Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) Lead in ...

Job Title: Maintenance, Repair and Operations Lead Job Type: FT/Permanent Job Location: Portland, OR Job Description: Industry: Food & Beverages Job Category: Manufacturing - Plant Management Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride. Your goal is to achieve the required production volume in compliance with quality standards and in accordance with the KPIs. You will ensure a strong safety culture and satisfying internal & external customer needs. To achieve this you lead the planning, scheduling, logistics and materials management processes for Equipment spare parts and consumables in a Continuous Improvement manufacturing environment and an Integrated Lean Six Sigma culture. How you will contribute You will: Develop, own and execute the line/s preventive and time-based maintenance systems and plan and build capability of the team to execute themselves; be part of the PM Pillar, own Key PM-Progressive Maintenance systems and work processes and build PM strategies in cooperation with pillar members. Plan for efficient preventive and predictive maintenance activities per the Work Order Management process, Assist in the troubleshooting and lead the repair planning for equipment performance issues, Scheduling and coordinating contractor and service activities to ensure the efficient and safe operation of the plant's equipment Run MRP-Material Requirement Planning and planning procurement of spare parts according to demand and/or Progressive maintenance strategies; Eliminate useless and obsoletes materials; Update BOM's and spare part inventories Inventory Management of spare parts and other materials & consumables as needed by equipment technicians and apply self-service methodology for easy access. Define and implement policies for inventory optimization and based on TBM-Time based maintenance and CBM-condition based maintenance plans. Be responsible for corrective maintenance intervention and tags management/execution; Coordinate the management of software backups; Be responsible for understanding and using SAP ERP systems & manage quality of data; Facilitate the management of the technical library. Participate in selection of suppliers/contractors as necessary Enable effective communication of M & R - maintenance & repairs direction to working team and leadership to eradicate Global Efficiency (GE) losses; Lead cost reduction and spare parts optimization and critical spare parts management; Foster equipment loss eradication/prevention culture; Ensure basic training modules are relevant and accurate and interface with Education & Training Pillar to execute capability improvement in PM to enable knowledge transfer from PM to AM What you will bring A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge: Advanced knowledge (including AM-Autonomous Maintenance Step 4 systems & Progressive Maintenance Step 3) & skill to maintain the dedicated equipment(s)at basic conditions independently, including the execution of AM & PM (BD-Breakdown maintenance, planned maintenance) standards on dedicated equipment(s) and TPM - Phase 3 & 4 tools problem solving tools. The capability to lead a Role for the Line. Qualify and coach the next level SWP owners and drive the common opportunity areas across the line in PDCA-Plan Do Check Adjust approach. Capability to work as the Line Leader, developing and aligning goal/master plan for the line, deploying and managing Development Plans for the members, coaching team members on their performance management and career development. Candidate Details 2+ to 5 years experience Seniority Level - Mid-Senior Management Experience Required - No Minimum Education - Bachelor's Degree Willingness to Travel - Occasionally

Created: 2026-03-04