Maintenance Manager bei Westfield Egg Farm

Description

Reports to: COO

Supervises: Maintenance Mechanic & Electrical Engineer, Maintenance Mechanic, and Facilities Mechanic

Status: Non-Exempt/Hourly

Purpose of Position: 

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading the maintenance team to ensure the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of all egg grading and material handling equipment, as well as the upkeep and repair of Westfield’s facilities. This role blends hands-on technical expertise with strong leadership and planning to minimize downtime, support production goals, and build a proactive maintenance culture that reflects Westfield’s commitment to excellence and stewardship.

Essential Characteristics: 

• Welcomes interaction and is open to communication.
• Shows perseverance and resilience.
• Makes decisions based on experience and data driven problem solving.
• Finds innovative solutions to challenges.
• Shows assurance in their abilities and decisions.

Essential Skills: 

• Organizes tasks, projects, and resources effectively.
• Interacts effectively with others in a professional manner.
• Follows through on tasks, ensuring completion and success.
• Leads, inspires, and guides others toward common goals.
• Identifies problems, analyzes solutions, and implements the best course of action.

Essential Duties:

• Lead, train, and mentor the maintenance team to ensure high performance and accountability.
• Organize and coordinate daily maintenance activities, assigning work and setting priorities based on production schedules. 
• Develop and oversee preventive maintenance programs that reduce downtime and improve reliability.
• Develop and utilize a process for receiving and executing maintenance requests.
• Ensure proper documentation of maintenance work, parts usage, and equipment history.
• Monitor equipment performance and partner with operations to schedule repairs and improvements.
• Maintain accurate parts inventory and manage supplier relationships.
• Support installation, modification, and improvement projects for equipment and facilities.
• Promote and enforce safety standards, ensuring a clean, compliant, and organized work environment.
• Build strong communication channels with Production, Operations, and Leadership teams.
• Perform hands-on maintenance work as needed to diagnose complex problems and train staff.
• Ensure all maintenance equipment continues to work reliably and efficiently. 
• Discover and oversee opportunities for innovation and improvement in equipment and processes.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by management.

Work Schedule: 

• Regular work hours are Monday-Friday, 7 AM - 5 PM, or during grading hours.
• Occasional Saturdays may be required for maintenance, repairs, or grading.
• Must be present during grading hours unless prior arrangements are made.
• Flexibility with breaks and meals is required to allow for equipment maintenance when grading is not in progress.

Requirements

•  Prior leadership experience in a maintenance or production environment.
• Strong technical (running to specification), mechanical, and troubleshooting skills; electrical and pneumatic experience preferred.
• Strong drive to “get it right”, ensuring repairs, maintenance, and projects meet the highest standards of performance and reliability.
• Ability to train and motivate team members toward shared goals.
• Proficient in reading technical manuals, schematics, and maintenance documentation.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities.
• Proficient in English reading, writing, and communication.
• Ability to perform basic math calculations (add, subtract, multiply, divide) using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
• Complete support of and adherence to Westfield Egg Farm’s mission, vision, and core values. Applicant must hold these standards as his/her own.

Personal Attributes:

At times the Maintenance Manager will be privileged to information that should not be shared. The incumbent must maintain strict confidentiality in performing the duties of the Maintenance Supervisor. The incumbent must also demonstrate the following personal attributes:

• Be honest and trustworthy
• Be respectful
• Demonstrate cultural awareness and sensitivity across a variety of cultures 
• Be flexible
• Demonstrate sound work ethics

Physical Requirements / Environmental Conditions:
This position requires frequent standing and movement throughout the facility, with occasional walking, climbing stairs or ladders, reaching, handling objects, and communicating. Sitting may be required at times. Employees must be able to lift and move up to 50 pounds regularly. Vision requirements include close, distance, and color vision, as well as the ability to adjust focus. The work environment may involve occasional exposure to airborne particles, chemicals, outdoor weather conditions, moving machinery, vibration, and temperature extremes. Noise levels typically range from moderate to loud.

About:

Westfield Egg Farm, located in New Holland, Pennsylvania, is a fourth generation,

family-owned business that is committed to operating with core values of excellence, integrity, family, stewardship, and eternal perspective. The company’s goal is to empower their team members to grow as individuals and to treat employees and customers with the highest care and respect. Westfield Egg Farm is dedicated to honoring God in everything they do and to operating in a way that reflects their Christian values. 

Core Values: Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Family, Eternal Perspective

Vision: To remain a family business delivering premier customer care by sourcing and distributing farm-to-table products. 

Mission: To support small family farms by building meaningful connections that create loyalty. We offer custom solutions for premier packing, marketing, and distribution of wholesome products.