Maintenance Manager

Your Opportunity as a Technical/Maintenance Manager

This position will serve to be the key technical, maintenance and infrastructure leader in supporting the manufacturing of sweet baked snacks. The successful candidate will be a member of the operations leadership team to drive continuous improvement and the proper maintenance of plant equipment. The role will serve as the plant’s Progressive Maintenance (PM) Pillar Owner and will be responsible for driving the key result metrics of the pillar. Additionally, the role will serve to deliver the business in the areas of Safety, Quality, Reliability, Efficiency, Cost, Delivery, and Sustainability. The Technical Manager is responsible for the leadership, development, and support of our Maintenance resources and systems.

Location: 1525 Industrial Rd, Emporia, KS 66801 (Hostess Manufacturing Plant)

Work Arrangements: 100% on-site, AM Shift – Flexibility required. Willingness to work off shift (including nights, weekends, and/or holidays) and flow to the work as needed

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 help them to understand and apply Progressive Maintenance tools

• Prioritize work effectively through use of a CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System)

• Lead the plant facilities team to ensure reliable operations and maintenance of all production equipment, plant infrastructure, utilities, wastewater treatment system, buildings & grounds

• Lead the maintenance storeroom team

• Lead and be responsible for monthly and yearly budgets

• Responsible for the maintenance shop to ensure staffing, skills and equipment to support plant maintenance repair activities

• Work closely with vendors to maintain budget, and schedule in-house project implementations

• Ensure Maintenance activities are planned and executed in a manner that protects product integrity and food safety, including strict adherence to GMPs, sanitation standards, and Maintenance for Food Safety (MFS) principles across all work performed on site

• 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

• Working closely with the Plant Engineer, 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:

• A Bachelor's degree

• A minimum of 3 years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment

• A minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience leading a team, coaching and developing leaders to deliver business needs where employee safety receives top priority, followed closely by product quality and productivity

• Experience developing and maintaining a department budget

• 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)

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

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

• Process Engineering or reliability knowledge/experience

• Demonstrated experience in building a high-performance work culture and systems

• Food processing, pet or human food manufacturing

Work Environment: This job operates in a manufacturing environment. The noise level in the work environment and manufacturing sites can be high.

Physical Demands:

• Regularly required to talk and hear.  

• Frequently required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

• Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

• Able to lift objects up to 50 pounds frequently.

• May push and pull heavy objects.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. 

The Right Place for You 

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs. 

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