Site Reliability Maintenance Manager

We grow the world’s BEST Strawberries and that wouldn’t be possible without our incredible engineers!

We’re hiring a Site Reliability Maintenance Manager to ensure Oishii's innovative indoor vertical farming technologies experience 100% uptime, operate at peak efficiency, and guarantee plant and worker safety. In this role, you will be building standard operating procedures, overseeing maintenance managers, their technician teams and systems, while in close collaboration with engineering and operational stakeholders.

Leveraging your background in engineering and maintenance of complex and diverse factory automation technologies, you will work to maintain and improve systems including irrigation, lighting, robotics, mechanical, plumbing, HVAC, and refrigeration. You will utilize people, project, and operations management toolsets to oversee a system that functions 24/7/365. Fascinated with new technologies, you are excited to work in a fast-changing environment which involves the continuous improvement of systems and implementation of new innovations.

This role reports into the General Manager and is part of the site’s senior management team.

What you will be responsible for:

• Lead the maintenance function for the site, ensuring appropriate staffing and training to oversee the continuous operation of the indoor vertical farming facility.
• Build and oversee standard operating procedures for preventative maintenance and reactive and emergency response.
• Develop and oversee maintenance key performance indicators, reporting directly to site general manager and senior management.
• Develop and oversee maintenance equipment and spare parts, ensuring proper inventory of critical equipment and rapid procurement of parts when needed.
• Oversee the rapid and effective response to all grow-system related problems.
• Oversee the troubleshooting of electrical, automation, robotics, controls, mechanical, and plumbing systems, coordinating with engineering department stakeholders and external stakeholders as required.
• Identify opportunities to improve the technology and process and coordinate with engineering, plant science, and operational stakeholders to implement
• Ensure planned maintenance procedures are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Coordinate and manage the proper documentation of all planned and unplanned maintenance tasks
• Develop and manage maintenance contracts.
• Coordinate cross functionally across the organization.
• Additional projects as assigned.

Who will love this job: Individuals who identify with our Core Values and exhibit skills within those values will thrive at Oishii.

One Team, One Fight!

• Ability to quickly shift priorities to meet deadlines and effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing, clearly, concisely and with purpose.
• Ability to work cross functionally at all levels and collaborate at various levels of the organization. Natural leader capable of motivating our teams to accomplish ambitious goals!

Focus

• Ability to remove obstacles in order to prioritize which could include problem solving, working through ambiguity and using fact based or sound judgment.
• Ability to work independently, with a high attention to detail, and ability to create structure & process where none may exist.

GSD (Get Sh** Done!)

• Capable of prioritizing tasks and always considering the resources available when doing so.
• A bias for action! Ability to hold yourself accountable and take ownership of driving results that impact company outcomes.

What we look for in a Site Reliability Maintenance Manager:

• B.S. in engineering discipline with 10 years of experience working in complex manufacturing operations with high levels of automation equipment.
• 5 years of experience managing maintenance supervisors/managers and technicians in automated factory environments.
• Comfortability working with diverse electrical, mechanical, controls, automation, generators, HVAC, and plumbing systems
• Excel at working with tools and safety equipment.
• Excellent troubleshooting and diagnostic skills
• Impeccable track record for managing safety programs.

Additional details:

• Role is on site and based in Phillipsburg, NJ.

• Role requires oversight of a continuously operating facility and the ability to oversee and respond to maintenance incidents outside of normal business hours.

Perks at Oishii:

• Competitive salary, bonus, & equity packages
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• 100% Employer Paid Life Insurance Long Term Disability Insurance
• EAP Access
• Pet Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan (Roth & Traditional)
• Paid Parental leave
• Office social events including happy hours, parties, and community service projects
• Employee activity groups for basketball players, Yoga Enthusiasts, runners…

About Oishii:
At Oishii, we grow the best fruit in the world by deploying ground-breaking vertical farming technology that pushes the boundaries of agriculture. We’re the first in the WORLD to grow fruit in an indoor vertical farm at commercial scale. We started with strawberries, which we debuted at Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare,
the three star Michelin restaurant considered by critics to be among the best in the world. Since then, we have supplied our strawberries to food-loving consumers, world-class restaurants, and specialty retailers across NYC. Our proprietary technology enables us to grow the very best produce year-round, at the same high level of quality, all without using any pesticides.

Oishii has been profiled in Eater, NPR, Time Magazine, and Fortune. Oishi was also one of the Fast Companies Most Innovative Companies of 2022.

At Oishii, everything we do works toward accomplishing our mission of transforming agriculture sustainably while bringing produce that truly delights people everywhere. This requires farmers, engineers, scientists, product managers, and members of many other backgrounds to work together day-in and day-out to innovate, while operating increasingly large farms. We have an amazing mission-driven team of highly motivated and engaged members.

Learn More https://oishii.com/