Description
SIGN-ON BONUS!
This position is eligible for a $2,500 sign-on bonus.
Lassonde Pappas & Co. is a US Leader in beverage manufacturing dedicated to our team members, customers and consumers satisfaction. We remain committed to our small-town roots and rural values. Hardworking and caring are qualities that make our teams special. Since 1942, we've been producing delicious products for our customers across the country!
To provide the best for our customers, we focus on building the best team by creating and advancing an inclusive environment amongst our diverse workforces. If you're passionate about customer satisfaction, reliable, and committed to being and doing better, join us!
We value each of our employees' total wellbeing. To support employees in all stages of their wellness journey, we have a robust benefits program including medical, dental, and vision coverage options, growth and development potential, along with 401-K, Life & Disability Insurance, PTO, Tuition Reimbursement, Health Fairs, Gym Membership Discounts, and so much more!
POSITION SUMMARY
The Maintenance Manager reports to the Plant Manager and is based out of our Hendersonville, North Carolina location. This individual will be responsible for a team of 3 direct reports and 20 technicians responsible for all maintenance activities in the facility including three hot fill bottling/canning lines, blending operations, warehouse, plant utilities, and building maintenance. This position is also responsible for the Food Safety and Food Quality programs.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES (essential functions of the job)
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Responsibilities include:
- Manage and improve a preventive maintenance program to improve equipment reliability, maximize wrench time, and increase operator engagement. This includes backlog management and planning periodic equipment overhauls.
- Manage the annual R&M budget for the facility. Identify opportunities to reduce cost and waste.
- Maintain and lead continuous improvement in regulatory programs including Arc Flash, LOTO, Confined Space, and Process Safety Management (PSM).
- Assist the Director of Engineering and plant leadership team in the development and execution of small capital projects.
- Assist with continuous improvement initiatives in water/energy conservation, solid waste reduction, and plant sustainability.
- Train new employees that are hired in the work area assigned
- Advanced knowledge of the field
- Lead by example and assist others who may need guidance
- Be accessible for employees to ask questions regarding areas of expertise
- Provide positive recognition to employees who exhibit good behavior in their work area
- Provide feedback to managers on individual and team performance
- Perform other related duties as required and assigned.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES (If applicable)
- Manage three employees and twenty indirect reports
- Monitor employee productivity and provide constructive feedback, coaching, counseling, and disciplining; conduct training; implement enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; and reviewing professional publications.
- Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees; maintaining a safe, secure, and legal work environment; developing personal growth opportunities.
- Communicates job expectations; planning, monitoring, and assessing job results; coaching, and counseling employees; developing, coordinating, and enforcing systems, procedures, and productivity standards.
- Establishes strategic goals; identifies and evaluates trends; chooses a course of action; defines objectives; evaluates outcomes.
- Lead and support a food safety and food quality culture within the location
- Establish, document, and communicate to all relevant staff of food safety and quality objectives and performance measure
- Empower and encourage employees to act to resolve food safety and quality issues within their scope of work
- Implement, maintain, and continuously improve the food safety and quality culture within the location
- Effectively communicate all key performance indicators and objectives to employees
- Ensure staffing and adequate resources are maintained to meet objectives
- Educate all staff to understand the importance of food safety and food quality controls and deviation consequences.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Minimum Required Qualifications
- Requires strong planning/administrative/supervisory skills
- Solid knowledge of electrical, industrial controls, mechanical, hydraulic, compressed air, boiler systems, ammonia refrigeration systems, waste treatment systems, and building maintenance in a hi speed CPG environment
- 7-9 years of management experience (2-3 years leading a maintenance department preferred)
- Demonstrated ability to produce results in reliability/OEE through administration of a preventive/predictive maintenance program- knowledge of continuous improvement techniques (5S, Lean, TPM, etc.) a plus
- Ability to analyze trends from an automated DT collection system
- Knowledge of good manufacturing practices (GMP) and food processing equipment. Ideal candidate will have bottling and canning experience
- GFSI/SQF experience a plus
- Understand OSHA/FDA/USDA/EPA requirements in a manufacturing environment
- Experience utilizing a CMMS to request, plan, execute and analyze maintenance activities -LPC currently uses EMaint in the facility
- Ability to work a flexible schedule to ensure leadership presence across 3 shifts, including some weekend coverage.
- Typically covers every 4th weekend to oversee PM activities
- BS or equivalent experience
Additional Preferred Qualifications
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to direct, coach, and train others
- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Must be detailed oriented and have the ability to multi-task
- Proven organizational skills
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORKING CONDITIONS
This position requires sufficient physical ability to work in a typical office setting; driving a motor vehicle and occasionally working in the field.
FREQUENT: sitting, upward and downward flexion of neck; fine finger dexterity and light to moderate finger pressure to include extended periods of keyboard and mouse use, side-to-side turning of neck, walking, standing, bending and stooping, pushing/pulling, twisting at waist, moderate wrist torque to twist equipment knobs and dials.
OCCASIONAL: squatting, kneeling, reach above and at shoulder height, moderate grasp to manipulate reference books and manuals; lifting objects weighing up to 50 pounds from below waist to above shoulders and transporting distances up to 50 feet.
VISION: Ability to see in the normal visual range with or without correction.
HEARING: Ability to hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.
This job description is not intended to contain a comprehensive list of the responsibilities that are required to successfully perform in this position. Other duties as assigned are part of every job description. The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential job functions.
Lassonde Pappas & Co., Inc provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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