Job Description

Maintenance Engineering Manager

You've seen the truck rolling through town and the silhouette logo on bread shelves in grocery stores, but do you know Aunt Millie's? We are a family-owned bread company headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana with locations and distribution throughout the Midwest. Perfection Bakeries began in 1901 and today the family has grown to include several brands, including Aunt Millie's, and over 1200 valued employees. Baking quality bread products is what we do, but when it comes to a career, we know you need more than bread.  

Essential Functions

• Directs, coordinates and facilitates activities of workers engaged in the repair, maintenance, and installation of machines, tools, and equipment, and in the maintenance of buildings, grounds, electrical and HVAC.
• Manage and work within the parameters of departmental budget.
• Set strategic and tactical direction to plan, schedule, direct and control all maintenance processes in order that we can meet the needs of our customers. This will include, but not limited to, managing repair, preventative maintenance, fabrication, and modification, installation of machines, tools, and equipment to ensure continuous production operations.
• Provide strong leadership and technical expertise to maintain existing procedures and drive continuous improvement. Plans, develops, and implements new methods and procedures designed to improve operations, minimize operating costs, and effect greater utilization of labor and materials. Reviews new product plans and discusses equipment needs and modifications with management team.
• Ensure food safety procedures are adhered to when repairing, replacing, installing and applying preventive maintenance to food processing equipment and while working in processing area.
• Follows and ensure compliance with all GMP, Food Safety and Safety practices, policies and requirements.
• Lead the achievement of a zero-injury workplace.
• Ensure compliance with applicable State and Federal government regulations.
• Build a culture of mutual respect, teamwork, and professionalism, demonstrating active support of the Company’s values and policies.
• Analyze data using various operating systems and programs.
• Experience with continuous improvement methods such as Six Sigma (DMAIC methodology), Lean (Kaizen events, Value Stream Mapping, 5S, etc.) preferred.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a management or leadership role.
• 5 or more years of experience in an industrial environment, preferably in food manufacturing.
• Proficiency in MS Office and SAP systems preferred.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience required.
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation communication skills.

We offer

• Competitive wages
• Employer matched 401(k) package and life insurance options
• An excellent healthcare plan, including dental and vision
• A safe, inclusive work environment
• Opportunities for growth

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.  

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