Maintenance Manager

At Post Consumer Brands, we have more than 125 years of experience making the breakfast cereals that people love. And even after a century, we're still innovating. We are driven by our mission to Make Better Happen - and we want YOU to join our team!

With names like Pebbles, Honey Bunches of Oats, Great Grains, and Malt-O-Meal in our portfolio, we’ve earned more spots in the top 50 best-selling brands than any other cereal company. And as the third-ranked company in the cereal category, our business is growing. That’s where you come in. Our company is a hearty mix of ambitious people who want to make great things happen. 

Northfield, Minn. is home to two Post Consumer Brands manufacturing plants, the Campbell Mill and Ames Mill, two distribution centers, and more than 750 team members producing a wide variety of Post cereal products. Northfield is a town steeped in history, featuring two colleges and the original Ames Mill where the Malt-O-Meal Company got its start. 

This position is responsible for driving progressive maintenance processes that are predictive, preventive and planned work practices that maximize mechanical reliability.  Has direct responsibility for the production equipment, utilities, and building structures. Support, implement, and maintain food safety and quality practices as required through SQF. The role will be a key member of operations management team responsible for leading the Maintenance function in a manner that supports plant safety, food safety, quality, environmental, and budget adherence.

JOB ACTIVITIES/DUTIES

• Manage the Maintenance and Utilities Department based on a preventive maintenance strategy to maintain all equipment, facilities, and systems in a safe and efficient working condition while achieving an accident free work place and meeting all food safety and quality standards.
• Provide leadership that optimizes the talent contribution of a of multi-skilled, technician team. Manage the hiring, selection, and training of personnel to ensure personnel are qualified to perform the work effectively and safely.
• Responsible for an effective maintenance parts & supplies procurement and inventory program that achieves reliability and cost objectives.
• Manage and administer the operation and maintenance of HVAC systems, gas fired industrial boilers, Ammonia/glycol systems.
• Create and maintain training programs that promote and sustain a high degree of technical knowledge of equipment and troubleshooting techniques.
• Maintain visibility to key performance indicators necessary to demonstrate the connection between Maintenance activities and production line reliability and cost
• Prepare and manage departmental budgets and plans; prepare and manage annual and long range Maintenance and Utilities strategies.
• Assure compliance with all applicable federal, state and local codes.
• Develop collaborative relationships with peers in Operations Management to ensure optimum use of resources, budgets, priorities and schedules for maintenance of site and building while optimizing production.
• Plan for and provide a work environment that allows and encourages participation, fosters good employee relations, and creates development opportunities.
• Develop strong work control processes in accordance with recognized best practice maintenance behaviors. 
• Drive consistent, universal use of Computerized Maintenance Management System for all maintenance work at a high level of detail and accuracy.

Work Location:  On site at the Northfield, MN manufacturing facility. 

Education and Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience with increasing responsibilities in maintenance, engineering, or production, including supervisory experience OR a high school diploma or equivalent with 10 years of experience with increasing responsibilities in maintenance, engineering, or production, including 8 years supervisory experience
• Experience in both self-directed work teams and autonomous maintenance preferred.
• Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) preferred or ability to achieve certification within 12 months.
• Working knowledge of multi-discipline fields of maintenance, plant engineering, and manufacturing.
• Previous experience in the food industry is desirable.

Skills:  Balance of technical, maintenance, human relations, and conceptual skills.  Strong communication skills with the ability to act as both a strategic and tactical leader.  Able to evaluate alternatives, establish priorities, and formulate decisions that affect all aspects of the operation.  Able to establish clear support for long term best practice behaviors while recognizing the short term need to bring others with you on the vision of a highly reliable operation.

Management Skills:  Able to hire, plan, listen, organize, set department objectives, interpret, provide work direction, coach, counsel, train and conduct performance reviews. Ability to influence others indirectly, team members, peers and support resources. A leader by behavior and action. Strong business acumen with the ability to see larger business objective and translate into functional strategies and tactics.

JOB COMPLEXITY

Relationships: Internal - Works with all levels of employees to solve problems, coordinate department activities and decisions and exchange information.

External - Works with vendors/suppliers, inspectors, customers and consultants.

Problem Solving:

1. Must solve technical problems, find solutions to crises, and plan to minimize crises. 
2. Must be able to understand impact of decisions and policies within and beyond immediate work group.
3. Develop and implement a proactive engineering and maintenance support strategy focused on increasing equipment reliability and proven uptime.

Salary : $0