Supervisor, Maintenance Planning

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.

The Maintenance Planner- Project Scheduler is responsible for the execution of all activities deployed from the Maintenance department, which include both scheduled weekly plans and non-chartered projects. It also requires scheduling and coordination of departmental materials and resources. Interacts with departments to achieve company goals. Leads the reliability centered maintenance initiative.

Responsibilities

• Meets with appropriate departments involved with weekly production schedules and generates department schedule based on production and maintenance requirements.
• Maintain a two week planned maintenance schedule.
• Lead reliability focused plans for the top 5 bad actors.
• Schedules contractor(s) for equipment repairs/rebuild work along with projects.
• Assigns Supervisors to lead projects by equipment of responsibility.
• Maintains electronic and hard copy records of completed maintenance activities as generated by the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
• Directs Stock Room Administrator and Purchasing Specialist to insure materials are available as needed. 
• Manages, mentors, and motivates direct reports, providing training and development to optimize their performance and personal growth. Communicates performance standards and expectations to employees, recognizing and rewarding individual and team accomplishments and counseling performance problems.
• Manage the maintenance work order backlog.
• Writes and maintains standard operating procedures (SOP’s) for the maintenance department.
• Provide Maintenance and Engineering Manager with the necessary KPI reports.
• Discusses major projects with Director of Engineering.
• Ensures that plant facilities are maintained in accordance with relevant regulations, company and regulatory standards and fiscal consideration.
• Estimates costs of personnel, parts, and supplies to be used during weekly scheduled maintenance and during scheduled shutdown
• Assists in preparing major equipment bids, and recommends purchases when replacement or new equipment is required.  Represents the company's position and interests in dealing with outside contractors, vendors, and engineering consultants. 
• Keeps abreast of latest manufacturing technologies and systems and engineering concepts to continually improve plant performance.
• Performs other duties as required. 
• Works to maintain and improve on the quality, legality and safety of each product and the processes used in their manufacture. Responsible for keeping assigned work area clean and tidy at all times and reporting any potential contamination and suspicious activity to a Supervisor immediately.

Qualifications:

• High School degree or General Equivalency Diploma (GED) is required; Bachelor’s of Arts /Bachelor’s of Science degree in Engineering or related field preferred.
• Three (3) years supervisory experience in a food manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge and application of a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
• Demonstrated knowledge and application of preventative maintenance techniques/scheduling and safety management.
• Working knowledge of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), sanitation processes/procedures and hazard analysis critical control points (HACCP).
• Demonstrated knowledge of efficient and safe manufacturing operations to include product and employee safety, Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) standards, product quality, and cost controls.
• Ability to read and interpret work orders, operating manuals and maintenance instructions.  Ability to complete forms detailing maintenance work performed. 

• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Windows; MS Access Database software, MS Word Processing software; MS Excel Spreadsheet software; MS Outlook; Crystal Report Writer; Internet software; CMMS software; Barcode Software.

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.