The Maintenance Manager is a crucial role in our growing operation. Responsible for managing maintenance activities in order to reduce downtime and improve production lines to run at maximum efficiency. Accountable for long term solutions and day-to-day support for all operating teams. Maintains and builds a strong maintenance system to include preventative maintenance, spare parts inventory, tracking metrics, and data driven decision making processes. 

Essential Functions include the following.

• Manages the maintenance staff through delegation, policy and procedures, assignment of work, planning, organizing, and directing all phases of the Maintenance Department
• Directs the planning, development and implementation of new methods and procedure changes designed to improve operations, minimize operating costs and effect greater utilization of labor and equipment.
• Collaborates with production and staff personnel in investigating, analyzing, and planning action for correction of production problems that involve engineering considerations.
• Manages maintenance staff including contractors; monitor the service response time, delivery requirements and PM compliance on all production and facilities equipment.
• Conduct root cause analysis and analyze equipment failure data.
• Accountable for the maintenance department to minimize downtime and improve operational performance.
• Support plant facilities and equipment maintenance to produce quality products in an efficient and profitable manner.
• Assure equipment reliability to maximize production line productivity.
• Track standard manufacturing, warehouse measures, and prioritize plant maintenance opportunities.
• Maintain budget oversight for maintenance cost centers, maintenance labor, and utilities.
• Provides management of employees directly or through supervisors to ensure effective selection, retention, development, disciplinary action, and performance management.  

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant Engineering discipline (mechanical, industrial, electrical, or food processing) 
• 5+ years experience in a position of leadership, required.
• 5+ years experience in maintenance 
• Ability to create and manage a maintenance and labor budget.
• Must have previous experience in the design & implementation of preventive maintenance programs and spare parts inventory.
• Ability to plan organize and prioritize workload, work independently or in a team setting. Excellent communication, leadership, mathematical, computer and analytical skills.
• Ability to work well with others in a fast paced, dynamic environment. 
• Must be able to work a flexible work schedule which may require overtime, weekend hours, call in and/or working various shifts.
• The person in this position is committed to assuring that Stella & Chewy’s, LLC produces safe, legal and wholesome pet food products that meet our consumer’s expectations.  

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the person occupying this position. You may be required to perform other job-related duties as requested by Management.