Maintenance Manager

About Sara Lee Frozen Bakery

Sara Lee desserts have always stood for incredible flavor and superior value in the frozen food aisle and away from home markets. The Sara Lee Frozen Bakery collection of top brands includes Sara Lee®, Chef Pierre®, Van’s®, Bistro Collection®, Superior on Main® and Cyrus O’Leary’s®.

Sara Lee Frozen Bakery is proud to take these iconic brands into a new era and to continue the evolution that transformed one small Chicago bakery into an American institution. Using carefully sourced ingredients and time-honored recipes, the company is committed to making life’s moments a little sweeter, putting its customers first and discovering new ways to make everyone’s favorite foods even better.

Working for Sara Lee

Our vision is to be the world’s most beloved bakery by creating irresistible foods, growing with our customers, and delivering value for all. We will achieve success through collaboration and innovation in an environment where employees feel empowered to execute with speed. We believe that each of us has unique points of difference and experience to offer. We believe that there is always a better way, and we will never be satisfied with status quo. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, continually seek process improvements and a strong sense of customer service, then this is the right type of environment for you.

Summary

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for the overall performance and operational success of building infrastructure, systems, and equipment at our Cyrus O’ Leary bakery in Spokane, WA. Cyrus is a 40,000 sq. ft. facility that produces pies across 6 production lines.

You will ensure the highest levels of reliability and efficiency across production lines. This includes but is not limited to preventative and corrective maintenance of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic production equipment. You will also manage an annual maintenance and repair budget and lead a team of maintenance techs.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Develop and provide technical maintenance support systems and processes.
• Develop and implement process improvements projects.
• Key member of overall facility Engineering & Maintenance organization.
• Accountable for attracting, retaining and developing a high performing Maintenance Team.
• Is accountable for establishing continuous improvement programs to reduce downtime and maintenance costs across the operation.
• Manages the planning, supervision and scheduling of all machines, electrical and packaging maintenance projects through optimum utilization of facilities and personnel. 
• Responsible for scheduling PM and monitoring KPIs including PM completion, reactive maintenance and meantime between failure.
• Responsible for parts, inventory and ordering to ensure critical spare parts are always on hand.
• Responsible for overall maintenance activities in such a manner that maximum effectiveness is obtained for the proper maintenance of machinery within projected costs and schedules. Establishes and coordinates communication throughout facility of maintenance schedule changes, changes to project specifications and labor variance.
• Promotes the development of new job methods and procedures; establishes and maintains departmental systems and procedures to maintain on-going productivity improvements of the maintenance unit. 
• Ensures that all contracts are interpreted correctly and are uniformly followed by service providers. 
• Develops and recommends annual maintenance budget and goals to superior; recommendations based in part on input supplied by plant leadership team.
• Ensures compliance with all environmental regulations.  Meets with representatives from state and federal government to ensure all government laws and regulations are maintained. 
• Maintaining a heightened sense of urgency.
• Participate in Facilitate the internal Continuous Improvement Program (Sweet Success) by supporting Professional Maintenance and Autonomous Activities pillars.
• Motivate team members to achieve plan goals. Drive data driven and frontline team-based culture.
• Train and develop existing technicians to improve mechanical and electrical knowledge.
• Understand the CQV process – Commissioning, Qualification, Verification process.
• Apply reliability expertise to stabilize and improve the operation, driving variation down and seeking improved total efficiency through capital, procedural, and operational improvements in both planned and unplanned downtime areas.
• Cultivate strong vendor relationships.
  
  
  

The position responsibilities outlined above are not to be construed as all encompassing. Other duties and responsibilities may be required and/or assigned as necessary.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ work managing a diverse, technical staff.
• Must have experience with CMMS systems.
• Must have knowledge of financial indicators / analysis and experience in budget development / management.
• Basic personnel computer skills including Microsoft Excel, Word, Project, and Power Point.
• Strong knowledge of safety regulations (OSHA, hazard communications, accident investigation and safety training methods).
• Strengths in People Management including communication, leadership, effective presentation skills, coaching, crisis management, motivation, team building, organization, time management, stress management.
• Requires good written and oral communication skills, ability to work independently, and must be results oriented.
• Proven track record with continuous improvement tools and programs.
• Flexible in working during non-business hours to meet business needs.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (preferably Packaging, Process, Mechanical, Electrical, Food Processing, Manufacturing, Chemical or Civil) or another related field.
• Experience with TPM methodology.
• Knowledge of food industry, processes and equipment and technologies.
  
  
  

Sara Lee Frozen Bakery provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.