Director of Maintenance and Asset Reliability

Overview

Director of Maintenance and Asset Reliability. The role provides technical leadership for Progressive Maintenance (PM) in a union environment across our network of plants, drives overall asset reliability strategy and implements improvements to deliver operational excellence while increasing technical skill within the maintenance organization to impact safety, quality, efficiency, cost management, customer satisfaction, and innovation.

The Director will focus on coaching the maintenance organization across four plants on identification and resolution of abnormalities, identification and completion of the right preventive maintenance to enable zero breakdowns and consequently improve reliability immediately.

What you will contribute

• Coach maintenance organizations on identification and resolution of equipment abnormalities and build a culture where maintenance resources proactively identify and address abnormalities before they become breakdowns.
• Institutionalize the culture of planned maintenance across our network of plants and establish governance.
• Institutionalize the use of CMMS (computerized maintenance management system) to track maintenance activities within plants for work orders, planned/predictive maintenance, spare parts inventory/sharing and MRO management.
• Leverage CMMS to improve spare parts management to support planned and unplanned maintenance.
• Develop and coordinate strategies that accelerate and improve current maintenance practices and processes to improve equipment performance, reliability, and lower maintenance costs.
• Initiate and manage corporate maintenance programs based on best practices in the FMCG industry, emphasizing equipment criticality, time-based and condition-based maintenance, effective planning and scheduling, high-quality maintenance repairs, and safety, health & environment policies and procedures.
• Analyze operational data and equipment performance history to deliver improvements in metrics such as unplanned downtime, PM compliance, schedule compliance, Mean-Time-Between-Failures, and maintenance-related costs.
• Partner with HR to develop criteria and partnerships to accelerate the identification and hiring of highly skilled maintenance associates.
• Identify technical training and development of mechanical/electrical talent; work with plant management to recommend training programs.
• Develop and deliver comprehensive maintenance and reliability training; conduct workshops and benchmarking trips and measure results tied to asset reliability improvements.
• Leverage company SMEs to advance maintenance and reliability efforts through enhanced communication and best-practice sharing.

What you will bring

• Technical expertise in maintenance within the FMCG industry with a deep understanding of components and their normal/abnormal conditions.
• Significant experience leading asset reliability in a fast-moving manufacturing environment (FMCG) with frontline and maintenance management exposure.
• Fundamentals of good manufacturing practice, process improvement and optimization, technology embedding, cost management, motivational strategies for shop-floor performance, TPM/5S/LEAN/6 sigma.
• Excellent communication, coaching, and leadership skills; strong analytics, problem solving, team building, and business acumen; project management; knowledge of industrial maintenance and equipment.
• Experience interfacing with broader Supply Chain functions and relationship management outcomes.

Key position details

• This Leader will oversee and support maintenance & asset reliability for the client’s Chicago Bakery.

Education / Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field required. Specialization course or MBA in Maintenance Engineering, Project Management or TPM/Lean is a plus.

Job requirements

• 10+ years’ experience in a Maintenance and Engineering managerial role.
• Proven TPM expertise and Progressive Maintenance implementation.
• Experience leading a plant maintenance organization within the FMCG industry.
• Demonstrated success in a continuous improvement environment.
• Ability to operate in fast-paced settings with leadership to influence and motivate others.
• Strong verbal and written communication with all levels of the organization.
• Working knowledge of CMMS (e.g., SAP PM/SAP MM).
• Familiarity with OSHA and FDA regulations.
• Fluent in English (verbal and written).

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing

Industries

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing, Packaging and Containers Manufacturing, and Consumer Services