Senor Maintenance Manager

Senor 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,, and. With 14 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.

As a Senior Maintenance Manager at Aspire Bakeries, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring the efficient and seamless operation of our maintenance and utilities department. You will lead the charge in designing and implementing preventive maintenance programs, troubleshooting and repairing a wide range of equipment, and overseeing HVAC/R installations and repairs. Your responsibilities will also encompass managing capital projects, budgeting, compliance with safety and quality standards, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. If you're a seasoned professional with a knack for operational excellence, compliance, and leadership, this is an opportunity to make a substantial impact and contribute to the success of our organization. Join us and be a driving force behind our commitment to quality, safety, and efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Designs and implements preventive maintenance programs for all equipment for cost and downtime reduction. Plans and executes major equipment overhauls for long-lasting, maintainable results on various pieces of equipment. Plans for and handles emergencies while continuing to maintain the preventive maintenance program so that emergencies are continually reduced.
• Responsible for troubleshooting (electrical, mechanical, hydraulics, pneumatics, and plumbing) and repairing equipment in a timely manner.
• Responsible for the installation and repairs of the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration/ammonia equipment (HVAC/R).
• Develops and implements work order, backlog, control, and job assignment systems that gain requester and subordinate support.
• Lead, direct, and action capital projects in line with business development. ( maintaining 1, 3, 5-yearplan)
• Establish the required KPI measurements and associated reports to effectively manage and communicate the performance of the function.
• Ensure the correct resources are budgeted and available to action agreed objectives in a cost-efficient and timely manner.
• Agree, manage, and achieve the engineering departments annual budget.
• Promotion of a continuous improvement culture within the work environment.
• Maintain a continuous drive for efficiencies/cost reduction.
• Ensures compliance with quality assurance, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), safety, and other company programs and procedures.
• Develops or revises standard operational and working practices and observes workers to ensure compliance with standards.
• Responsible for the demolition and physical changes made to the buildings. Maintains interior building structures for longer asset life at minimum cost.
• Sources and oversees installation of non-charter new machinery.
• Develops and maintains good housekeeping, waste management, air quality, and water quality.
• Understands and ensures compliance with local, county, and state health, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, wastewater, water quality, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and other government agency codes and regulations.
• Assists in inspections and audits by local, county, and state health departments; Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Brand Reputation through Compliance (BRC); Kosher/Organic certification organizations; NJDEP and customers. Ensures compliance with policies and regulations formulated by these organizations as they relate to facilities.
• Prepares yearly maintenance department budget. Manages maintenance activities within budget.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications:

• B.S. degree (A.A.) preferred or better in at least one of the following:Electrical Construction and Maintenance; Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies; or Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum 5 years relevant experience in an automated food processing plant, or bakery is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years comprehensive food safety and quality experience with an extensive background in automated food processing plant, bakery preferred
• Knowledge of HVAC, refrigeration, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing repairs.
• Basic knowledge of programmable logic controllers (PLCs).
• Knowledge of equipment set-up, functions, operating procedures, and preventative maintenance techniques.
• Comprehensive knowledge of GMPs
• Working knowledge of Spanish preferred.

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.