Maintenance Manager

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that’s First in Food.

Michael Foods, Inc. located in Mars Hill, Maine. Pineland Farms is one of the largest food manufacturing organizations located in Aroostook County. Our Mars Hill facility has over 200 incredible team members who work together to provide our customers with the best possible potato product.

The Maintenance Manager is accountable for safely leading and directing, or supervising, all plant reliability and maintenance activities. This includes utilities operation and execution of a capital project plan as required. The Maintenance Manager is responsible for keeping the equipment and facilities in optimum operating condition and managing within an approved annual budget. The Maintenance Manager will ensure this by partnering with the MFI ARM team, plant leadership team, plant maintenance team, plant operational team, and all other plant support teams members for success.

This position has the responsibility to comply with Safety work rules at all times as well as an obligation to reinforce Safety as a Core Value. Ensures that all policies, procedures and activities, related to Food Safety & Quality, are followed and complied with uniformly, in an effort to reduce product and process variability. This role must be available to work scheduled work times, weekends, and holidays, as necessary.

• Responsible for all plant maintenance including facilities, utilities, and operations to reduce downtime and assure peak plant efficiencies.
• Responsible for partnering with MFI Engineering on capital engineering design and implementation of projects. Ability to coordinate and deliver multiple projects at the same time safely and efficiently.
• Responsible for managing maintenance or project contractors while they are onsite to include human safety, food safety, and plant GMP requirements.
• Lead department team members to ensure personal safety, quality, delivery, and cost, are continuously being improved to achieve company objectives. Engage and develop the asset care teams to deliver expected levels of reliability. As part of the greater leadership team, be an active member who contributes to the MFI culture's advancement. Direct responsibility for the maintenance team and their overall and individual performance(s).
• Assists with planning and cost estimates for annual and longer-term capital and operating budgets to deliver to business plan. Investigate the condition of buildings, equipment, and grounds, and recommend improvements in the facilities to ensure that business needs will be met.
• Utilize MFI approved CMMS to manage, document, and support maintenance reporting and decision making.
• Responsible for all maintenance department metrics. Ability to balance maintenance (tactical and strategic) initiatives that align with plant business strategies.
• Adhere to established MFI standards for assessing the quality of work performed by employees and contractors.
• Create and foster a team environment that demonstrates genuine concern for personal and professional development of all employees by providing team members opportunity for development to their full potential through the MFI ARMED program.
• Ability to coordinate and partner with corporate stakeholder groups to build and maintain programs and processes consistent with MFI standards.
• Promote, and foster Michael Foods…