Maintenance Manager - Portland

About the job

ABOUT THE JOB:

At Danone, Manufacturing the best products and supplying them to meet demand is a key driver for our plant teams. We have an opening for a Maintenance Manager based in our Portland, Oregon frozen yogurt manufacturing facility. In this role, you will be responsible for the management of the maintenance department at the plant with a focus on predictive/preventive maintenance and machine reliability. You will lead the team that is directly responsible for maintenance pillar activities, training and developing maintenance team and machine operators on theory of operation, and supporting the equipment needs of plant operations. You will also be responsible for coaching and developing the maintenance team on priorities, coordination of work, execution and follow up of planned work. Additionally, you will be responsible for developing planned maintenance strategies that support safety, people engagement, quality, food safety, cost, reliability and continuous improvement initiatives. Some travel, both day trips and overnight stays, may be required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Leadership/Management:

• Manages site maintenance team.
• Provides guidance, instruction and mentoring for the maintenance staff.
• Provides periodic feedback to employees in the areas of job knowledge, performance and development. Provides training where needed to improve employee skill sets critical to the success of the business.
• Responsible for resolving maintenance employee relations issues.
• Provides positive role model for all plant personnel in the area of safety, quality and productivity.
• Manages employee overtime and equipment reliability to achieve lowest maintenance costs for the plant.

Maintenance and Engineering:

• Optimizes plant energy usage.
• Prepares facility maintenance and maintenance projects between contractors and maintenance.
• Directs maintenance prioritization, planning and execution for the site.
• Communicates with the operating departments to maintain system awareness and identify opportunities and provide technical expertise for optimization of the process control systems.
• Staffs and directs staff activities to provide quality, cost-effective support for all electrical, mechanical, information, and process control systems while assuring compliance with Sarbanes Oxley.
• Manages maintenance schedulers in scheduling of work, developing and setting objectives, monitoring of progress, and the evaluation of results.
• Coordinates corporate technology strategies with the information systems shared services group.
• Analyze problems and/or trends in plant maintenance and recommend appropriate resolutions to minimize production downtime for all areas of the plant.
• Evaluates major sources of machine downtime and creates action plans to improve machine efficiency and reliability.

Capital and Project Management:

• Manages the execution of major construction and maintenance projects
• Plans scheduled downtimes, shutdowns and maintenance projects.

Safety/Environmental/Compliance:

• Ensures the plant is compliant with local state and federal rules in the area of maintenance equipment
• Leads the safety effort for the maintenance.
• Identifies safety issues that may arise due to equipment modification.
• Maintains a clean and orderly environment conducive to safe work habits, encourages employee accountability.

About you

ABOUT YOU:

• You have experience in mechanical and/or systems related technical training or equivalent experience, preferred. Continuous improvement/lean manufacturing experience is preferred.
• You must possess analytical troubleshooting skills, and have good verbal and written communication skills.
• You have functional understanding of predictive and preventive maintenance programs, work order systems and world-class maintenance systems is desired.
• You are proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, Timekeeping software, PM management software, required. Previous experience using a Computer Maintenance Management system (MP2, MVP, etc) is preferred.
• You have a HS Diploma or GED with a minimum of 7 (seven) years’ experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment (food/beverage/dairy manufacturing environment preferred) with maintenance, engineering, project management and/or production management experience, required. A Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field is strongly preferred.
• You have a minimum of five years leadership experience.

About us

At Danone North America, you’ll work with some of the best-known food and beverage brands in the world like Activia, Silk, Horizon Organic, Two Good, Oikos, evian, and Happy Family. You’ll be part of one of the largest Certified B Corps™ in the world, working together to make sure our brands create real benefits for people, communities, and the planet. We have 6,000+ employees across the U.S. and Canada. Come join our movement for a healthier world: One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Danone North America doesn’t just welcome what makes you unique, we value it. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All hires to our team are based on qualifications, merit and business needs. We recruit, employ, train and promote regardless of race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, genetic characteristic or any other protected status. Faithful to our values of openness and humanism, all of our employees share in the commitment to engage one another with dignity and respect. http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf

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