North American Director of Maintenance

Location: Chicago Suburbs (Full Relocation Assistance Provided)

Industry: Food and Beverage Manufacturing

About the Role:

Join a globally recognized food and beverage manufacturer with 72 facilities worldwide as the Senior Director of Maintenance. Based in our largest facility in North America, location in the South suburbs of Chicago, this role offers an exciting and rewarding work environment that encourages professional, personal, and organizational growth. This position is available due to promotion, growth, and expansion, and is a fantastic opportunity to lead and innovate within a fast-paced organization.

Perks and Benefits:

• Retirement Planning: Excellent 401K match.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Blue Cross Blue Shield medical, dental, and vision insurance at a very low cost with excellent coverage.
• Work-Life Balance: Generous PTO options and a balanced work environment.
• Financial Rewards: Stock options and a competitive salary ranging from $175K - $225K plus uncapped bonus potential.
• Perks: Free products from our retail chains worldwide.
• Stability and Growth: A stable company with over 86 years in business and ongoing expansion.
  
  
  

Summary:

As the Senior Director of Maintenance, you will strategically manage and oversee 12 facilities, with 10 direct reports focusing on asset care, TPM Maintenance, risk management, and reliability. Your role will involve developing and monitoring multi-year improvement plans for each site, ensuring the deployment of the Asset Care Strategy, and standardizing approaches across all plant locations.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Team Leadership: Coach and develop the Asset Care and Reliability teams, fostering a culture of total preventative maintenance (TPM) at each site.
• System Oversight: Oversee network reliability maintenance systems, creating and deploying SOPs, metrics, and KPIs.
• Performance Review: Review critical asset performance to mitigate risks and improve operational standards and efficiency.
• Collaborative Meetings: Lead consolidated plant maintenance reviews, division collaboration meetings, and KPI performance evaluations.
• Reliability Improvement: Manage multiple plant reliability improvement activities across the division.
  
  
  

What You’ll Need:

• Educational Background: BS Degree required, ideally in Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical Engineering. MBA, Masters, Lean/Six-sigma, or related certifications preferred.
• Experience: 8 - 15 years in maintenance director level leadership, reliability management, and asset care management, with automation experience focused on process/packaging equipment.
• Expertise: Functional excellence in packaging, processing, project management, and LSS/TPM, particularly in food processing, chemical mixing, and high-speed packaging environments.
• Leadership Skills: Proven ability to coach, teach, develop, and retain strong maintenance, reliability, and asset care teams.
• Communication: Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to negotiate with vendors, contractors, and consultants.
• Decision Making: Ability to make independent and sound decisions.
• Technical Proficiency: Familiarity with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Project, CAD, and SAP.
• Personal Attributes: Motivated self-starter with strong people and communication skills, able to work effectively at all levels of the organization.
  
  
  

If you are a dynamic and experienced maintenance leader ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role, send us your resume today. Join our team and contribute to our legacy of excellence while driving growth and innovation in the food and beverage manufacturing industry!

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