Progressive Maintenance Lead

Location: Wayland

Employee Type:
Full time

Location:
MI Wayland

Job Type:
Production Maintenance

Job Posting

Title:


Progressive Maintenance Lead
About Us:
Tree House Foods is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At Tree House Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families.

We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

Named one of America's Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight - One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values
- Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together. We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.

What You Gain:

• Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period - you're eligible from your first day!
• 401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.
• Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays).
• Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform - Develop
  
  U - with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.
• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.
• Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.

Job Description:
About the Role:
Join our team at our Wayland, MI, facility, home to the production of quality non-dairy creamer products. We are seeking a Progressive Maintenance (PM) Lead to champion our maintenance and reliability initiatives. In this hands-on leadership role, you will be responsible for driving key activities within the Progressive Maintenance pillar, including Maintenance Planning & Scheduling (MP&S), Breakdown Elimination (BDE), storeroom management, planned maintenance optimization, and supporting Autonomous Maintenance (AM) efforts.

The ideal candidate is passionate about continuous improvement and operational excellence, with a strong commitment to equipment reliability and team development. This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.

You'll add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to:

• Supports the implementation and sustainment of the PM Pillar daily management systems (DMS) for the site.
• Conducts maintenance training on PM processes including breakdown elimination (BDE) or root cause analysis (RCA), maintenance planning & scheduling (MP&S), and defect handling (DH).
• Follows up with operators to ensure that defects are handled in alignment with standards.
• Ensure PM processes are executed and sustained by tracking and reporting PM metrics.
• Performs PM audits as required.
• Participates in and/or leads Daily Direction Setting (DDS) meetings at shift and line level.
• Engages in plant continuous improvement efforts by identifying and escalating improvement opportunities, as well as participating in and/or leading process improvement teams.
• Supports technicians in identifying and solving problems that cause breakdowns.
• Proactively communicates necessary information to diverse stakeholders, responding to requests, building reports, and participating in problem solving methods.
• Develops and regularly analyzes appropriate metrics (breakdowns, storeroom cycle accuracy, work order schedule compliance) to govern system health.
• Interact with Field Pillar Leaders to drive plant performance and implement best practices.

Important Details:

• This is a full-time, on-site role on first shift. Occasional flexibility is required to support alternate shifts and weekends.

You'll fit right in if you have:

• High school diploma or equivalent; a degree in Engineering, Maintenance Management or a related field is a plus.
• Three to five years of supervisory experience, ideally in a manufacturing or industrial setting.
• Demonstrated knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics, mechanical, and electrical drive/control systems related to production and facilities equipment maintenance.
• Experience with preventative and predictive maintenance programs…