Pie Maintenance Manager

2727 East 11th Street, Tulsa, OK, USA | Salary | Maintenance | Full Time Pie Maintenance Manager

Exempt / Non-Exempt : Exempt Employment Type : Full Time

This position is a change agent and will provide leadership and direction for the Maintenance Department, at the Bama Companies, Inc., in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The Maintenance manager reports to the Plant Manager with an indirect line to Corporate Engineering and manages members of the plant maintenance department. Their leadership of facility and process improvements, involvement in major construction initiatives, equipment design and modifications and delivering solutions to accomplish strategic endeavors is crucial to the success and accomplishment of the future picture.

Role Description and Job Accountabilities :

Specific Job Accountabilities :

• Responsible for site compliance of (EPA, BRC, OSHA, FSMA, PSM, USDA) and all local, state and federal requirements
• Responsible for quality, human and food safety, continuous improvement and smart fun growth
• Understands Bama's maintenance and manufacturing systems
• Responsible for infrastructure including support utilities and ammonia refrigeration systems
• Responsible for creation and management of yearly maintenance budget including indirect spend
• Viable and dedicated support resource for all related aspects of manufacturing
• Manages and assists with plant capital projects
• Utilizes department scorecard to control downtime and scrap
• Responsible for overtime control

Specific Requirements to the Organization :

Bama's Strategic Perspectives :

People Are Wildly Important To Bama

Understand and teach the Bama Manual to new team members

Communicate effectively and candidly, and engage in Courageous Conversations

Build and leverage talent

Be visible and approachable by all levels of team members for mentoring and coaching

Be a role model for "People Helping People be Successful" and all of Bama's EQ initiatives

Achieve through teamwork, lead through influence

Create & maintain collaborative partnerships, leading with whole-hearted courage, and creating a win / win environment for our business & stakeholders

Customers Are Wildly Important To Bama

Put the customer first and understand its expectations

Understand market research data

Understand Bama's financial commitment to its customers

Continuous Improvement - Reducing Variation in Everything Bama Does

Lead change and innovation

Understand and utilize Deming's system of Profound Knowledge and the 14 Obligations of Management

Commit to continuously improving yourself and to helping others continuously improve

Utilize system view diagrams and PDSA as major tools to achieve desired goals and objectives Attend annual training to improve knowledge and system thinking

Drives continuous improvement in Bama project teams resulting in system-wide business improvements

Responsible for continuous improvement and re-design of tools utilized in the process and measures used to track progress and make business decisions

Smart, Fun Growth

Think like an owner

Attend financial training to improve your knowledge and skill

Be conservative in use of fiscal and human resources

Understand Bama's financials, and work as a team to reduce variation and costs

Plan and act strategically

Support the development of business cases by providing market research information and recommendations in a highly "consumable" format

Translates market research, customer insights and Bama's core competencies into actionable business development recommendations, aligned with Bama's strategy

Qualifications :

Possess and demonstrate passion for the job, the role, and the company

Passionate about our industry and the role we play within the industry

Demonstrate the ability to solve problems

Encourage a win / win team environment where everyone is heard equally

Available to travel to customer locations when necessary

Interact with Operations teams, and visit Bama's facilities on a regular basis

Communicate effectively in verbal and written form.

Provide leadership in strategic planning and prioritization

Possess the appropriate educational experience or job-related experience to perform the role

Promote, embrace and celebrate diversity and champion diversity initiatives

BS Degree in Science / Business or related discipline and / or 5 to 7 years of related experience with progressively more responsible duties within a food manufacturing plant

Ability to influence change through effective communication and direction

Knowledge of the use of Statistics (Six Sigma) and their application toward problem solving, process capability and online control

Use of BE to manage projects and communication to the organization for project status

Prior staff responsibility is a plus

Computer skills within the MS family, AutoCAD proficiency being a plus

Ability to interact with internal and external customers

Firsthand working knowledge of all regulatory compliance programs (BRC, OSHA, EPA, PSM)

Ability to handle multiple tasks and work in a fast-paced environment

Ability to identify and develop training for required employee needs

Ability to work independently

Experience and / or training in maintenance systems including Reliability Centered Maintenance, Lean manufacturing, or other CMMS-based, planned maintenance systems

Experience and / or training with Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

Experience and / or training in Predictive Maintenance (PDM) systems

Attributes and Characteristics :

Student of Heart Led Leadership

Respected by peers and respects others

Plans in the open, and invites others to respectfully disagree

Addresses issues within the confines of Bama's philosophies and its mission

Deploys the tenants of Bama's culture of caring and accountability

Works collaboratively and effectively with others

A passion that fuels engagement within and beyond departmental lines

Self-motivated, driven and requires little supervision