Employee Job Description: Maintenance Manager

Innovative Labs (IL) is a leading developer, formulator, and provider of single serve and multi-dose ingestible health and wellness products for leading brands and direct sales companies. Founded in 2006 by Travis Parry, IL provides highly differentiated formulating, blending, filling, distribution, and other critical services for small-format nutritional supplements, food items, household products and other consumer packaged goods. The company is SQF Food Safety Code Level III Certified and operates highly efficient, state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities with a workforce of over 400 people, headquartered in Springville, UT with facilities in St. George, Lindon, and Springville

Job Summary

Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Maintenance Manager is responsible for directly overseeing and coordinating repairs, upgrades, and preventive maintenance (PM) work on production equipment, and for providing maintenance support to the plant. This includes, but is not limited to, retrofitting, repair maintenance, preventative maintenance, managing maintenance and facilities contracts, installations, and upgrades.

Job Duties

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Tactical (80%)

• Provides direct management of maintenance personnel including daily direction, work schedules, discipline, task prioritization and develops employees to achieve and maintain positive working relationships with the maintenance team.
• Oversight of repair and PM work on production equipment such as batching, packaging, and process equipment.
• Oversight of MRO stock items in support of PM and repair schedule and ensures that costs are minimized while providing the highest service level in support of operations.
• Supports process improvement projects.
• Ensures the ready status of idle equipment.
• Supports quality in (HACCP) implementation and ongoing support of the SQF code.
• Adhere to the company’s values regarding loyalty, transparency, inclusiveness, meritocracy and collaboration in daily activities, interactions, and communications.
• Other duties as assigned.

Strategic (20%)

• Works with the Maintenance Technicians to develop a robust and comprehensive spare part requirement list.
• Collaborates with the Director of Engineering to develop spare parts budgets.
• Reports on Maintenance KPI’s as directed.
• Ensure reports have active growth plans and are coached to strengthen developmental areas of opportunity, while also ensuring his/her own succession/growth
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills

• Demonstrated adaptive “servant leadership” style
• Possession of strong organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Possess exceptional interpersonal communication skills
• Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently
• Ability to work independently on assigned tasks as well as to accept direction on given assignments
• Able to work collectively with the administrative team associates
• Strict adherence to company standards and safety procedures

Experience and Education

• High School Diploma or GED. BS in Engineering, Business, or Operations related field preferred
• 5+ years previous experience as a maintenance or facility manager
• Experience within Operations and Product Supply in a CM/Food/Bev/CPG industry
• Experience in a High Volume, High SKU, Fast Moving Regulatory Environment
• Working knowledge of Red Zone digital productivity or similar systems preferred
• Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently
• Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel)

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Frequently involves sedentary work: Exerting up to 50-75 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. Involves a variety of physical activities including walking, standing and manual dexterity with frequent repetitive reaching motion.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The performance of this position will often require exposure to the manufacturing areas where, under certain conditions, may require the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses with side shields and mandatory hearing protection.

For the most part, ambient room temperatures, lighting, and traditional office equipment as found in a typical office environment.

History

IL was founded in 2006 and is now the largest independent supplier of custom single serve flexible packaging West of the Mississippi. With significant investments in packaging and pasteurization equipment, IL has the capacity to fill hundreds of thousands of pouches a day and the flexibility to meet the demands of large and small production runs. IL provides its health, wellness, and nutritional customers with a differentiated advantage of world-class turn-key solutions and full-service, front-end product development. Having achieved the highest and most prestigious regulatory certifications, IL also offers speed-to-market service unmatched in the industry. IL’s customers range from Fortune 100 food and beverage companies to high growth emerging brands, all of whom have access to the Company’s best-in-class service and capabilities.