MSI Express

Contract manufacturing and packaging for foods

Maintenance Manager

Equipment MaintenanceConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeHammond, IN, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

An undergraduate or graduate degree is required.
Food manufacturing experience is required.
Demonstrated understanding of maintenance is required.
Demonstrated salaried and hourly management skills are required.
Budget management experience is required.
Vendor and contractor management experience is required.
Project management experience is required.
Metric development experience is required.
Excellent communication skills are required.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership and direction to the maintenance department in safety, good manufacturing practices, sanitation, quality, food safety, customer service, and preventative maintenance.
Develop long-term goals for the maintenance department and support the company's short- and long-term strategic plans.
Create a positive working environment and support continuous improvement, employee empowerment, and problem-solving skills.
Establish communication between the maintenance department and plant and corporate departments.
Ensure plant equipment, buildings, and company policies conform to federal, state, and city regulatory requirements.
Implement solutions to improve equipment efficiency, changeover, and associate safety.
Develop and maintain plant maintenance budgets, including annual plant capital budgets.
Manage the equipment and building inventory parts MRP system and optimize stock levels.
Emphasize quality, reliability, and competitive pricing in vendor and contractor relationships.
Verify and approve Accounts Payable items, ensuring authorized purchasing, proper documentation, and general ledger coding.
Maintain communication with all departments to address production priorities and shortfalls in a timely manner.
Prioritize food safety maintenance items and ensure mechanics follow good manufacturing practices.

Job Description:

ROLE PURPOSE/POSITION SUMMARY
The Maintenance Manager provides direction to the Maintenance Department, ensuring the facility and all production equipment operate safely within designed specifications while operating at the highest level of efficiency possible. This role also serves as the linkage between operations and engineering to develop plant growth and process improvement.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITY/PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide leadership and direction to the maintenance department in areas of safety, GMPs, sanitation, quality, food safety, customer service, and preventative maintenance.
Develop long-term goals for the maintenance department and assist in the continuous growth and progress of the company's short/long-term strategic plans.
Create a positive working environment, support continuous improvement, employee empowerment, and problem-solving skills.
Establish cohesive communication between the maintenance department and different plant/corporate departments.
Ensure all plant equipment, building, and company policies conform to federal, state, and city regulatory agencies.
Implement new solutions to improve equipment efficiency, changeover, and associate safety.
Develop and maintain plant maintenance budgets including annual plant capital.
Manage equipment/building inventory parts MRP system and optimize stock levels.
Stress quality, reliability, and competitive pricing in vendor and contractor relationships.
Verify and approve all Accounts Payable items ensuring authorized purchasing, proper documentation, and GL coding.
Maintain continuous communication with all departments to address production priorities and shortfalls in a timely manner.
Give food safety maintenance items top priority and ensure mechanics follow GMPs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (EDUCATION, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ABILITIES)

Undergraduate or graduate degree.
Food manufacturing experience.
Demonstrated understanding of maintenance.
Demonstrated salaried and hourly management skills.
Budget Management experience.
Vendor/Contractor management experience.
Project Management experience.
Metric Development experience.
Excellent communication skills.

MSI Express is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

About the Company

MSI Express

Contract manufacturing and packaging for foods

MSI Express is a contract manufacturing and packaging partner for the food and beverage industry in the United States. It blends dry and liquid foods, fills bottles and stick packs, performs pouching and secondary packaging, and manufactures vitamins, supplements, and dry pet food across 15 facilities in six states. It offers turnkey, single-source solutions that cover blending, filling, packaging, and private-label production, while upholding food-safety standards such as SQF Level 3 to protect brands. The company differentiates itself by scale, a range of packaging formats (including aseptic filling through Power Packaging and large-scale blending via PacMoore Hammond), and a growth strategy based on acquisitions and private-equity backing to expand capabilities and geographic reach.

Company size: 501-1,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Newcomerstown, OH
Founded: 1998

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