Maintenance & Reliability Director

Jones Dairy Farm

Fort Atkinson, WI

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Job Description

As posted by the hiring company

Job Overview:

JOB SUMMARY:

Leads the Maintenance department with a focus on asset reliability, operational efficiency, and long-term sustainability, driving results through strategic planning, performance management, and cross-functional collaboration.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

An essential job duty of this position is regularly reporting to work on time, and being able to perform the essential duties of the position

% Of Total Time

Develop Maintenance Strategies: Create and implement maintenance strategies and procedures to improve the reliability and performance of equipment and systems.
Analyze Performance Data: Analyze equipment failure data and performance reports to identify trends and areas for improvement, focusing on root cause analysis and long-term solutions.
Provide strategic leadership of the asset reliability program aligned to business goals, including long-term capital planning, cost optimization, and risk mitigation.
Lead Reliability Initiatives: This includes leading reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) and processes to assess critical assets and define maintenance priorities.
Collaborate Across Departments: Work closely with CI, operations, and maintenance teams to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations.
Training and Development: Facilitate training programs for maintenance and operations staff to enhance their understanding of reliability principles and practices.
Support budget planning, capital investments, and financial justification of reliability programs
Preserve distinctive quality/food safety operational standards (SQF).
Employee safety.
Accepts special projects and completes them promptly.

The above list reflects the general details necessary to describe the principle and essential functions of the position and shall not be construed as the only duties that may be assigned for the position.

COMPETENCIES:

Approachability	Puts others at ease by listening, allowing adequate time for interactions, and giving undivided attention. Show receptivity to message being delivered.
Collaboration	Seeks and enlists active participation of others to reach goals.
Customer Focus	Builds effective relationships, identifies customer expectations, sees issues from their point of view; offers practical recommendations.
Dependability	Meets deadlines, works independently, accountable, maintains focus, punctual, good attendance record.
Ethics & Integrity	Possesses a strong set of core values and beliefs consistent with social, ethical, and organizational principles. Confronts unethical situations.
Innovation	Generates new ideas and approaches to enhance the organization's systems, products, or effectiveness.
Personal Accountability	Accepts responsibility for own actions including failure. Embraces experience as learning opportunities and not chances to blames.
Results Orientated	Drives behavior to emphasize achievement. Self-directed toward accomplishment. Is action oriented. Likes challenge. Pursues Opportunities. Consistently high achieving.
Time Management/ Prioritization	Determines the interrelationships and relative importance of tasks and allocates time efficiently to the most important issues. Knows what not to spend time on; completes work in a timely fashion.
Trust & Respect	Offers respect to all in the work environment, adheres to high personal standards of acceptance, reliability, openness, and consistency of action with words.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, Business Administration or a related field.

Experience or Training: 10+ years of experience in the field and 5+ years in management role. A strong background in reliability engineering, project management, and hands-on experience in operational environments. Proficiency in data analysis and predictive models, along with familiarity with reliability analysis tools. Must have a high level of organizational and communication skills as well as possess a balance of technical, human relations, and conceptual skills.

Technology/Equipment: Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience or Training: Meat processing manufacturing experience.

Licenses/Certificates: Lean Six Sigma certification or experience, RETA certification

Technology/Equipment: Experience with CMMS

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS:

An individual must meet the mental and physical requirements described here to successfully perform this position's essential functions.

Intermittent (less than 15%), Occasional (15-45%), Frequent (50-75%), and Continuous (over 75%)

Manual dexterity to operate all office equipment efficiently	Continuous
Visual dexterity to operate all office equipment efficiently	Continuous
Walking	Frequent
Bending	Frequent
Stooping	Frequent
Reach above shoulders	Frequent
Standing	Frequent
Sitting	Frequent
Talking	Frequent
Hearing	Frequent
Finger manipulation	Frequent
Exposure to cold, hot, damp, and noisy environments	Continuous
Lift and carry up to 50 lbs.	Occasional

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

Much of the work for this position is performed in an office environment, however, there may be exposure to production areas requiring the use of PPE, uniform or protective clothing, and safety equipment.

EMPLOYEE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

An individual in this position must successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities, and the physical and mental demands listed above. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.