Director of Maintenance

4 weeks ago

Reading, United States RM Palmer Company, LLC Full time

About the Company:

R.M. Palmer Company, LLC designs, produces, packages, and ships seasonal chocolate novelties. Its products include filled chocolates, solid chocolates, chocolate bars and balls, chocolate cups and coins, chocolate patties, and seasonal products. In addition to their own branded products, the Company co-manufactures both seasonal and everyday products for other large branded companies. Today, the Company operates out of two manufacturing facilities and one distribution facility with ~600 full-time employees. R.M. Palmer Company, LLC has some of the most differentiated manufacturing capabilities in the industry as one of the only companies in the U.S. able to make hollow molded chocolate candy products and multicolor chocolate candy novelties.

The Director of Facilities Maintenance is responsible for providing world class strategies to optimize the functions of maintenance, projects (capital and expense), facilities, and utilities at all of our locations in PA and NY. The selected candidate will provide critical leadership for capital projects, maintenance excellence and ensure plant operations, quality, and support members have solutions needed to drive performance optimization.

Responsibilities

  • Provide strategy and support for maintenance programs, development of tools and resources, personnel selection, training, and development.
  • Development of site strategic plan for capital investment, and system/technology improvements.
  • Coaching, mentoring, and development of plant technical resources.
  • Develop and maintain cross-functional relationships with peers to meet the needs of the business.
  • Accountability for management of external technical relationships with contractors, suppliers, and equipment vendors.
  • Provide technical leadership and site compliance with FDA, EPA and OSHA requirements in concert with designated functional experts.
  • Provide input and leadership to achieve optimization of assets as well as lead safety initiatives in technical areas.
  • Champion design, improvements, and systems to support safety excellence.
  • Develop and hold appropriate team members accountable for budgets in Maintenance, Support, ancillary functions, and capital projects to meet the needs of the business (operational, strategic, and business).
  • Manage performance of all team members, model and support Palmer’s core values and safety culture, build collaborative teams, develop employees, and drive focus on quality and continuous improvement.
  • Coach and develop Maintenance Leadership Team to reduce and eliminate downtime and losses.
  • Contribute as an integral part of a senior plant leadership team to drive the plant strategy and culture.
  • Oversee preparation of equipment specifications, layouts, and direct the installation of capital equipment.
  • Identify and execute continuous improvement projects that deliver significant annual savings in direct labor, energy, and material waste.
  • Engage all stakeholders in scope, expectations, and execution planning. Vertical Start Up/Continuous Improvement/Zero Loss Culture.
  • Manage and execute site specific preventive maintenance program.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical, chemical, or electrical engineering or equivalent experience.
  • Requires seven to ten years of management experience; to include at least five years of experience in increasingly complex industrial supervisory position.
  • Knowledge in facilities to include wastewater, energy use, boilers, and HVAC systems.
  • Strong knowledge of food manufacturing including Health and Safety, OSHA, FDA and EPA regulations relative to plant operation and maintenance.
  • Drives for results while adaptive to change.
  • Ability to develop strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders working within a diverse community.
  • Attention to detail, well organized, and able to juggle many projects simultaneously.
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced, often ambiguous environment.

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