This is a stellar opportunity within an established, thriving, and growing Midwest based complex foods market leader. You will be responsible for managing the maintenance services to enable operations and other functions to meet or exceed business expectations. Your responsibilities will also include:
* Developing and communicating a clear vision for a fully integrated Maintenance team aligned with company goals.
* Providing leadership through the identification and introduction of innovative solutions.
* Driving continuous improvement, exploring industry trends, developing strategies, and driving leading edge technology and innovation.
* Establishing capital spending strategies to effectively identify and invest in company assets.
* Understanding the procurement polices and working cross functionally to ensure compliance with internal policies and procedures.
* Developing staff and building a high-performance team by setting expectations, ensuring ongoing coaching/mentoring, and assessing employee performance.
* Leading projects and teams supporting large scale company initiatives.
* Building technical competencies within the maintenance team, identifying, and selecting maintenance talent to support developing technology, and providing opportunities for knowledge acquisition and skills transfer within the team.
* Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field. MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
* 7-10+ years in Plant Maintenance roles supporting manufacturing and/or utility operations.
* Experience managing or leading maintenance teams including reliability centered programs.
* Experience managing people in a dynamic environment and a track record of developing people.
* Experience within a highly regulated environment.
* Proven decision-making skills, strong troubleshooting, planning, prioritization, multi-tasking, and delegation skills.
* Ability to communicate issues, goals, and objectives to facilitate an effective team-oriented environment.
* Demonstrated ability to work with a range of technically and culturally diverse people, delivering value added business results that meet high quality
* Significant experience in powder and liquid processing and packaging of food products, preferably within a highly regulated food or pharmaceutical environment.
* Knowledge of engineering and maintenance concepts and industry technology.
* Understanding of manufacturing processes and mastery knowledge of utility sustainability, power supply and demand.
**This role is on-site 100% located in Indianapolis
