Maintenance Manager

Overview

fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based dairy company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich and value-added products to nourish consumers.

With more than $1B in annual retail sales, fairlife’s growing portfolio of delicious, lactose-free, real dairy products includes:
fairlife® ultra-filtered milk
; Core Power® High Protein Shakes, a sports nutrition drink to support post-workout recovery;
fairlife® nutrition plan™, a nutrition shake to support the journey to better health.

A wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola company, fairlife, LLC has been recognized by both Fast Company and Nielsen for its industry leading innovation.

The company is driven by its values of caring for people, the animals that supply us with milk, and the planet. By providing nourishing products, implementing stringent care standards for animals, and stewarding efficient operations and responsible packaging, fairlife, LLC puts a focus each day on making a positive impact for all.

To learn more about fairlife and its complete line of products, please visit

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for overseeing the facility and equipment maintenance including all utilities, process and packaging equipment, parts procurement, planning, automation, and department budget. The individual will possess a strong technical background and proven history to lead a talented group of supervisors, mechanics, ICT, engineers, planner, and parts procurement.

• Responsible for managing the performance and development of all maintenance department staff and hourly personnel including identifying skill needs and training opportunities.
• Responsible for the effective planning, scheduling and execution of all maintenance activities including preventative, predictive, breakdown and overhaul maintenance activities.
• Responsible to maintain and repair all production (process and packaging) equipment, building and utilities equipment and assets.
• Including boilers, chillers, cooling towers, air compressors, HVAC equipment, wastewater systems, etc.
• Develop and optimize preventative maintenance program including task details, PM durations to ensure proactive execution and consistent plant operation.
• Develop and utilize predictive maintenance program to prevent failures on critical equipment. Condition based tools to include ultrasonic and vibration analysis, thermal imaging, tribology, etc.
• Manage all aspects of the plant CMMS system and calibration system for tracking, documentation, and planning.
• Documentation of all schematics, diagram changes, and PLC programming documentation changes to keep plant records current.
• Perform risk assessment of critical spare parts and manage inventory to appropriate levels.
• Responsible for all regulatory utility records and annual services: backflow prevention, boiler inspections, transformer oil sampling, steam trap audits and chemical record retention.
• Oversee the department budget utilizing data analysis to study part turns, obsolete parts, min/max values and propose new solutions to manage inventory.
• Manage critical tasks and projects via weekly CI/strategic campaign meetings.
• Source and work closely with vendors for projects, tasks, and emergency repairs
• Must be able to use plant resources to troubleshoot issues:
  Carlson system, Power
  
  BI, RSLogix
  5000, etc.
• Suggest new strategies on how to track downtime and implement solutions to prevent and eliminate downtime.
• Purchasing and Purchase Order control via Net Suite’s:
  Understanding department general ledger accounts, categories and working close with the Plant Controller/Finance Department
• Develop department SME’s and create new roles within the department.
• Request, review and maintain vendor contracts.
• Work close with other departments on RCA/CA strategies requiring thorough documentation in Quality Control platform.
• Maintain critical regulatory instrument calibrations.
• Work with engineering, OEM’s and/or suppliers to perform equipment / asset value engineering or redesign to improve performance. Also provide maintenance expert POV to engineering when specifying new equipment design or placement.
• Establish daily routines and standards for the team to…