Maintenance / Engineering Manager-Stockton, CA

Diamond Foods • Stockton, CA

294d • $85,000 - $135,000

About The Position

Diamond Foods is looking for an experienced, energetic Maintenance / Engineering manager to join the Operations team in Stockton, California. The Maintenance / Engineering manager will be accountable for asset reliability maintenance program management, food safety, environmental sustainability and leading skilled work team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering field
• Ability to work flexible hours / shifts to manage and support 3 shift operation

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading, developing engineering and maintenance team / department
• 3 - 7 years experience in leading and developing a technical team: industrial mechanics, engineering and maintenance supervisors, and or technical team, preferred
• Has potential to grow into an engineering director level role within 3 - 5 years
• Has demonstrated ability to implement and sustain manufacturing process improvements and controls, preferred
• Experience with CMMS systems, and asset reliability management
• Experience with industrial electrical safety, and fundamental knowledge of industrial controls and electrical systems, and mechanical systems, preferred but not required
• Experience with high speed packaging technology, operations and maintenance
• 5+ years of demonstrated experience with industrial maintenance and/ or electrical systems
• Experience in an continuous process improvement manufacturing environment a plus
• Familiar with Microsoft Office applications
• Green Belt and or Black Belt certification a plus, but not required
• Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry and food manufacturing experience a plus

Responsibilities

• Maintenance / Reliability management using CMMS for preventative maintenance, PM and predictive maintenance program, planning, scheduling, parts and work order system management
• Work with production managers, corporate staff, consultants to continually evaluate, develop, and execute projects that improve safety, reduce costs and improve quality
• Execute projects to include funding (AFEs), defining scope, conducting cost analysis and justification, and project management
• Develop skills of engineering/ maintenance staff and perform annual performance evaluations
• Lead and develop associates, supervisors, and work teams through training and coaching
• Ensure training for newly implemented methods, equipment, and systems to continuously improve technical skill level
• Manage capital, labor, parts, contracted services, and expense budgets
• Manage cross-functional teams of resources in Engineering/Maintenance, Production, Procurement, and Marketing to identify and implement improvement opportunities and achieve KPI's
• Provide engineering analysis using procedures that include generation of drawings, engineering design principles, process capabilities, and equipment layouts
• Ensure that the equipment is capable of making product to specification at a rate to achieve production schedule, targeted efficiencies and operate at design specifications
• Support daily operational troubleshooting and problem solving
• Support and lead environmental and energy conservation program
• Implement and share best practices
• Ensure a safe working environment for team associates
• Lead sanitation team

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Excellent benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Food Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree