Maintenance Manager

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for the leadership, development, and support of our Maintenance resources and systems.

Location: Buffalo, NY manufacturing plant

Work Arrangements: 100% on-site

Reports to: Plant Engineer Manager

In this role you will:

• 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 (Computerized Maintenance Management System)
• Lead the maintenance storeroom team
• Responsible for the maintenance shop to ensure staffing, skills, and equipment to support plant maintenance and 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
• 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

What we are looking for:

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 5+ years maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated ability leading and coaching, strategic focus on training, 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)
• Union environment experience
• TPM experience

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:

• 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