
Maintenance Manager II
Tyson Foods · Newbern Plant - Newbern, TN
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 18 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management reliability role at Tyson Foods (food & beverage) in Newbern Plant - Newbern, TN. Develop, maintain, implement and report capital budget for manufacturing facility associated with utilities and building infrastructure.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree preferred
- Day to day
- relocation help
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- Typical (5+ years)
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This plant: Tyson Foods in Newbern Plant - Newbern
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Experience
- ✓Minimum of 5 years work experience in food processing industry managing a diverse, technical staff and capital projects.
- ✓Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (preferably Process, Mechanical, Electrical, Food Processing, Manufacturing, Chemical or Civil) or related field preferred.
- ✓Must have experience with utility systems, refrigeration, construction and government regulations. Must have experience with PSM.
- ✓Requires good written and oral communication skills, ability to work independently, and must be results oriented.
- ✓Relocation assistance will be offered for this role.
- ✓No sponsorship is offered for this role
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Requirements
- ✓Develop, maintain, implement and report capital budget for manufacturing facility associated with utilities and building infrastructure.
- ✓Responsible for managerial oversight and technical support to facility managed capital projects.
- ✓Continuous development of strategic facility and maintenance strategy associated with utilities and building infrastructure.
- ✓Develop and provide technical maintenance support systems and processes.
- ✓Develop and implement process improvements and infrastructure projects.
- ✓Assist in manufacturing strategic planning.
- ✓Key member of overall facility Engineering & Maintenance organization.
- ✓Identify, evaluate and implement alternative utility/building infrastructure maintenance support resources and services.
- ✓Provides managerial oversight and technical guidance to facility-based engineer staff.
- ✓Manages the planning, supervision and scheduling of all utility systems and building infrastructure projects through optimum utilization of facilities and personnel.
- ✓Responsible for overall utility/building infrastructure maintenance activities such a manner that maximum effectiveness is obtained for the proper maintenance of machinery within projected costs and schedules. Establishes and coordinates communication throughout facility of utility/building infrastructure maintenance schedule changes, changes to project specifications and labor variance.
- ✓Promotes the development of new job methods and procedures; establishes and maintains departmental systems and procedures to maintain on-going productivity improvements of the utility/building infrastructure maintenance unit.
- ✓Ensures that all contracts are interpreted correctly and are uniformly followed by maintenance personnel.
- ✓Develops and recommends annual utility/building infrastructure maintenance budget and goals to superior; recommendations based in part on input supplied by plant leadership team.
- ✓Ensures compliance with all environmental regulations. Meets with representatives from state and federal government to ensure all government laws and regulations are maintained.
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Job Details
This position will supply managerial oversight of the manufacturing facility’s utility systems and building infrastructure. This will include capital planning & execution for these systems along with daily operation and maintenance functions. This position will be responsible for managing an annual capital budget and a maintenance & repair budget including personnel costs. At times, this position will also be responsible for Supply Chain initiated projects. This position will be supported by Maintenance Manager, Refrigeration Supervisor, Plant Engineer & MRO Supervisor as direct reports. This position will be responsible for the Engineering/Maintenance technical team of approximately 70 FTE’s.
Relocation Assistance Eligible
Yes
Work Shift
1ST SHIFT (United States of America)
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