Maintenance Lead

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Develops and executes 1yr and 3 yr business plans supporting national/regional/local (TPM) Total Productive Manufacturing objectives including the development & implementation of strategies, processes & programs.
• Manages and develops maintenance team leads/supervisor and maintenance technicians; Provides maintenance guidance and oversight for all plant associates; motivates, coaches and develops a diverse, high performing and engaged team to meet established goals and build organizational capability.
• Supports plant facilities and equipment maintenance to produce quality products in an efficient and profitable manner; Supports the operation in ways to help reduce overall costs;
• Oversees and assists in the establishment, analysis, and submission of yearly departmental budgets
• Creates and adheres to a work order planning and scheduling process; Ensure service calls and machinery repairs are completed in a timely manner
• Continually reduces equipment downtime and increase availability through the establishment of a preventive/predictive maintenance program (including failure analysis) designed, directed, monitored and continually improved.
• Manage plant level capital projects in conjunction with Project Managers.
• Champions and drives relentless reduction of breakdown losses through Breakdown Analysis and other appropriate Focused Improvement Tools.
• Establishes and maintains a SOX-compliant stockroom operation that provides repair parts for critical process equipment as well as necessary consumables for the plant.
• Maintains good working relationships with other organizational units in the plant; ensures compliance to company and regulatory policies
• Participates in, and supports, the Department safety training program. (I.E.: weekly safety meetings, shop safety inspections, enforcement of lock-out/tag-out program, enforcement of the confined space program, etc.).

• Bachelor's degree required; 8+ years of maintenance and 10+ yrs. of overall experience with increasing levels of supervisory roles of people & processes required
• Demonstrated ability to support a long-term maintenance plan showing year over year improvement in Reliability, Maintenance KPIs and maintenance Cost.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally and coordinate efforts around process improvement.
• Working knowledge of national, state, and local regulatory requirements in the areas of food safety, safety, environment and emergency management.
• Working knowledge of basic elements of Good Manufacturing Practices and manufacturing management.
• Working knowledge of key business drivers used to gauge the effectiveness and performance of an internal group or supplier.
• Strong experience in project management preferred; experience in Equipment Preventive Maintenance Management.
• Strong experience and working knowledge of plant maintenance software, SAP preferred.