Maintenance Manager

Bimbo Bakeries USA•Phoenix, AZ

14h•$94,300 - $122,600

About The Position

The Maintenance Manager leads the maintenance department and supports world-class bakery operations. The role is accountable for the department’s financial and reliability health, developing Team Leaders and Associates, and helping achieve performance goals for people, asset reliability, quality, safety, service, and cost. The manager partners with bakery and business-unit leadership and cross-functional teams to identify and implement strategies that improve results, while building a culture of integrity, teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement. The role sets departmental priorities, facilitates problem-solving, coaches Team Leaders, and supports efficient production and on-schedule shipments. It also oversees safety programs and regulatory compliance, focuses attention on product-quality issues, and manages budgets related to capital investments, Parts Room Optimization, pan glazing, downtime, and damages. The manager is responsible for developing talent through onboarding, training, coaching, and performance feedback, and for advancing Operations Excellence standards and sustainable process improvements. Travel for meetings, Factory Acceptance Testing, benchmarking, and similar purposes averages 10–15% of the role’s time.

Requirements

Five or more years of hands-on maintenance management experience.
High school diploma or GED required.
Operational background in electrical circuitry, refrigeration, fuel-burning equipment, and machine mechanics.
Conceptual knowledge of PLC programming.
Conceptual knowledge of predictive maintenance techniques.
Familiarity with lean tools or a similar statistical process and control system.
Knowledge of safety- and environmental-related concepts, including compliance with state, federal, and local regulations.
Ability to set and achieve business performance targets, establish data-based priorities, and develop contingency plans.
Demonstrated ability to build and lead teams, develop talent, communicate a strategic vision, and drive change and continuous improvement.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or a related field preferred; relevant education, training, and experience demonstrating competency may be substituted.
AIB certification preferred.
PLC programming experience preferred; PLC programming proficiency is ideal.

Responsibilities

Oversee the financial and reliability health of the maintenance department, including creating and maintaining annual budgets.
Lead the growth and development of Team Leaders and Associates.
Build a culture that values people and community and acts with integrity.
Partner with Business Unit leadership, the bakery leadership team, and cross-functional teams to identify and implement profit-driving strategies and programs.
Uphold and promote the E5 Leadership Behaviors: Embrace the Consumer, Ensure Operational Capabilities, Empower and Involve, Engage and Develop, and Expect Ownership and Accountability.
Coach Team Leaders toward an empowered, problem-solving mentality and consistent achievement of world-class standards.
Support collaboration across departments to resolve issues and ensure production is to schedule and shipments are to order.
Set departmental priorities and facilitate problem-solving processes and teams to identify, implement, and communicate solutions.
Deliver key performance indicators for People, Asset Reliability, Quality, Safety, Service, and Cost.
Develop Team Leader competencies through onboarding, training, coaching, and consistent performance feedback.
Achieve safety goals; deliver safety-awareness programs; and comply with workplace standards, company policies, and government regulations.
Ensure product quality by identifying, prioritizing, and addressing focus issues.
Manage budgets for capital investments, Parts Room Optimization, pan glazing, downtime, and damages.
Equip Team Leaders to serve sales by analyzing data, ensuring production processes run efficiently, and setting the team up for success.
Set data-based priorities and plans with Team Leaders, fellow Department Leaders, and the Bakery Leader to improve business KPIs.
Travel for meetings, Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), benchmarking, and similar activities, averaging 10–15% of work time.
Drive Operations Excellence and sustainable operational initiatives and process-improvement activities across manufacturing facilities and processes.
Lead through floor communication, engage associates, and build buy-in for change initiatives.
Promote the adoption of lean tools, process capability, and operational discipline.
Coach Team Leaders and Associates to support continuous improvement and prepare individuals for greater responsibility.