Manager Maintenance

External • Bakersfield, CA

20h • Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for the effective and consistent management of the site engineering practice and operation. The goal is to consistently achieve production and cost targets by minimizing waste and downtime through effective management and upkeep of processes, teams, and equipment. This ensures customer service levels are met by manufacturing products to the right quality and specification, covering all aspects of food safety. This is achieved by ensuring engineering teams are coordinated and managed effectively, with a clear understanding of requirements, attention to detail, and by providing inspiration, guidance, motivation, training, and multi-skilling to all teams.

Requirements

• Effective and consistent management of the site engineering practice and operation.
• Achieve production and cost targets minimizing waste and downtime.
• Effective management and upkeep of processes, teams and equipment.
• Achieve customer service level with customers.
• Manufacture products to the right quality and specification.
• Cover all aspects of food safety.
• Ensure engineering teams are effectively coordinated and managed.
• Clear knowledge and understanding of requirements.
• Attention to detail.
• Provide inspiration, guidance, motivation, training and multi-skilling to teams.
• Ensure smooth running of the factory machinery.
• Keep production plan informed and updated of any changes to this plan in order to plan your team’s daily work and equipment readiness enables plan completion.
• Ensure all machinery is available for production when required.
• Drive the team to look for issues, and not wait to be told or instructed to complete a task.
• Awareness of all machinery problems or any unfinished jobs.
• Keep a full library of machine manuals, along with support mechanisms linked to site or group resources when information and support is required.
• Ensure the engineering team attend breakdowns promptly.
• Ensure effective hand-over within your team making sure they are held accountable for what they do.
• Create a “one person for one job” policy unless the job requires more or for training; never compromise safety.
• Ensure all areas are operating under discipline, the workplace, workshop and stores are clean, organized and tidy by maintaining a clean as you go policy in all areas.
• Drive the production process to ensure that the products produced meet customer specifications, quality and food safety.
• Ensure that daily, weekly and monthly production meets targeted outputs through effective management of equipment and engineering resources.
• Provide a visible presence in production daily to guide, coach, monitor and control the issues and activities and be accessible to all.
• Communicate effectively with all the team, not just “Send and Forget” emails.
• Carry out performance reviews with your team and ensure training is done where needed.
• Proactively looking for areas of improvement and adopting techniques and practices that ensure that there is a quality environment in production.
• Ensure that health and safety requirements are fully met and a positive safety culture is maintained throughout the factory.
• Ensure that you walk the talk and use the looking eyes, attend to the issues as and when they happen.
• The daily site walk must deliver a clean, tidy site all over.
• Ensure that you are the focal point for the team.
• Represent The Froneri Way of working through the behaviors and characteristics in our Operating Model and Core Values.
• To ensure the use of other group resources to ensure synergies are carried through, driving knowledge and issues to be shared.
• Briefing & de-briefing the team on daily basis.
• Engineering stock is accurate and is kept at a controlled value, at the same time ensuring critical spares are available.
• Risk assessment of all critical spares.
• Know what has been used and ordered daily.
• Create links with other sites where it is feasible to not duplicate stores stock.
• Ensure redundant stock does not build up.
• Ensure the maintenance plan has purpose, that it evolves to allow the maximum time available for production, no strip and rebuild for the sake of it!
• Only replace worn/ broken parts – condition based rather than planned based maintenance.
• Drive the tasks through required work from observations and data, not just theoretical plans.
• Full evaluation of, cost, availability and requirement to decide if run to failure or replace.
• Maintenance always follows production, not the other way around.
• Ensure that maintenance tasks adhere to company’s food safety polices at all times.
• Ensure all working practices comply with company rules and procedures in order that you and any other persons using the area of work can do so safely.
• Always keep full and up to date records of all equipment to ensure traceability.
• Evaluate all tasks against cost, time and quality for internal or external completion.
• Detailed supplier specifications completed for all equipment projects, more upfront detail results in less work later.
• Close management of time scales, costs and deliverables maintained to ensure all projects meet expectations, are on time and within budget.
• Treat all spends as if they are your own.
• Manage cost daily.
• Accountable for all departmental spends.
• To manage, monitor and control costs to ensure that site costs are within budgeted requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Driving high-impact transformation with household brands.
• Entrepreneurial, fast paced, and engaging growth assignment working with incredible people from across the globe.
• Transforming DGIC into the #1 ice cream brand.
• Investing in significant capital expansions to grow Operations and Supply chain.
• Transforming how we work at every level to become agile, accelerate growth and elevate quality.
• Renewed focus on frozen treats.
• Tight-knit team of ambitious innovators fully immersed in the business and encouraged to flex and make decisions quickly.
• Pursuing every great idea and delivering the best ice cream experience for consumers.
• Unleashing potential at Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream.
• Covering all aspects of food safety.
• Providing all teams with inspiration, guidance, motivation, training and multi-skilling.
• Drive the team to look for issues, and not wait to be told or instructed to complete a task.
• Keep a full library of machine manuals, along with support mechanisms linked to site or group resources when information and support is required.
• Create a “one person for one job” policy unless the job requires more or for training; never compromise safety.
• Drive the production process to ensure that the products produced meet customer specifications, quality and food safety.
• Provide a visible presence in production daily to guide, coach, monitor and control the issues and activities and be accessible to all.
• Communicate effectively with all the team, not just “Send and Forget” emails.
• Proactively looking for areas of improvement and adopting techniques and practices that ensure that there is a quality environment in production.
• Ensure that you walk the talk and use the looking eyes, attend to the issues as and when they happen.
• The daily site walk must deliver a clean, tidy site all over.
• Represent The Froneri Way of working through the behaviors and characteristics in our Operating Model and Core Values.
• To ensure the use of other group resources to ensure synergies are carried through, driving knowledge and issues to be shared.
• Briefing & de-briefing the team on daily basis.
• Risk assessment of all critical spares.
• Create links with other sites where it is feasible to not duplicate stores stock.
• Ensure redundant stock does not build up.
• Ensure the maintenance plan has purpose, that it evolves to allow the maximum time available for production, no strip and rebuild for the sake of it!
• Only replace worn/ broken parts – condition based rather than planned based maintenance.
• Drive the tasks through required work from observations and data, not just theoretical plans.
• Full evaluation of, cost, availability and requirement to decide if run to failure or replace.
• Maintenance always follows production, not the other way around.
• Ensure that maintenance tasks adhere to company’s food safety polices at all times.
• Ensure all working practices comply with company rules and procedures in order that you and any other persons using the area of work can do so safely.
• Always keep full and up to date records of all equipment to ensure traceability.
• Evaluate all tasks against cost, time and quality for internal or external completion.
• Detailed supplier specifications completed for all equipment projects, more upfront detail results in less work later.
• Close management of time scales, costs and deliverables maintained to ensure all projects meet expectations, are on time and within budget.
• Treat all spends as if they are your own.
• Manage cost daily.
• Accountable for all departmental spends.
• To manage, monitor and control costs to ensure that site costs are within budgeted requirements.
• Zero rejections for product food safety and quality issues related to machinery.
• Waste driven by poor equipment performance.
• Daily, weekly, monthly production targets are fully met.
• Costs are maintained at/below budgeted levels.
• Direct Team to receive a performance review.
• Training and development plans in place for all team, producing measurable business benefits.
• Quality and improvement initiatives being implemented.
• Reduction in accidents and incidents on a YOY basis.
• An improving trend on the submitted weekly KPI’s.
• Projects delivered on time within budget.
• Drive actions from quality benchmarking.
• All site process and equipment.
• Break down interventions, maintenance and improvements.
• Production Targets.
• Engineering budget.
• Health & Safety.
• Team management.
• Training and development of the team.
• Impeccable hygiene standards always.
• We Take Ownership: Stay committed to responsibilities from start to finish. Make sound decisions and get into the right level of detail. Apply resources to initiatives that add growth, improve efficiencies, or reduce waste.
• We Do What Is Right: Choose transparency over convenience, even if it means difficult conversations. Set clear roles and responsibilities, enabling everyone to exercise appropriate initiative and judgment. Speak up when you see something that does not align to our values and policies.
• We Seek to Improve: Strive to continuously improve and innovate to exceed expectations. Value feedback from others and encourage open dialogue to understand how we can improve. Learn from both successes and failures.
• We Are Better Together: Ensure decisions are based on what’s best for the whole business. Practice inclusion by seeking diverse perspectives. Treat everyone with fairness and respect.

