Brown-Forman · 1 day ago
Maintenance and Engineering Manager
Headquarters - Kentucky, Louisville
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expBrown-Forman is a premium spirits company seeking a Maintenance and Engineering Manager for their bottling operations. This role involves overseeing engineering and maintenance activities, leading packaging projects, and ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory requirements while supporting the development of the maintenance team.
Food and BeverageWine And SpiritsWinery
Responsibilities
Responsible for the planning, organizing, and supervising of bottling engineering, maintenance, preventive maintenance, and changeover functions to support the bottling in the most effective way utilizing cost effective approaches within recommended guidelines, policies, and budgetary constraints
Responsible for leading over $2M of packaging projects and supporting over $2M of capital projects at BFB
Directly supervises the activities of the engineering staff, one salaried maintenance coordinator and 19 highly skilled technicians
Responsible for maintenance production support of 3M - 9L cases
Provide direction and support to the Processing, Production, & Shipping maintenance teams including PM execution, line changeovers and Breakdown Reduction plans for all bottling equipment
Coordinates efforts ensuring seamless integration between bottling maintenance with operations, outside vendors, and contractors
Fosters empowerment and provides the required resources to support and develop work teams
Maintains preventive maintenance, emergency maintenance, and scheduled work orders
Ensures all maintenance activities and areas of responsibility adhere to required regulatory, safety, environmental and quality requirements while providing training and development to subordinates
Establish effective KPIs aligning the maintenance organization to the BF Distillery Operations Compelling Business Need (CBN)
Responsible for all engineering and maintenance activities throughout the Brown Forman Bottling (BFB) organization
Provides direction and support to the maintenance team; sets policy and establishes procedures for the department and monitors and manages maintenance activities to ensure productive, efficient operations, compliant with all Corporate, BFB and regulatory requirements
Leads packaging engineering projects for the BFB operations and helps support long-term capital planning projects
Coordinates with stakeholders to develop, implement, and support engineering projects and process improvements for cost savings, productivity improvement, equipment replacement and modernization, and general improvements to meet quality, safety, environmental and other regulatory requirements
Provide leadership for the application of Continuous Improvement tools, and training to meet business objectives
Supports preparation to present packaging-related capital projects as well as major maintenance and departmental budgets for areas of responsibility while managing within budget
May assist other areas such as production operations in preparing annual budgets as needed
Performs cost and productivity analysis and studies; assists operations management in developing and establishing performance standards, standard operating procedures and measured day work standards and assists in training and instruction in conjunction with new equipment installations or process changes
Remains abreast of changing regulatory, environmental, safety, OSHA and other requirements through training and education as they pertain to engineering and maintenance support
Provides for the general growth and development of subordinate staff, establishes performance standards, and monitors and evaluates performance within these standards
Qualification
Required
Education: College/University (Bachelors or Equivalent); Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial or Civil Engineering
Experience: 5-7 years of leadership experience in a manufacturing environment; or a combination of education and experience
Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills and the ability to prepare and present finished reports and project updates using word processing, spreadsheet, or other computer applications
Prior experience in leading TPM / CI / Kaizen or Lean Manufacturing activities
CMMS & Asset Management experience (Maximo, E Maint)
Preferred
Education: Masters Degree (M.A., MBA or Equivalent); Engineering
Experience: Previous managerial systems experience supervising engineering and maintenance operations in an industrial environment
Benefits
Equitable pay structures for individual and company performance
Premium employee experience
A range of premium benefits that reflect our company values and meet the needs of our diverse workforce
Company
Brown-Forman
Brown‑Forman Corporation is a global leader in the spirits industry, responsibly building exceptional beverage alcohol brands for more than 155 years.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (2)
2022 (2)
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2020 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.25B2023-03-21Post Ipo Debt· $650M
2018-03-22Post Ipo Debt· $600M
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
Lawson Whiting
President & Chief Executive Officer
Leslie Fugate
Vice President Director, Public Affairs, U.S. State and Local, Canada, & Latin America
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