Maintenance Manager- Foremost Farms

Job Title: Maintenance Manager

Company: Foremost Farms

Location:  Marshfield, WI

Description: The Maintenance Manager oversees installation, repairs, and upkeep of the facility's property and assets. They will contribute to the organization's success by ensuring optimal proactive maintenance support and processes for the entire plant production and work to improve plant efficiency.

Key Accountabilities:

• Oversee and lead maintenance procedures and ensure implementation in the facility.
• Optimize production operations through prioritizing, scheduling, and coordinating requests of repairs and installations for all aspects of maintenance work.
• Identify and present capital improvement projects to support plant infrastructure needs and improvements.
• Set and manage budget for maintenance department and related maintenance activities and reevaluate on an ongoing basis.
• Maintain a critical parts inventory system for all machine parts, and order parts as necessary for inventory and special projects.
• Collaborate with sub-contractors to coordinate installation of new equipment and completion of building projects.
• Develop and implement continuous improvement and strategic planning:
• Identify and maintain a pipeline of capital projects and foster strong working relationships with stakeholders, including outside contractors and vendors.
• Prepare, submit and update capital requests using capital planning software.
• Analyze downtime trends and maintain machine operating standards.
• Act as the technical resource to address and resolve maintenance related inquiries and problems, including aiding in trouble shooting plant equipment malfunctions.
• Ensure all practices comply with regulatory and internal policies:
• Manage the plant preventive maintenance plan to ensure completion of tasks to ensure minimized production downtime.
• Administer the maintenance work order system by prioritizing, assigning, and monitoring work orders.
• Manage OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) programs, with an emphasis on lockout/tagout and electrical safety.
• Ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal regulatory environmental programs for testing and disposal requirements such as waste oil disposal Process Safety Management and Risk Management Plan.
• Participate in safety efforts including attending safety meetings, incident investigations, assisting in root cause analysis and auditing.
• Manage training needs for maintenance staff.
• This role is accountable for ensuring that monitoring and/or verifying of control points occurs and that the required documentation is completed. For example, Critical Control Points(CCP), Preventive Controls(PC), Critical Quality Points(CQP), Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points(HACCP), and Safe Quality Food(SQF) plans. This is not an all-inclusive list.
• Other related duties as assigned

Experience, Skills and Abilities: 

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate degree in science, or completion of trades training.
• 5 years of progressively responsible related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Knowledge related to the job and 5-7 years of progressively responsible related experience.

Key competencies

• Facilitate trusting relationships through effective communication, follow through on commitments, resolving conflicts and recognizing the good work of others.
• Regularly challenge the status quo by identifying opportunities for improvement, challenging the current state, and understanding that change and growth are ongoing.
• Develop innovative solutions by bringing and supporting new ideas and thinking.
• Demonstrate focused and disciplined execution by measuring performance toward goals and objectives.
• Communicate to share relevant information proactively and brings others along.

Hours/Employment Type:  Full Time

Salary/Wages:  Competitive pay

How to Apply: Visit our online posting

Questions? Please contact Claire Selden at claire.selden@foremostfarms.com, (608) 355-8793