Director of Maintenance | Foods

Maintenance Management

• Plan, schedule, and supervise daily maintenance activities, ensuring timely completion of reactive and preventive maintenance work.
• Assign, train, and develop a team of 4 maintenance technicians, fostering a culture of safety, food safety, and continuous improvement.
• Manage and optimize parts inventory, maintenance spend, and vendor/contractor relationships.
• Ensure maintenance activities comply with OSHA, GMP, SQF, and company safety and food safety standards.
• Maintain accurate CMMS records, work orders, and documentation.

Asset Reliability & Maintenance Strategy

• Develop, implement, and refine preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Analyze equipment performance data to identify and resolve chronic issues.
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and failure mode & effects analysis (FMEA) on equipment failures.
• Develop and track maintenance KPIs (MTBF, PM compliance, downtime, etc).
• Recommend and execute improvements for equipment reliability, process improvements, and energy efficiency.

Continuous Improvement

• Partner with production and FSQA teams to support operational and food safety objectives.
• Lead capital projects focused on equipment upgrades, reliability improvements, and automation.
• Maintain accurate documentation, including equipment records, work orders, and spare parts inventories.
• Participate in cross-functional improvement projects, including Value Creation Process (VCP) initiatives to reduce downtime and cost.

Safety & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with all OSHA, GMP, SQF, and company safety standards.
• Lead and participate in safety audits and initiatives related to equipment and maintenance activities.
• Support the EHS team in identifying engineering controls to reduce risk.

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