Responsibilities

• Ensure smooth running of the factory machinery.
• Keep production plan informed and updated of any changes to plan to enable team's daily work and equipment readiness for plan completion.
• Ensure all machinery is available for production when required.
• Drive the team to proactively look for issues.
• Maintain awareness of all machinery problems or unfinished jobs.
• Keep a full library of machine manuals and support mechanisms linked to site or group resources.
• Ensure the engineering team attend breakdowns promptly.
• Ensure effective hand-over within the team, holding them accountable for their actions.
• Create and enforce a "one person for one job" policy unless the job requires more or for training, never compromising safety.
• Ensure all areas operate under discipline, and the workplace, workshop, and stores are clean, organized, and tidy by maintaining a clean-as-you-go policy.
• Drive the production process to ensure products meet customer specifications, quality, and food safety standards.
• Ensure daily, weekly, and monthly production meets targeted outputs through effective management of equipment and engineering resources.
• Provide a visible presence in production daily to guide, coach, monitor, and control issues and activities, and be accessible to all.
• Communicate effectively with all team members.
• Carry out performance reviews with the team and ensure necessary training is provided.
• Proactively seek areas for improvement and adopt techniques and practices that ensure a quality environment in production.
• Ensure health and safety requirements are fully met and a positive safety culture is maintained throughout the factory.
• Walk the talk, use "looking eyes," and attend to issues as they happen.
• Ensure daily site walks result in a clean and tidy site.
• Act as the focal point for the team.
• Represent The Froneri Way of working through behaviors and characteristics in the Operating Model and Core Values.
• Ensure the use of other group resources to drive synergies and share knowledge and issues.
• Brief and de-brief the team on a daily basis.
• Ensure engineering stock is accurate and kept at a controlled value, while ensuring critical spares are available.
• Conduct risk assessments of all critical spares.
• Track daily usage and orders of stock.
• Create links with other sites to avoid duplicating stores stock.
• Prevent redundant stock build-up.
• Ensure the maintenance plan has purpose and evolves to maximize production time, avoiding unnecessary strip and rebuilds.
• Only replace worn/broken parts based on condition rather than planned maintenance.
• Drive tasks through required work from observations and data, not just theoretical plans.
• Fully evaluate cost, availability, and requirement to decide between run-to-failure or replacement.
• Ensure maintenance always follows production, not the other way around.
• Ensure maintenance tasks adhere to company food safety policies.
• Ensure all working practices comply with company rules and procedures for safe working.
• Maintain full and up-to-date records of all equipment for traceability.
• Evaluate all tasks against cost, time, and quality for internal or external completion.
• Complete detailed supplier specifications for all equipment projects.
• Maintain close management of timescales, costs, and deliverables to ensure projects meet expectations, are on time, and within budget.
• Treat all spends as personal.
• Manage costs daily.
• Be accountable for all departmental spends.
• Manage, monitor, and control costs to ensure site costs are within budgeted requirements.

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities for all applicants, regardless of race, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed