Associate Director, Maintenance and Reliability Engineering

As the Associate Director - MRE, you will oversee the maintenance and reliability of numerous buildings across your assigned business vertical. You will take a hands-on approach to leadership, effectively engaging, motivating, and coaching team members. Partnering with the M&RE senior leadership team, you will define, develop and deliver the maintenance roadmap and set the standard for operational efficiency within your business vertical.

- Oversee MRE-related processes including maintenance of automation and manufacturing equipment, electrical, refrigeration, PIT equipment (forklifts), building, grounds, and overall upkeep of numerous buildings

- Motivate, engage, coach, and inspire a team of managers and technicians, creating a positive team dynamic that encourages all employees to provide feedback and drive change from within

- Provide project management and support as assigned for key strategic and building level projects

- Manage outside vendors and facilitate planned and unplanned repairs

- Identify problems and brainstorm improvement strategies for the fulfillment centers

- Drive cross-departmental engagement and collaboration on new projects and retrofits

- Customer Centric: You are passionate about delivering on commitments to your customers

- Bold: you have vision, passion and grit; you're not afraid to take calculated risks and constantly challenge the status quo

- Agile: you roll with the punches and don't get overwhelmed easily, you adapt quickly to change and know how to deliver results in a fast-paced, autonomous environment

- Decisive: You realize when making a decision is as important as the time it takes to make that decision

- Problem-solver: you understand there is not a one-size-fits-all approach when problem-solving; you think outside the box and enjoy enjoy deep diving issues to find a solution

- Programmatic: you're able to identify the system component that is causing the error, as well as the options available for resolving it and completing the task efficiently

- Strategic: you see the bigger picture, as well as each moving part which allows you to recognize and resolve situations that are ambiguous or challenging for others

- 8+ years managing maintenance/operations and reliability within the Food/Beverage/Perishables/Distribution industry or equivalent experience

- Bachelor's Degree preferred; high school diploma or GED required

- Effective leader and communicator for employees, direct reports, cross-functional teams, and executives

- High level of integrity and ethics with excellent follow-up and follow-through

- Able to read and interpret blueprints, manuals, and schematics

- Knowledgeable in GMP/LEAN and strong continuous improvement and project management skills

- Comfortable working in cold environments with some areas of facility at 40F

- Excitement for working in a start-up environment with a high level of ambiguity and change

- Flexibility to work weekends, holidays and/or nights and travel approximately 50% of the time