Maintenance Manager - Nights

Mars•Kansas City, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Mars Petcare is seeking a Maintenance Shift Manager for its Nutro business at a manufacturing plant in Kansas City, Missouri. This full-time role leads a maintenance team on the night shift and serves as a technical resource for the assigned department and/or shift. The manager ensures plant equipment is properly maintained by skilled, cross-functional technicians and that the team supports site safety, quality, environmental, regulatory, financial, and product-supply goals. The role leads maintenance associates in eliminating causes of equipment failure and preserving equipment useful life, in coordination with operators’ daily autonomous maintenance. It directs repair, maintenance, and installation work; provides technical and problem-solving support; executes plant-specific maintenance strategies; and inspects machines and equipment for compliance with operational standards. The position works 12-hour shifts, 6 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., on a four-on, four-off schedule, with no rotating shifts. Mars describes a competitive compensation and benefits package that includes insurance, disability coverage, a 401(k) match, vacation, paid holidays, sick pay, maternity and parental leave, and annual bonus potential.

Requirements

Associate degree in a technical-related discipline, or more than 10 years of experience in a technical-related field of work.
Ability to lead maintenance activities and support plant equipment maintenance and troubleshooting.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a technical discipline.
At least 5 years of recent experience in a progressive technical leadership role in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
Experience working in a formalized continuous-improvement environment, such as TPM or Lean Manufacturing.

Responsibilities

Supervise a maintenance team responsible for equipment breakdown repairs, preventive maintenance and associated systems, and maintenance cost management.
Ensure maintenance assignments are performed efficiently and safely; troubleshoot plant and equipment.
Directly supervise maintenance staff.
Establish and maintain preventive-maintenance systems, inspection routines, inventory control, job scheduling, staff training, and plant improvement plans, including efficiency and yield improvements.
Control maintenance spending cost-effectively within the site budget for repairs, resources, direct labor, and overtime.
Manage projects to improve asset utilization, safety, and equipment reliability, applying process and project engineering skills.
Identify and pursue continuous-improvement opportunities to reduce manufacturing costs in production areas.
Lead the department’s planned-maintenance function by developing and managing implementation plans.
Manage overhauls, modernization, and construction of machinery and parts to deliver cost-effective modifications and improvements.
Monitor and assist with development of the annual capital-project forecast and maintenance and repair budgets, and monitor work to ensure budgets are met.
Lead maintenance associates in eliminating equipment failure causes and ensuring equipment’s full useful life, coordinated with operators’ daily autonomous maintenance.
Lead repair, maintenance, and installation activities for machines, tools, and equipment.
Provide technical and problem-solving support to the plant and maintenance crews.
Execute plant-specific maintenance strategies to meet plant maintenance-performance goals.
Inspect operating machines and equipment for conformance with operational standards.