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Facilities and Maintenance Manager

Job Description: 

NewStar/ Organicgirl is currently seeking an experienced Facilities and Maintenance Manager in Salinas, California. This person will be responsible for the plant maintenance department operations and its personnel.

Responsibilities & Duties: 
  • Under the direction of the Vice President for West Operations, oversee the plant maintenance department operations and its personnel.
  • Manage maintenance of a manufacturing plant which includes the facilities, all buildings and the maintenance of all manufacturing plant equipment. 
  • Develop and implement a comprehensive preventive and predictive plant maintenance program.
  • Must be very proactive and action orientated relative to emergencies as well as preventive and predictive maintenance. 
  • Provide leadership and direction to maintenance personnel.
  • Review, monitor, and ensure the operation of plant equipment and systems are optimized to minimize unplanned interruptions and identify opportunities for improvement. 
  • Prepare reports, analyze data, and make recommendations for improving plant operations and solving maintenance-related problems. 
  • Scope: Large-sized plant.
Skills: 

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Individuals must possess knowledge, skills and abilities or be able to explain and demonstrate that the individual can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations, using some other combination of skills and abilities.

  • Leadership and supervisory experience is essential and required.
  • Ability to train and motivate employees is critical to the success of this position. Ability to explain technical manuals, schematics, drawings, diagrams and industry reference materials is a must.
  • Process Management and Risk Management experience maintaining mechanical integrity and inspections are required.
  • Computer literate.  Experience in using software applications such as CADD, MS Project Management and Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.
  • Mechanical aptitude in air, electric, plumbing and pump dynamics.  Ability to offer technical direction in areas of welding, safety, machinery repair, speed changes, determining equipment capacity, determining cause of equipment failure, technical document understanding and schematic/diagram interpolation, etc.
  • Must have complete understanding of PLC and logic controls for high speed operating equipment.
  • Prior experience using production environment SAP a plus.
  • Six Sigma and/or Lean MRO experience a plus.
  • Complete understanding of building departmental budgets. Basic accounting knowledge required. 
  • Ability to work in fast paced environment and continuously meet deadlines. May require working off shifts, Saturdays and Sundays.
  • Preferred bilingual English/Spanish.

Physical Demands:

  • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
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  • While performing the essential duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to speak, to listen to others and to handle business related machines and documents. 
  • The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit and reach with hands and arms.
  • The employee must occasionally lift or move objects in the office/production facility of up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. 
  • Often required to travel to multi-sight locations; use of a motor vehicle necessary on occasion and air travel a must.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those the employee encounters while performing the essential duties of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to air conditioning.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be occasionally exposed to cold temperatures of 36 degrees and heat when working inside the production facility. 
  • The employee will be working inside a production facility where the use of chemical substances are present and used.
  • Employee's work is also subject to the pressures of time constraints and deadlines.
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and loud when working in the production facility.
Qualifications: 

Education, Experience and Certifications: 

  • B.S. degree required in Engineering or an equivalent technical discipline.
  • A minimum of 5 years progressive experience in facilities and food plant maintenance management is required. 
  • RETA certified or working toward certification is required.

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