Maintenance Manager Jobs in South Carolina

Position Summary:

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for overall leadership and direction of all corrective, preventative and predictive mechanical, instrumentation and control maintenance for the safe, efficient and reliable operation of Eddy Carolina Pride and leads the maintenance team in the installation, maintenance and repair of facility tools, machines and equipment while managing the established annual budget for the department.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

Responsible for daily leadership and organization to the maintenance team by managing the preventative/predictive/corrective maintenance systems to optimize equipment reliability, prioritizing maintenance requests, overseeing facility inventory management and ensuring cost effective maintenance services within budgetary constraints. Responsible for having a firm knowledge of the plant’s layout, systems, and equipment. Must be able to anticipate plant priorities as the situation arises.

• Establish strategic and tactical priorities by partnering with operations, financial, production, safety, engineering and other departments.
• Coach, train, counsel and manage performance of direct reports. Evaluate staff and replace/upgrade
• Lead the departmental redesign and focus to that of predictive/preventive maintenance from current approach of reactionary mode.
• Plan, budget, and oversee execution of facility repairs, modifications, installations and capital improvements within budget
• Assure that all maintenance employees are knowledgeable of governmental and plant policies, procedures, including USDA, GMP, HACCP, OSHA, and EPA, and that adherence is enforced.
• Actively manage cost control processes to drive down costs and improve operational and quality control efficiencies throughout the plant.
• Responsible for creation of preventive maintenance objectives and their execution.

Minimum Education and experience required:

• 8-10 years of maintenance/engineering supervisory experience in a USDA manufacturing environment in food processing industry.
• 5 years of managerial experience leading a maintenance department in a food processing plant/environment.
• Must have experience with PSM.
• Requires good written and oral communication skills, ability to work independently, and must be results oriented.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field preferred.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required:

Must have knowledge of financial indicators / analysis and experienced in capital planning, fixed asset management and budget development / management. Basic personnel computer skills including Microsoft Excel, Word, Project and Power Point. Familiarity with Auto Cad.

Technical Skills: Expertise in leading and managing others in the maintenance, repair and troubleshooting of plant systems and equipment. Ability to manage conflicting priorities and set performance expectations. Demonstrated ability to define problems, collects data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Strong inter-personal skills, including verbal and written communication skills along with a strong sense of urgency. Exhibits strong judgment and decision-making skills.

Prior experience with USDA regulations, anhydrous ammonia refrigeration systems, OSHA, HACCP, and GMP.

Software skills: Prior experience using computerized maintenance software, Microsoft office applications.

Additional personal requirements:

· Builds Effective Teams: Blends people into teams and inspires them to perform; creates strong morale and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; let's people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

· Problem Solver: Steps up to conflicts, seeing them as opportunities; reads situations quickly; good at focused listening; can hammer out tough agreements and settle disputes equitably; can find common ground and get cooperation with minimum noise. Deals fairly with non-performance and is unafraid to deliver tough messages when necessary.

· Directing Others: Is good at establishing clear directions; sets stretching objectives; distributes the workload appropriately; lays out work in a well-planned and organized manner; maintains two-way dialogue with others on work and results; understands what motivates each individual and brings out the best in people; is a clear communicator.

· Decision Quality: Makes good, timely decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment; most of his/her solutions and suggestions turn out to be correct and accurate when judged over time; sought out by others for advice and solutions.

· Drive for Results: Is action oriented and focused on producing good outcomes. Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others forward to the goal.

· Champions Integrity and Trust: Is widely trusted; is seen as a direct, truthful individual; can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidences; admits mistakes; doesn't misrepresent him/herself for personal gain.

Pay: $110,000.00 - $135,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person