TITLE: DIRECTOR OF PLANT MAINTENANCE AND RELIABILITY
LOCATION: ARVIN, CA
COMPENSATION: $150,000 - $175,000 / YEAR
PURPOSE:
Provide management, direction, and oversight responsibilities for all plant maintenance functions and activities.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Provide leadership and management for the overall maintenance team in areas such as safety, planning, TPM/reliability, cost, labor utilization, and efficiency.
- Develop and implement the overall plant’s preventative and predictive maintenance programs while implementing reliability best practices to ensure dependability and machine efficiency.
- Direct responsibility for managing departmental budget. Champion the creation of departmental goals thru the development of KPIs while using Lean Manufacturing practices.
- Work with Operations to create capex budget and conduct regular financial review for department.
- Analyze processes and performance gaps to guide resources that resolve manufacturing, and maintenance inefficiencies to ensure minimum cost and prevent operational delays.
- Initiate corrective/preventive and continuous improvement actions and actively participate in developing, implementing, and verifying corrective/improvement opportunities.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Must be able to remain in a stationary position throughout much of the working day. Ability to occasionally move about inside the office and in food processing facilities. Ability to operate a computer and other office productivity equipment. Ability to visually inspect equipment and product. Must be able to work in different temperatures (working temperatures as hot as 100° to 110° F and as cold as 20° F to 32° F). Must be able to work in a high noise area.