Maintenance Manager

Farmer Focus•Harrisonburg, VA

8h•Onsite

About The Position

Farmer Focus’s mission is to promote and protect generational family farms by shifting farm-level decision-making and chicken ownership back to farmers and empowering them to farm the way they know is best. We are committed to consistently producing 100% organic and humanely raised chicken that is better for people, the planet, and animals. Our culture is rooted in servant leadership, and we live by our Farmer Focus CARES values: Community, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Stewardship. Farmer Focus has an opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Manager to provide hands-on leadership to our production facilities in Harrisonburg, VA. The successful candidate must have a "safety-first" and hands-on mindset, be a self-motivated partner supporting all operations for the production of the Farmer Focus premium organic chicken. This role will also be responsible for managing reliability improvement initiatives and projects to achieve established performance metrics. Primary responsibilities include overseeing maintenance teams and ensuring successful completion of machine maintenance, troubleshooting, repair and improvement of food processing and ancillary equipment. Facilitate implementation of preventive maintenance programs. Ensure all production machines are running at maximum efficiency. Initiating corrective/preventive and continuous improvement opportunities and actively participate in developing, implementing, and verifying corrective/improvement actions. Provide a safe working environment for all employees to ensure an acceptable incident rate. Seek, develop, implement, and facilitate training programs for all Maintenance personnel. Interact with Plant Manager s to develop, implement and facilitate training programs for Maintenance Group Leads, Manufacturing Technicians, and Maintenance Technicians. Interact directly with Complex Manager to ensure effective preventive maintenance and a reduction of downtime. Maintain an open channel of communication to ensure positive customer relations. Control R&M spending Ensure timely orders of materials and parts for the plant. Responsible for plant systems and support equipment. Responsible for the plant's R&M, and Operating Supplies . Manage Capital Projects. Audit production equipment. Facilitate the Lock-out Tag-out, Hot Work Permit, Confined Space Entry, Work Place Inspections, OSHA Inspections, Safety Bulletin, General Safety, and Respiratory Protection Safety Programs. Ability to plan, select, and develop a team is crucial All other related duties as assigned by Management.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Agricultural Engineering or related discipline preferred
5 years of experience in maintenance management
Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of advanced equipment maintenance tracking software applications, safety standards programs, and formal building maintenance programs
Ability and proficiency with cost/benefit analysis and capital expenditure justification
Thorough understanding of TPM and/or Reliability Work Process
Demonstrated expertise in facility maintenance management, staff supervision, budgeting, and maintenance training
Significant leadership skills in managing other maintenance workers in problem solving, communication, time management and multi-tasking
Must have experience in leading improvement efforts in Maintenance Reliability, Predictive and Preventive Maintenance
Must be able and willing to work safely, including wearing and using appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE)
Must have working knowledge and experience with Microsoft Word and Excel, and ability to learn various PC-based production and operations applications

Nice To Haves

Experience working in food or beverage operation highly preferred

Responsibilities

Overseeing maintenance teams
Ensuring successful completion of machine maintenance, troubleshooting, repair and improvement of food processing and ancillary equipment
Facilitate implementation of preventive maintenance programs
Ensure all production machines are running at maximum efficiency
Initiating corrective/preventive and continuous improvement opportunities and actively participate in developing, implementing, and verifying corrective/improvement actions
Provide a safe working environment for all employees to ensure an acceptable incident rate
Seek, develop, implement, and facilitate training programs for all Maintenance personnel
Interact with Plant Manager s to develop, implement and facilitate training programs for Maintenance Group Leads, Manufacturing Technicians, and Maintenance Technicians
Interact directly with Complex Manager to ensure effective preventive maintenance and a reduction of downtime
Maintain an open channel of communication to ensure positive customer relations
Control R&M spending
Ensure timely orders of materials and parts for the plant
Responsible for plant systems and support equipment
Responsible for the plant's R&M, and Operating Supplies
Manage Capital Projects
Audit production equipment
Facilitate the Lock-out Tag-out, Hot Work Permit, Confined Space Entry, Work Place Inspections, OSHA Inspections, Safety Bulletin, General Safety, and Respiratory Protection Safety Programs
Ability to plan, select, and develop a team is crucial
All other related duties as assigned by Management