Full-Time

Maintenance & Reliability Manager

KIND

KIND

501-1,000 employees

Healthy nut-and-fruit snack bars

No salary listed

High Point, NC, USA

In Person

Category
Facilities Operations (2)
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Required Skills
Inventory Management
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • 5+ Years in a maintenance management or similar leadership role
  • Bachelor’s or Associate degree in topic specific to operations, engineering or maintenance
  • Demonstrated experience leading change through data driven metrics and implementing maintenance programs and strategies
  • Hands-on experience in planning maintenance operations
  • Can effectively and efficiently handle both administrative and mechanical responsibilities
  • Effective & proven communication and people management skills
Responsibilities
  • Establish safety programs for maintenance team; live and breathe a consistent safety culture
  • Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities based on priority, equipment, and resources
  • Monitor team members’ work levels and review work performance
  • Provide training and continuous development on all maintenance personnel
  • Manage outside contractors as it pertains to work done in and on the facility. Combined effort with the Director of Engineering
  • Coach team members on performance and provide development resources to improve job-skill deficiencies
  • Work in parallel with the Director of Engineering to successfully execute projects, equipment installs, and other project related work.
  • Perform skilled repair or maintenance operations, using required equipment
  • Interpret specifications, blueprints, or job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for team members
  • Examine machines, structures, or facilities and examine information to determine needed installations, services, or repairs
  • Monitor tool and part inventories and the condition and maintenance of shops to ensure adequate working conditions
  • Troubleshoot problem areas and create a clear plan of action for repair of necessary parts
  • Participate in objective setting and planning for the department based on departmental KPIs
  • Develop, implement, or evaluate maintenance policies and procedures
  • Participate in budget preparation and administration, coordinating purchasing and documentation and monitoring departmental expenditures
  • Communicate frequently with other departments regarding equipment maintenance and prioritization
  • Follow all safety & food safety guidelines and procedures while working to continuously promote safety & food safety throughout the plant and department
  • Drive improved reliability of all manufacturing and facility equipment through a preventative and predictive maintenance program
  • Utilize RedZone (OEE monitoring & WO/PM System) to aid in the progression of equipment operator training & knowledge
Desired Qualifications
  • A background in a food safety environment utilizing GMPs
  • PLC Troubleshooting and Programming, Electronics Expertise
  • Packaging equipment experience (i.e. combination scales, VFFS, Pouch machines, Labelers, Metal detectors, Check weighers)
  • TPM, Lean or Six Sigma Experience

KIND Snacks makes fruit-and-nut snack bars using transparent, simple ingredients that you can see and pronounce. The bars are ready-to-eat and designed as a healthy, convenient snack built from whole nuts and fruit. The company differentiates itself through its commitment to clear ingredient labeling and a social mission rooted in its founder’s PeaceWorks origin, which guides its business decisions as it grew with investments and a major parent-company relationship with Mars to enable global expansion. The goal is to provide tasty, healthy snacks while supporting social good and economic cooperation, and to bring KIND products to audiences in many countries while maintaining the original mission.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2004

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Nature’s Bakery acquisition adds nut-free soft-baked fig bars.
  • Kind Kids soft-baked bars target family healthy snacking segment.
  • Granola expansion launches Banana Peanut Butter Clusters innovation.

What critics are saying

  • Mars-Kellanova merger integrates RXBAR, stealing KIND's protein share.
  • C-suite turnover with Calderoni CEO disrupts KIND strategy execution.
  • FDA healthy claims reclassification excludes KIND's chocolate products.

What makes KIND unique

  • KIND bars use transparent whole nuts and fruits visible in every bar.
  • KIND upholds 'KIND Promise' nutrition principles since 2004 founding.
  • KIND mission fosters kindness via PeaceWorks-inspired social good.

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401(k) Retirement Plan

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Flexible Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Wellness Program

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