Maintenance and Warehouse Manager

Maintenance And Warehouse Manager

Cabot Creamery achieved B Corp certification in 2012 and became the world's first dairy co-op to do so. This certification demonstrates our commitment to transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet.

At our plant in Cabot, VT milk from Vermont and a few New Hampshire farms is expertly crafted into Specialty VT Cheddars, Flavored and Light Cheeses and Cultured products as well as Greek-Style Yogurt, Cottage Cheese and Sour Cream.

Our dairy cooperative is seeking full time Maintenance and Warehouse Manager to work at our Cutting & Wrapping Plant located in Cabot, VT.

Position Purpose

Provide leadership for the Maintenance and Warehouse functions by driving a culture of safety, maintenance excellence, continuous improvement, equipment reliability, and inventory accuracy. Lead the development of a high-performing team through technical skill development, effective utilization of CMMS, and the development and expansion of Autonomous Maintenance practices. Oversee maintenance, spare parts, and warehouse operations to ensure reliable equipment performance, efficient material flow, and operational readiness.

Partner with Production, Engineering, Quality, Safety, and Supply Chain teams to maximize uptime, improve efficiency, control costs, and support long-term plant objectives through data-driven decision making and continuous improvement.

Essential Responsibilities
- Maintenance

Safety Leadership

• Champion a safety-first culture within the maintenance organization and serve as a visible leader in all plant safety initiatives.
• Ensure maintenance activities are executed in compliance with all safety regulations, LOTO requirements, GMPs, food safety standards, environmental requirements, and company policies.
• Partner with Safety and Operations teams to proactively identify hazards, reduce risk, investigate incidents, and implement corrective actions.
• Lead efforts to integrate safety considerations into maintenance planning, equipment modifications, capital projects, and reliability improvements.

Maintenance Excellence & Reliability

• Develop and execute a comprehensive maintenance strategy focused on equipment reliability, asset preservation, and operational excellence.
• Establish maintenance best practices that improve preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance effectiveness.
• Drive measurable improvements in equipment uptime, mean time between failures (MTBF), mean time to report (MTTR), maintenance response effectiveness, and overall equipment performance.
• Lead root cause analysis activities and ensure sustainable corrective actions are implemented to eliminate recurring equipment failures.
• Utilize maintenance metrics and data to identify improvement opportunities and prioritize reliability initiatives.

CMMS Leadership

• Drive full utilization and continuous improvement of the Maintenance Connection (CMMS) system as the primary maintenance management platform.
• Ensure all preventive maintenance activities, work orders, asset records, spare parts inventory, equipment history, and maintenance metrics are accurately maintained within MC.
• Use MC data to monitor maintenance performance, identify reliability trends, improve planning and scheduling, and support continuous improvement efforts.
• Develop maintenance dashboards and performance indicators that provide visibility into department effectiveness and equipment reliability.

Continuous Improvement

• Lead a culture of continuous improvement within the maintenance organization through the use of Lean Manufacturing, TPM, reliability-centered maintenance, and problem-solving methodologies.
• Facilitate improvement projects that reduce downtime, improve equipment performance, eliminate waste, increase labor efficiency, and reduce maintenance costs.
• Collaborate with production teams to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), First Pass Yield, and operational reliability.
• Actively coach maintenance personnel in continuous improvement tools and methodologies while promoting employee engagement in improvement initiatives.

Autonomous Maintenance Development

• Provide leadership for the development, implementation,…