Maintenance Manager - Joplin, MO - Blue Buffalo

Blue Buffalo (BLUE), is one of the strongest and most recognized pet food brands in America, and the undisputed leader in Wholesome Natural pet food, the fastest growing segment of the market. At over four times the size of the next largest brand in this segment, BLUE has become the new mainstream brand that’s delivering products that pet parents are looking for, and connecting with them in a true, authentic way. BLUE thinks of dogs and cats as family members, and believes their food should be natural and healthy. In fact, this was the motivation for the Bishop Family’s decision to create the Blue Buffalo Company. When the beloved Bishop family dog, Blue, faced a variety of health issues, Bill and his two sons, Billy and Chris, set out to create a pet food that was made with only the highest quality natural ingredients—the kind of things a family member deserves. Fifteen years later BLUE has, in many ways, accomplished what the Bishops set out to do—help our dogs and cats live happy, healthy lives. BLUE has a broad portfolio of natural pet foods, enabling pet parents to satisfy their pet’s specific dietary, lifestyle and life-stage needs, offering them no-compromise product solutions. OVERVIEW: The Maintenance Manager provides leadership and direction to the plant maintenance department and is responsible for repair, maintenance, and installation of machines, tools and equipment in manufacturing operations. This person is also responsible to eliminate all causes of failure and ensure full useful life of equipment in coordination with daily maintenance completed by operating personnel. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES: Manage a team of maintenance employee's to coordinate inspections, repairs and maintenance for a 24/7 operation in conformance with operational standards. Support a 24/7 production and warehouse operation to ensuring performance against plant goals in safety, quality, cost, customer service, and culture. Manage maintenance personnel including; hiring, training, daily work schedules, vacations, etc. to provide continuous operational support and achieve Overall Effectiveness targets Creates and manages all preventative and predictive maintenance programs (CMMS), asset management programs, maintenance budgets and spare parts inventory. Reviews production, quality control, and maintenance reports and statistics to plan and modify all maintenance activities and executes plant specific maintenance strategies to achieve the plant key performance goals. Utilize Lean Manufacturing and 6-Sigma production management techniques to design and develop process improvements to the manufacturing process. Implement and support safety improvement initiatives. Work with engineering and operations on capital project planning and execution. Responsible for other duties as deemed necessary by Management MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: High School diploma or GED required 3+ years of experience in a maintenance management or technical role Fluent and highly capable of supporting, troubleshooting and modification of Allen Bradley Controllogix PLC’s, Panel view and Factory talk HMI A demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams to achieve project results within required timeframes Experience working with external technical service providers Experience in Capital Project Management including automated packaging equipment Maintain excellent troubleshooting skills; mechanical and electrical. Ability to develop team members and hold accountable for results. Ability to travel up to 10% Excellent PC skills, to include CMMS, Windows, Word, and Excel PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's degree in technical field (i.e. Electrical, Controls, Mechanical Engineering) Prefer experience in a high volume, automated factory environment Bachelor's degree in technical field (i.e. Electrical, Controls, Mechanical Engineering) Food production, FDA, AIB or SQF experience is a plus Excellent communication, interpersonal, problem solving and organizational skills, oral and written, with the ability to work with internal and external suppliers, contractors, consultants and manufacturing partners COMPANY OVERVIEW