Director of Maintenance - Oswego Illinois

Company: Affinity Executive Search
Location: Oswego, Illinois
Posted On: 05/05/2024

Maintenance DirectorCompany Information
Foods manufacturer with 78 locations worldwide is hiring for a Maintenance Director due to promotion
Full comprehensive Relocation assistance will be providedResponsibilities:
Develop and manage North American team of approximately 10 maintenance and reliability professionals through hiring, talent development and performance management.
Sets strategy in alignment with functional goals and key Maintenance, Reliability Engineering, and Engineering objectives.
Develops key objectives for global Maintenance Excellence Program
Proactively mentors, advises and shares industry best practices with subordinates, peers, and senior management.
Develops strategy and drives technological advancements in equipment health monitoring, advanced analytics, and predictive and prescriptive maintenance.
Accountable for all national level processes, policies, procedures and execution related to Maintenance, Utilities and Facilities, and the CMMS.
Provides global governance for the Maintenance Excellence Program in pursuit of best-in-class Maintenance and Reliability practices.
Establishes analytical tools and reporting methods for network standardizationRequirements
BS/BA is required, ideally in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Operations Management. Masters, MBA is strongly preferred
10-15+ years of maintenance management experience in a manufacturing setting is required; prefer industry related experience such as: consumer products, foods, snacks, high-speed packaging, or other closely related food manufacturing environments
Process/project engineering experience is preferred, ideally with automation and leading capital projects with robotics
Thorough knowledge of maintenance systems, work order processes, preventive/ predictive maintenance, TPM, inventory and scheduling software is preferred.
Strategic level maintenance director experience managing multiple sites
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Good planning and priority setting skills. More...

Register an account with us and set up job agents! We'll email you immediately when jobs like this are posted on our site.