Maintenance Manager at Mars Incorporated

Posted in General Business 10 days ago.

Type: Full-Time
Location: Hackettstown, New Jersey





Job Description:

Job Description:

The Maintenance Manager/Reliability Engineer will have a strong passion and drive to eliminate all maintenance losses in the site by using proven technical tools to develop maintenance strategies for both new and existing equipment. This role must be a leader in maintenance improvement tools (PM Optimization, RCM, RCA, FMEA, etc.) and knowledgeable in predictive maintenance tools (Vibration, Ultrasound, Thermography, etc).

What are we looking for?


  • Bachelor's degree in engineeringpreferred but not required

  • 5-7 years' experience in Maintenance/Reliability

  • Proven analytical capability and change management capability

  • Knowledge of manufacturing technologies and pipeline practices

  • Efficiency management skills

  • Project management skills

What will be your key responsibilities?


  • Professionally and systematically define, design, develop, monitor, and refine the maintenance strategies for both new and existing equipment at the site. This includes: 1. Proper operation and care of equipment. 2. Comprehensive lubrication program (requirements, frequencies, and methods of application). 3. Inspections, adjustments, replacements, overhauls for selected equipment. 4. Vibration, Ultrasound, Infrared and other predictive analyses, and interpretation of results. 5. Logical decision making on assets to Run-To-Failure when appropriate.

  • Guides efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls, and safety/security systems.

  • Develop consistent maintenance strategies and processes across Mars Chocolate by working with peers.

  • Achieve and maintain a high level of technical competency in advanced maintenance technology.

  • Support Maintenance Techs who have area responsibility to improve the maintenance strategies for their areas by training, coaching, and assessing the maintenance improvement tools.

  • Analize equipment failure data patterns to establish P-F Curves and Intervals for potential failures and use to appropriately prioritize, plan, and schedule to minimize downtime.

  • Coordinate with Planner/Scheduler to ensure that PM/PdM services and inspections are scheduled and performed when due and that resultant corrective work is promptly prioritized and performed.

  • Reduces and improves maintenance work wherever feasible, ensuring efficient and reliable operation of plant, process and equipment while protecting and prolonging the economic life of plant assets at optimal cost. 1. Develops solutions to repetitive failures and other maintenance problems. 2. Identifies and corrects chronic, repetitive, and costly equipment problems. 3. Provides technical advice to maintenance area owners. 4.Implements methods to reduce the need for maintenance and ultimately eliminate the occurrence of failures to increase Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) and decrease Mean Time to Repair (MTTR).

  • Supports Planner/Scheduler in development of technical, environmental, or complex safety work procedures.

  • Routinely contributes to the planning of realistic production capacity based upon analysis of preventive maintenance time needs, failure history.

  • Apply value analysis to repair/replace, repair/redesign, and make/buy decisions.

  • Gate keeper of all new projects and changes at the site to ensure that proper failure mode analysis is applied before the design and installation.

  • Ensures that spare parts list, equipment manuals and prints are provided for all new installations and that they are consistent with established standards.

  • Lead maintenance improvement programs at site such as: Asset criticality Identification, PM Screening, Equipment Maintenance Strategies, and Asset Refurbishment/Obsolescence Plan.

  • Lead Breakdown Analysis (BDAs) problem solving activities for critical events at site. Train other associates on this process.

  • Interpret SAP PM maintenance data to generate priorities and action list for improving reliability of site.

  • Present improvement opportunities and plans to Site Leadership Team.

  • Keep up to date with new technologies and processes outside of MCNA that improve reliability. Some of these areas include Preventive Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance, Equipment Criticality Assessment, & KPIs.

What can you expect from Mars?


  • Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented associates, all guided by The Five Principles.

  • Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.

  • Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

  • An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

Find out more about what Mars can offer you by visiting our Global Careers site.

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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.





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