Senior Director of Maintenance Processing

Senior Director of Maintenance Processing

At Pacific Seafood, we do more than just provide the world with the healthiest proteins on the planet. We are an excellence‑driven organization committed to being the brand of choice in the marketplace and the employer of choice in the community. We believe in servant leadership, investing in our team members, and rewarding performance. We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy:
Quality, Teamwork, Productivity, and Excellence—which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better.

Summary: The Senior Director of Maintenance plans, oversees, and coordinates activities with development, design, construction, and modification of equipment, production lines and facility. Oversees installation, modifications, quality control testing, operating procedure, inspection processes adhering to engineering principles and safety regulations. Prepares bid sheets and contract specifications. Tests newly installed equipment to ensure fulfillment of contract specifications.
As senior maintenance manager, your twofold mission is to: (1) Direct Maintenance, Supervisors, and Technicians to effectively maintain equipment and plant buildings and coordinate requirements for new designs, surveys, and maintenance schedules for equipment and machinery. (2) Introduce your ideas for innovation and improvement into our systems and processes to enhance our performance indicators. To be a good fit for this position, you'll bring solid technical capability, including PLC program knowledge, along with extensive P&L expertise and ability to manage capital projects as you galvanize the team to meet our production targets and motivate and focus the team on a shared vision.

Key Responsibilities:

• Actively manage the oversight and coordination of all maintenance program processes and duties.
• Develop and manage a comprehensive preventative maintenance, spare parts inventory program and critical parts requirements for both facilities. Control downtime trending by equipment and frequency.
• Manage the wastewater system serving as a liaison with local authorities to ensure wastewater discharge and BODs (ological Oxygen Demand) are within agreed upon limits.
• Develop, recommend, and implement measures to improve machines and plant equipment to maximize efficiency.
• Maintain the fire system and fire prevention program.
• Ensure required licenses and permits are obtained and maintained to include air, water, fire, etc.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional groups including Production, Human Resources, Quality, Supply Chain, Warehousing, and Finance to meet production targets.
• Proactively schedule projects, preventative maintenance, and all foreseeable downtime to minimize business and staffing impacts.
• Observe and ensure the food safety process is followed during maintenance in food production areas.
• Provide employee coaching and development. Resolve employee issues.
• Facilitate coordination between maintenance and operations in solving process issues.

Manage and Own the Project and Equipment Capital Program:

• Partner with General Manager on use of capital assets, equipment modifications, and process improvements.
• Manage maintenance parts procurement and budget.
• Member of the “Lean” Steering Committee.
• Prepare narratives on capital expense requests.
• Act as project manager for all equipment capital projects, ensuring completion within budget and deadlines.
• Complete all capital projects on time and within budget.
• Maximize maintenance team utilization to reduce costs of vendors and outside contractors.
• Support the Westport Martec 3‑year expansion project.
• Manage maintenance budgets for both locations.

Lead, Manage and Develop Teams:

• Model a strong sense of ownership and accountability. Showcase flexibility and dedication to get the job done right.
• Plan, develop and implement departmental expectations.
• Serve as a safety model; promote a high level of safety awareness and continuous improvement in safety practices.
• Provide team member coaching and ongoing development.
• Manage department cohesiveness and alignment, resolving team member issues.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You Bring to Pacific Seafood:

Required:

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