Maintenance Manager - Cherry (Days)

Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939. Since the founding days, Foster Farms has always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. Our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our valued team members will shine through in everything we do.

Foster Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms team. We offer the experience of a large organization, but operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage team members to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.

Pay Range: $108,200 to $135,250 per year

Essential Job Functions:

• Manage maintenance department effectively, consistently attain department goals / standards for cost, productivity, quality and safety.
• Manage capital program effectively, consistently complete assigned projects within budget and scope.
• Develop, maintain and continuously improve preventative maintenance (PM) programs to optimize efficiency, uptime and reduce operating costs.
• Manage/monitor a $3.0 million parts inventory. Identify ways to manage/reduce inventory levels. Maintain compliance with budgeted spend.
• Optimize equipment operation time by utilizing employees to effectively carry out rapid equipment repairs and to effectively maintain equipment availability.
• Analyze production/maintenance reports to identify opportunities and initiate action plans to correct/improve efficiencies.
• PSM. Monitor/manage systems and improve systems to maintain regulatory compliance and to maintain system safety. Convert current system into PSM Writer.
• Provide quick and timely feedback to plant manager on all exceptions in regards to downtime, quality yield, cost and safety and manage the correction of areas which are out of acceptable parameters.
• Provide mechanical and technical support on all facility equipment and remain current with the latest emerging industry regulations and codes relative to mechanical and electrical system.
• Monitor line operations and collaborate with management and the maintenance team to assure production needs and changes are being met.
• Ensure compliance of routine operating inspections that are required for safety environmental (i.e. boilers, water heater emissions, waste management disposal, fryer exhaust opacity).
• Responsible for professional development and training of department.
• Provide a high level of personal commitment and focus to department safety.
• Responsible for waste-water and for some environmental coordinator duties.

Job Requirements:

• BS in Engineering related field or equivalent technical degree.
• Have a minimum of seven years progressive experience in the food processing industry in the following areas: building maintenance, ammonia refrigeration and waste water treatment plant and managing and controlling hazardous materials at the plant level in the maintenance areas.
• Strong mechanical background.
• Experience in departmental administration, budget initiation, cost control and project management.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to evaluate supervisors fairly and objectively and suggest areas for needed improvement in a positive manner.
• Proficient use of PC including Excel, Work and Power Point.
• Strong administrative, budgeting, cost control and project management experience.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new Team Members.