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Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager

CompanyJ.M. Smucker
LocationTopeka, KS, USA
Salary$Not Provided – $Not Provided
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelMid Level, Senior

Requirements

  • A high school diploma
  • Demonstrated ability leading a team, coaching and developing leaders to deliver business needs where employee safety receives top priority, followed closely by product quality and productivity
  • Strong technical and mechanical ability, including problem solving and troubleshooting capabilities
  • Experience with maintenance work development, planning, and scheduling
  • Experience with a CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System)

Responsibilities

  • Perform maintenance management by leading maintenance resources and establishing priorities
  • Support the operating departments’ Technical Leaders, Maintenance Leaders, Planners and Technicians to develop their technical acumen, understand and apply Progressive Maintenance tools, prioritize work effectively through use of a CMMS, respond to process failures and breakdowns with a sense of urgency, train all levels of the organization to complete mechanical work, drive high-performance work culture by engaging with team members on the floor and coaching to problem solve, make decisions, and become self-reliant, coach operating teams and leadership to root cause identification, elimination of losses, and the use of problem-solving tools to identify gaps and prioritize work
  • Lead the plant facilities team to ensure reliable operations and maintenance of plant infrastructure, utilities, buildings & grounds
  • Lead the maintenance storeroom staff to operate and maintain all aspects of the maintenance storeroom and develop and teach Storeroom DMS (Daily Management Systems), including all In-process measures
  • Responsible for the maintenance shop to ensure staffing, skills and equipment to support plant maintenance repair activities
  • Lead the Site Progressive Maintenance (PM) Pillar and collaborate with the corporate PM Pillar Team
  • Establish and track KPIs as required to successfully manage the safety, quality, and efficiency of the maintenance operations
  • Working closely with the Plant Engineer, lead and execute on the 5-year Capital Expenditure strategy to upgrade and maintain plant facilities and equipment
  • Support HPO (High Performance Organization) vision and work system

Preferred Qualifications

  • A Bachelor’s degree
  • A degree in Engineering
  • Experience developing and maintaining a budget
  • Demonstrated experience in building a high-performance work culture and systems
  • Food processing, pet or human food manufacturing, and/or engineering experience