Sr. Maintenance Manager – Manufacturing / CPG Industry - to $175,000 - Indianapolis (relo avail)

Intermedia Group•Indianapolis, IN

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Maintenance Manager will lead the entire Maintenance & Reliability (M&R) organization, ensuring equipment uptime and longevity across the plant, including manufacturing equipment, utilities, and facilities. This role involves developing and implementing a strategic M&R roadmap that serves as a competitive advantage. The manager will be responsible for M&R execution, reliability, facilities and utilities programs, and team capabilities. A strong governance structure will be established to monitor the M&R program's effectiveness and its contribution to plant goals. The position ensures adherence to business continuity, manufacturing standards, GMP, food safety, employee safety, site security, and government regulations. The role also champions the Integrated Lean 6 Sigma (IL6S) program, fostering a culture of zero losses and 100% employee engagement. Strategies will be created and executed to eliminate breakdowns through preventive/predictive maintenance, TPM, and other methodologies. The manager will play a key role in reducing plant downtime and waste, improving OEE, MTBF, and MTTR. Budget management for both M&R and capital (spare parts) is crucial, with a focus on operational savings and optimization. Talent development for the M&R team, including succession planning, is a key responsibility. The Sr. Maintenance Manager will serve as a senior staff member on the plant leadership team, contributing to strategic planning and acting as a liaison with external stakeholders.

Requirements

Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering.
Minimum of 15 years of experience in Maintenance roles in the CPG industry, or a combination of Maintenance, Engineering and Manufacturing, with a minimum of 8+ years in leadership roles.
Success record developing maintenance/reliability systems and teams, driving significant OEE overall equipment effectiveness improvements, and delivering substantial cost savings.
Solid financial and business acumen.
Strong operational, manufacturing and maintenance leadership experience in CPG industry, with experience in TPM –Total Productive Maintenance, 5S, Lean, 6 sigma tools and concepts, safety & GMP standards.
An Engineer with a strong financial & business acumen, project management skills and knowledge of industrial maintenance and manufacturing equipment, PM (Progressive Maintenance) expertise, spare parts management, SAP Systems, applications, products – ERP Software for scheduling, inventory management etc.
PM module knowledge, technology & engineering automation basics.
Excellent communication (verbal & written), coaching, and leadership skills in a team-based environment.
Excellent organizational, leadership, communication, analytics, and problem-solving skills.
Clear “big picture” awareness.
Hands-on leadership and coaching skills.
Solid ability to empower, develop, and motivate people.
Excellent team builder.
Strong project management skills.
Clear understanding of GMP, people and food safety standards, and regulations applicable to industrial maintenance.
Transformational mindset.
Change agent with resilience and agility.
Ability to engage with government authorities/enforcement agencies, professional associations, business schools/university, etc.
Ability to interpret drawings, technical manuals, specifications, and regulations.

Nice To Haves

TPM expertise
technology and automation expertise
SAP Maintenance module proficiency
record of capital project execution
unionized and on-unionized environments

Responsibilities

Lead the entire Maintenance & Reliability (M&R) organization and be responsible for uptime and equipment life across the entire plant, including manufacturing equipment, utilities, and facilities.
Work cross-functionally to develop and implement a strategic M&R roadmap.
Build, lead and be accountable for M&R execution, reliability, and the facilities & utilities programs, as well as the team capabilities to execute them.
Establish a strong governance to review and control the effectiveness of the M&R program, its contribution to the overall plant goals, and its progress toward best in class.
Ensure adherence to business continuity plan, manufacturing standards, GMP (good manufacturing practices), food safety, employee safety, site security, and government regulations across the site.
Guarantee that all employees/service providers at the site understand these requirements, and that they are regularly reviewed and monitored for effective implementation.
Lead and coach the M&R organization toward implementation and progression of the IL6S (Integrated Lean 6 Sigma) program.
Establish a culture of zero losses and 100% employee engagement.
Create and execute strategies to deliver zero breakdowns via preventive/predictive maintenance, technical mastery of maintenance and operations plans, TPM progression, visual controls, tools management, lubrication, calibration of equipment, etc.
Progressively and systemically eradicate plant downtime and waste loses through the design and execution of a robust strategic plan.
Play a leading role in the journey toward zero losses.
Champion strategic improvements on OEE, MTBF, MTTR, etc. (mean time between failures, mean time to repair).
Effectively manage M&R budget, delivering annual targets as well as significant year-over-year operational savings through reduction of plant downtime/waste, optimization of maintenance/facilities spend, labor optimization, optimization of maintenance strategies, etc.
Effectively manage capital budget through optimization of spare parts stock.
Establish and execute strategies to develop the skillset of the M&R team, both at technical and managerial level.
Supports the plant teams in reviewing/developing operating standards.
Identify and capitalize on improvement opportunities.
Identify plant improvement opportunities through capital projects.
Partner with Engineering in the flawless design and execution of such projects.
Create and maintain a succession plan for the M&R organization, identifying levers to attract, retain and develop critical talent.
Role model servant leadership values and partner with the rest of the plant leadership team to create such culture across the site.
Serve as a senior staff member in the plant leadership team (Plant Manager’s staff).
Play a key role in the strategic planning and execution of the plant across all performance dimensions (safety, quality, delivery/service, cost, people agenda).
Serve as a liaison with stakeholders outside of the plant.
Develop and maintain effective relationships and align on execution of business priorities to deliver company.