Maintenance Manager

Description

POSITION OBJECTIVE:

Work closely with the maintenance and management team to coordinate all the resources available

on/for all production shifts, to develop an efficient, effective operation by developing each maintenance

employee to their highest potential.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitor and enforce policies and procedures as applicable.
• Ensure that maintenance and all areas are a safe environment, free from hazards and promote and enforce all safety policies
• Manage the resources on all shifts to achieve the expected outcome for scheduled production. 
• Communicate with production supervisor, crew leaders and technicians if machines are down, how long and when they will be back up.
• Knowledge of task to be completed for the day, week, month & year. 
• Facilitate daily shift-to-shift meetings with crew leaders & maintenance team 
• Encourage and promote the culture of cooperation and teamwork among the Maintenance team.
• Enforce all company policies, guidelines, and programs fairly and equitably
• Contribute to the annual company goals set forth for each review year. Personal contributions and personal goals must be coordinated to align with the company overall goals.
• Continuously analyze daily performance, staffing and downtime in order to maximize response time to production changes, utilize personnel effectively and to reduce loss to the company.
• Staffing for the day
• Downtime – know the target downtime level
• Scrap – know the target scrap level 
• Paperwork / Data - monitoring continuously throughout day 
• Work with Engineering as to new equipment installation & new processes & help to facilitate them through to completion.
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

EDUCATION, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE:

• Associates or Bachelor’s Degree in related field preferred
• 5-8 years of hands-on experience performing maintenance, preventative maintenance and service work on production equipment.
• Experience with spreadsheet and word processing software, as well as project development technical and scheduling software.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & ABILITIES:

• Knowledge gained through on the job training of company products, policies, and procedures
• Ability to pay close attention to detail
• Skill in operating various equipment as needed to perform the job
• Skill in multitasking and time management
• Ability to effectively manage personnel of varying skills and disciplinary backgrounds
• Ability to function cooperatively and effectively in a team environment with peers and personnel in other departments
• Ability to keep company and customer information that is discussed or viewed while under employment with Truvant confidential
• Ability to adhere to all regulatory and company policies, procedures, work instructions including but not limited to: Truvant policies, customer specific policies, ISO, GMP’s, USDA, regulatory food safety and food defense

PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to read documents, printouts, computer screens and other communication
• Must be able to hear well enough to communicate with co-workers
• Must be able to reach, touch, grasp
• Must be able to stand and/or walk for prolonged periods of time
• Must be able to climb, stoop/kneel, lift, pull and push
• Must be able to conduct yourself in a safe manner to avoid accidents while on the production floor
• Must be able to work in various environments based on building location and products. 
• Level of Physical Requirements: Sedentary to medium work level; lifting and positioning weight loads up to 75 pounds

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

• 0-25% - Travel may be required to support business needs