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The Sr. Manager, Maintenance and Engineering is responsible for the safe, efficient, and uninterrupted operation of all Stumptown manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution facilities as well as the Stumptown headquarters. This position will oversee the overall operation and maintenance of equipment and facilities, including managing budgets, contractors, vendors, landlords, and capital improvement projects. The role requires adherence to maintenance best practices, including continuous improvement and total productive maintenance (TPM), while also ensuring compliance with various regulations for food manufacturing. This role interacts with a variety of internal and external partners and requires excellent communication and collaboration skills across a variety of audiences.

Essential Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and lead the Stumptown facilities strategy and goals to include food safety, personal safety, lease management, and Capex.

• Create an environment where personal safety is a priority, proactively addressing safety concerns throughout the work environment. Ensure that safety training is provided to the maintenance team and that proper safety practices are followed.

• Coordinate and direct day-to-day operations of maintenance activity, including determining and prioritizing needed repairs and improvements as well as Preventative Maintenance cycles for all active equipment or machinery, in order to minimize production downtime while maintaining accurate and thorough documentation and records.

• Supervise and direct the maintenance team by providing coaching, training, and development. Provide job expectations and role clarity with team members to promote ownership and achieve minimal downtime, while helping them build their technical skills.

• Establish project timelines and deliverables by prioritizing and assigning work tasks, and scheduling work to most effectively meet facility needs.

• Establish KPI's for the maintenance team, track results, and report trends and results to Operations and company leadership teams.

• Prepare, implement, and monitor departmental budget. Maintain, monitor, and track manufacturing assets and facility, parts inventory, monitoring purchase orders, invoice approvals, and manage the department budget. Additionally, in collaboration with the Operations team, manage annual budgets for facility maintenance and repair and participate in the planning of the Capital expenditure budget.

• For Stumptown's manufacturing and office facilities, lead construction project process from start to finish - working with landlords, competitively bidding projects, reviewing and qualifying bids and reviewing contracts, supervising the setup of utilities for new locations, conducting on-site project punch list activities and managing punch list resolution, managing turnover to operations, etc.

• Act as a consultant to the Retail Cafe team, supporting the Retail Facility Maintenance Program and other projects as relevant.

• Solicit, bid, review, analyze, negotiate, and maintain maintenance and repair agreements, contracts, and supply agreements for facilities. Directly select, manage, and supervise the work of outside contractors and vendors for ongoing facilities and maintenance needs. Monitor and manage their work product to Stumptown quality standards while controlling costs.

• Support Operations team productivity initiatives and projects.

• Assist or lead other projects as required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Oversee maintenance team members, external construction consultants, and vendors to ensure proper execution for new construction and remodels

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, chemical, or structural engineering plus 3 or more years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience in a high-paced food manufacturing environment.

• 3-5 years experience managing people.

• Strong project management skills, experience or education. Preference to candidates with construction project management background.

• Lean/continuous improvement experience, including Kaizen, Problem Solving, 5S, and TPM

• Experience with PLC controls, general mechanical troubleshooting, and preventive maintenance programs.

• Must have strong customer service orientation and ability to prioritize work and respond in a timely and effective manner to internal and external customers.

• Organized and able to create and execute plans and programs with multiple key stakeholders

Work Environment

• Flexibility to travel to and work from new site locations for extended periods.

• Regular presence on the plant floor and occasional work in poor weather conditions including heat, cold, rain, and snow.

• Flexibility in scheduling. Holidays, evenings, and weekends are sometimes required.

At Stumptown, we welcome diversity and celebrate that our communities include individuals from all backgrounds, identities, and walks of life. We strive every day to foster an environment of inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility that supports our employees, customers and communities. We know that embracing diversity makes us stronger, enriches our culture, and allows us to grow together. We encourage candidates with diverse backgrounds, identities, skills, and abilities to apply. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the application, interview or assessment process, please direct your inquiries to a member of the People team at jobs@stumptowncoffee.com or by calling (855) 711-3385. We are proud to be a B Corp and equal opportunity employer.