Maintenance Manager
Maintenance Manager
Maintenance Manager - Kiel, Wisconsin
The Facilities / Maintenance Manager is accountable to lead, develop, and implement maintenance and reliability strategies that improve productivity while assuring highest levels of safety, quality, sanitation, and regulatory compliance.
Manages site assets, facility maintenance and modifications of equipment and ensures that all resources are available to production and other departments to maintain production systems, equipment, utilities, buildings, and grounds.
In addition, this individual will work closely with Engineering, plant management, EH&S and Quality to development project scope, capital requests, and expense estimates.
Additional duties include contractor / vendor selection and qualification, process design, equipment specifications and purchases, and project implementation including timeline coordination and execution.
Fosters collaboration and teamwork.
Supports Land O'Lakes values and integrity in all plant activities.
Promotes safety, and an environment for open, and timely communication.
The Maintenance Manager is responsible for the people leadership and development of all hourly and salaried direct reports according to the LOL vision and values.
Experience - Education (Required):
* Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Food Processing field and a minimum of 5 years' experience in an industrial plant with 3 plus years' experience in a leadership capacity or equivalent.
OR an Associate's Degree in a mechanical/utilities related field with 7+ years of technical maintenance experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility to include managing people and capital projects.
* Knowledge and expertise with dairy or foods manufacturing processes.
* Food/Dairy/Chemical Manufacturing Processing experience requiring the use of a PSM regulated ammonia refrigeration system with technical knowledge of refrigeration and maintenance systems, equipment installation/startups and plant utility equipment.
* Solid project management, manufacturing processes, facilities construction.
Competencies - Skills (Required):
* Process Control knowledge, electrical knowledge, strong Mechanical Aptitude, familiar with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's).
* Principles and practices of food manufacturing, including food safety, quality, manufacturing concepts.
* Project management planning and execution experience
* Current RETA Certified Industrial Refrigeration Operator (CIRO) certification or ability to obtain RETA CIRO certification or similar training is preferred.
* Assist process designs, equipment specifications and capital estimates for process upgrades, modifications to existing systems and installation / commissioning of new assets.
* Provide methods, equipment recommendations and standard operating practices to optimize processes and meet product specifications.
* Facilitate training necessary to provide proper knowledge o...
- Rate: Not Specified
- Location: Kiel, US-WI
- Type: Permanent
- Industry: Finance
- Recruiter: Land O'Lakes Inc.
- Contact: Not Specified
- Email: to view click here
- Reference: R-33004
- Posted: 2025-01-09 07:34:15 -
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