Maintenance Manager

Position Summary:

Associates in the Maintenance Leader position are responsible for leading the Maintenance team and

keeping all Flexible Packaging machines and support equipment in proper operating conditions. The

position will support PPC’s ability to produce quality flexible packaging materials on time while assuring

that Associates comply with all applicable safety and quality control procedures. [NEW] This role is

responsible for building maintenance planning, reliability systems, and cost discipline that support stabl e

production and long-term asset performance. In the event of absence, these job responsibilities will be

covered by the employee in the “Plant Manager” position.

Responsibilities and Duties:

This job description and performance standard document has been prepared as a guide to ensure better

communication and understanding. All responsibilities, however, have not been included, nor could they

be. Your Supervisor/Manager may from time to time ask you to perform other related duties not specifically

included in this description. Likewise, this description will be revised when required to meet current

business needs.

• Maintenance Leader are expected to be “On call” 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. Although not

required to be “On site”, must have the ability to make decisions for mechanical repairs or

modifications of equipment when away from the facility.

• Expected to maintain all mechanical equipment and systems within the facility and grounds except

those maintained by service agreements established with outside vendors.

• Owns the maintenance budget, including annual budget planning, review of prior three

years of maintenance spend and labor utilization, forecasting, variance analysis, and cost-control

initiatives that reduce reactive maintenance, overtime, and emergency repairs while improving

asset reliability and uptime.

• Communicates with every shift to assign work duties and reviews actual performance from the

previous 24 hours. Emphasizes continuous learning by discussing root cause of mechanical

failures or breakdowns, and reviews key procedures that impact costs and quality control.

• Establishes a rolling 8-week maintenance planning and scheduling process, including

weekly maintenance schedules and coordination with production planning to reduce reactive work .

• Holds Associates accountable for compliance with all quality control, productivity, safety,

housekeeping, GMP, SQF, and ISO standards, and communicates expectations and procedures.

• Establishes a productive tempo on the plant floor by working with a steady and purposeful pace

and presence in the plant.

• Insists that the Maintenance team works proactively and with a sense of urgency to facilitate

systematic and timely repairs to all manufacturing and support equipment. This supports product

quality, efficiencies and “On Time Delivery” through a consistent approach, and minimizes scrap.

• Maintains a proactive “Preventative Maintenance Program” on all production and key non -

production pieces of equipment. Provides work instruction to the Maintenance Technicians for

“Preventative Maintenance” based on set parameters for each piece of equipment.

• Makes sure that Maintenance Technicians document key repairs and records the materials and

parts needed for the repairs.

• Maintains an inventory of key replacement parts, hardware, lubricants, and operating materials that

may be specialized to the various production departments.

• Drives strict compliance with all GMP and food safety policies that pertain to the maintenance

functions within the facility.

• Trains, guides, and assists Associates in the successful execution of their roles. Coordinates

training of new Associates by assigning a qualified trainer, and monitoring the timely completion

and documentation of the training program.

• Maintains a safe and secure workplace, responsible for the mechanical operation of the plant and

its contents. Assumes the role of “Acting Plant Manager” during the off-shifts and any time the

Plant Manager is not on the premises.

• Monitors and enforces Associates’ breaks for both rule compliance and productivity. Ideally

coordinates breaks in each department to keep machines running as much time as possible.

• Administers progressive disciplinary procedures as required.

• Ensures accuracy of payroll records, and provides performance evaluations and pay reviews for

Associates in a timely and objective manner.

• Attends and participates in weekly Production Leadership Meetings.

• Ensures that all responsibilities and functions performed are in accordance with company

procedures as set forth in the Personnel Handbook. Participates in Safety programs

• Supports the company emphasis on teamwork and cooperation to achieve our goals by performing

other duties as assigned including periodic cleanup issues. Covers time for Maintenance

Technicians for vacation and sick days.

• Generates improvement ideas and embraces improvement projects to better the business.

• Implements maintenance KPIs and reporting related to uptime, downtime, PM compliance,

maintenance cost, and reliability performance.

• Works cross-functionally with Production, Quality, Planning, and CI to improve equipment

reliability, planned downtime execution, and production readiness.

• Collaborates with maintenance and operations leadership at the Turner facility to align

maintenance standards, preventative maintenance programs, spare-parts strategy, and reliability

practices in support of a unified PPC Kansas City maintenance system.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Detail-orientation required for completing required paperwork and information system’s inputs with

a high degree of accuracy.

• Previous flexographic printing experience and mechanical aptitude/experience is highly preferred.

• Previous supervisory/management/leadership experience in an industrial production environment

with the related safety training is preferred.

• Previous machining, welding, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic experience is highly preferred.

• Knowledge of Windows computing programs and experience with business operating systems a

must with some degree of proficiency required.

• Able to read and understand written instructions and provide verbal direction to successfully

complete procedures and required tasks.

• Capable of performing mathematical calculations, and properly using tape measures and

micrometers.

• Flexibility in work assignments and priorities is required to address the dynamic needs of our

customers and shifts in production requirements.

• Good verbal and written communication skills required, and proven experience with effective teams

and continuous improvement methods strongly preferred.

• Previous budget management and fiscal year budget planning skills are preferred.