Maintenance Manager - Manufacturing

We are hiring Rockstars to join our Sauer Brands team!


Overall Goal of Position:
The Maintenance Manager will develop and execute a Total Preventative Maintenance (TPM) program including standardizing maintenance processes to drive asset reliability and uptime while leading and supporting capital improvement projects and building OurRecipe@SauerBrands:
• What are we making?
◦ A safer, stronger, more sustainable Sauer Brands that forges a prosperous future for our families
• Why are we making it?
◦ To excite and delight our customers with inspired flavors
• How do we make it? With
◦ Integrity
◦ Creativity
◦ Executional Excellence
◦ Teamwork
• Where are we going? / What does our “product” look like?
◦ One of the most respected food companies on the planet, known for our passion, expertise, and relentless pursuit of excellence.
Job Summary
The Maintenance Manager is responsible for executing a Total Preventative Maintenance (TPM) program while leading a cost effective, service-oriented team supporting the facility and manufacturing operations in achievement of plant KPIs. The Maintenance Manager supports all plant departments in driving the realization of “Safety as a Condition”. Reports to the Plant Manager.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
• Provides scope of work, cost of project calculations, and execution of work in complex capital projects.
• Develops maintenance financial standards by providing annual budget information, monitoring expenditures, identifying variances, and implementing corrective actions.
• Manage, lead, and develop technicians to ensure timely and cost effective repair and maintenance of facility assets
• Communicates to Senior Leadership any deadlines or issues within the maintenance department on a regular basis.
• Provide leadership and training tools for the maintenance department to increase overall maintenance capabilities
• Create high performance work teams in the maintenance department that will use root cause problem solving methods to resolve issues.
• Develop an ongoing training program for maintenance technicians.
• Facilitate communication and execution of facility projects with Engineering and 3rd party suppliers
• Develop improvement processes for the parts and planning system. This includes approving parts requisitions for the plant.
• Meet human resource objectives by assisting in selecting, training, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising job contributions; adhering to policies and procedures.
• Meets maintenance operational standards by contributing maintenance information to strategic plans and reviews; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems.
• Develops function and reliability of facility systems and associated equipment by studying performance results; identifying, recommending, and implementing changes, expansions, and additions.
• Maintains safe and healthy work environment by following standards and procedures; complying with legal codes and regulations.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities.
• Accomplishes maintenance and organization mission by completing related results as needed.
Performance Standards (the criteria used to evaluate performance)
• General Operations
◦ TRIR
◦ Plant OEE
◦ Schedule Attainment
◦ OTIF
◦ Labor as a % of Net Sales
◦ Cost savings (COGS)
◦ Training/development up-to-date
▪ Individually
▪ Departmentally (all staff)
• Facilities/Planning
◦ Project/AFE on-time, as planned and within budget
• Culture Building
◦ Organizational Health KPIs – Internal Promotions & Hourly Turnover
◦ KPIs for OurRecipe
• What you do and how you act
◦ Leadership and contribution to overall success of SBI
◦ Personal Effectiveness-meeting timelines and productivity requirements (quantity and quality of work)
◦ Personal interaction, communication and teamwork with internal and external parties, consistent with OurRecipe@SauerBrands

What We Are Looking For: Characteristics, skills, experience, education and performance history needed for success in the position:
• Personal Characteristics
◦ Professional Demeanor
◦ Entrepreneurial drive and the desire to “build a business”.
◦ Passionate, outgoing, energetic, and results oriented personality
◦ Overall confidence in one abilities and comfortable communicating the facts
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