Maintenance Manager

Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries from beloved brands like La Brea Bakery®, Otis Spunkmeyer®, and Oakrun Farm Bakery®. With 13 bakeries in North America, we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers’ expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity, Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinates the activities of workers engaged in maintenance to promote uptime and eliminate excessive overtime in conjunction with the maintenance planner
• Assigns workers to duties such as maintenance, repair or renovation and obtains bids for additional work from outside contractors
• Directs contracted projects to verify adherence to specifications
• Estimates worker hour requirements for completion of job assignments in conjunction with the maintenance planner
• Interprets specifications and job orders to workers
• Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance and quality of products
• Analyzes and resolves work problems
• Initiates plans to motivate workers to achieve goals
• Initiates promotions, transfers, discharges and disciplinary measures

• Plans ,administers and reports on  maintenance budget
• Purchases building and maintenance supplies, machinery and equipment and furniture
• Manages the continual improvement and execution of the planned and preventative maintenance program for all site equipment
• Ensure reliable weekly startup of all of all production areas
• Deliver site initiatives relating to Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety and People
• Manage the execution of the preventative maintenance program and continual improvement initiatives
• Member of Food Safety Committee- Ensure that compliance to the policies and procedures of the facility and Regulatory and Customer requirements are being met
• Ensure that all employees are aware of their responsibilities specific to food safety, legality and quality

Qualifications:

• Required to possess general knowledge of mechanical, electrical and pneumatic technical
• Ability to prioritize and delegate effectively
• Knowledge of government regulations as they apply to OHSA
• Computer literate – proven experience using Excel, Word and Outlook
• Knowledge of GMP’s and HACCP
• College or University degree in Mechanical Engineering/Technical Field
• Technical training certificate, diplomas, or university degree in engineering 

Preferred

• 5-7 years experience in a manufacturing environment

Aspire Bakeries is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.