and informs his supervisor of significant problems.
• Led communication of equipment availability and impact with Production, QA and Planning teams.
• Leads planning of major equipment refurbishment and facility corrective action activities to align with operations schedule and available downtimes.
• Makes appropriate requests for system downtime to complete tasks.
• Oversees maintenance department spending and purchasing to maintain adherence to period budgets while maintaining equipment availability, understands cost drivers, and variances and contributes to budget forecasting and planning.
• Oversees the appropriate inventory level of necessary spare parts to support the timely execution of repairs and regular consumable items.
• Manages all building utilities and relationships with external providers to ensure agreed availability and efficiency improvements within budgeted costs.
• Diagnoses, repairs, and replaces/install parts as and when required to guarantee utility availability.
• Covers external contractors for specialized troubleshooting, repairs, and refurbishment of equipment and facility infrastructure in compliance with Kettle, GMP, and OSHA standards.
• Contributes to capital planning process by providing maintenance department input for future projects which would improve reliability and reduce maintenance costs.
• Supports engineering with the installation of equipment and supports the transition of new assets into operation and lifecycle support.
• Supports EHS function and works with local authorities to ensure compliance with all regulatory matters.
• Organize and monitor compliance with statutory and Kettle Cuisine health and safety requirements.
• Help Set standards, organize procedures and measure performance to ensure continuous improvement.
• Mentor and develop new Maintenance technicians to grow their careers and contributions to Kettle Cuisine.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• BS Engineering degree preferred, Vocational Schooling or Equivalent Education, Experience and Training.
• Minimum of five years of maintenance leadership experience in food manufacturing; preferred 10+ years of engineering, facilities management, utility management, and/or supervision within a manufacturing environment.
• Detailed knowledge and experience with process systems, equipment, automation & controls within food manufacturing industry.
• Working knowledge of GMP, GFSI (SQF or BRC), and OSHA regulations relevant to food manufacturing.
• Effective Communication skills, interpersonal skills needed for working and developing people in a team environment.
• Experience with utilizing, enhancing, and managing work processes and maintenance performance metrics and reporting utilizing CMMS software.
• Experience with plant utility systems: boilers, ammonia & freon refrigeration, compressed air, HVAC, and wastewater.
• Experience coordinating and managing external resources to perform building and equipment maintenance.
• Knowledge of basic electrical systems, electrical safety, PLC’s, instrumentation, and machinery safety systems.
• Ability to work in hot and cold conditions.
• Able to work in overtime and weekends as necessary, including some holiday periods.

Preferred

• Bilingual English and Spanish or some Spanish competency.