About Us:
The Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) is a member-owned and operated milk marketing cooperative known for producing high-quality, award-winning dairy products. Established in 1916, MMPA markets 5 billion pounds of milk annually and is the ninth largest dairy farmer-owned cooperative in the United States, serving members in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin. At MMPA, commitment to milk quality begins on the farm and extends through five processing facilities and wholly owned subsidiary brands, Superior Dairy and Heritage Ridge Creamery. With seven sites across Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, MMPA continues to shape the future of the dairy industry through innovation, product diversification and strategic growth while returning value to its member-owners.
Why you'll love working here:
- Competitive salary
- Health and wellness benefits with medical coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield, including mental health benefits
- Disability insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement including 401k with employer contributions
- Personal and professional growth opportunities
- Employee appreciation events and recognition awards
- Employee wellness initiatives
- Employee feedback and suggestion forums
- Position Summary
MMPA is seeking a strategic and hands-on Director of Maintenance & Asset Reliability to lead maintenance and reliability performance across our manufacturing network. Reporting to the Director of Engineering, this enterprise leadership role will be responsible for developing standardized maintenance systems, improving equipment reliability, building organizational capability, and driving a proactive maintenance culture that supports safe, efficient, and reliable operations.
As a key leader within the Manufacturing Excellence organization, this position will partner closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Food Safety teams to support business growth and long-term asset performance across multiple manufacturing facilities.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute MMPA's enterprise maintenance and asset reliability strategy.
- Standardize maintenance processes, performance expectations, and reliability practices across multiple facilities.
- Drive improvements in equipment reliability, asset performance, and maintenance effectiveness while reducing reactive maintenance.
- Lead preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs, including maintenance planning, scheduling, and work management practices.
- Establish and optimize CMMS standards, maintenance reporting, asset records, and performance metrics.
- Partner with Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Food Safety teams to support operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement.
- Lead root cause analysis efforts and implement sustainable solutions to recurring equipment and reliability issues.
- Develop maintenance leaders and technical talent while fostering a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.
- Support capital planning, asset lifecycle management, major equipment upgrades, and long-term reliability initiatives.
- Manage maintenance budgets, contractor relationships, resource planning, and critical spare parts strategies.
Qualifications
- Progressive leadership experience in maintenance, reliability, engineering, or manufacturing operations.
- Demonstrated success leading maintenance teams within a complex manufacturing environment.
- Strong knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance, reliability principles, maintenance planning, and root cause analysis.
- Experience implementing maintenance systems, standardizing processes, and improving equipment reliability.
- Proven ability to lead teams, drive accountability, and influence organizational change.
- Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
- Experience managing maintenance budgets, contractors, and maintenance resources.
Preferred Qualifications
- Multi-site manufacturing maintenance or reliability leadership experience.
- Experience in food, dairy, beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical, consumer products, or other highly regulated manufacturing environments.
- Knowledge of SQF, HACCP, GMP, or similar food safety and quality systems.
- Experience implementing or optimizing CMMS platforms.
- Experience with reliability-centered maintenance, predictive maintenance programs, and asset lifecycle management.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Maintenance Management, Operations, or a related technical field.
- Equivalent combinations of education, technical training, and leadership experience will be considered.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each responsibility satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the responsibilities.
This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of responsibilities that are required of the role. Responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.
MMPA provides the opportunity for meaningful work that makes a difference in the dairy industry and in our communities. The diverse talents and perspectives of our employees help us to meet the needs of our member farms and the customers we serve.
We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States.
MMPA is committed to maintaining a safe, healthy, and productive environment for all employees as one of our top priorities. As part of our commitment to your well-being and workplace safety, all applicants are required to undergo a drug screening and background check as part of the hiring process.
We are not accepting unsolicited candidate introductions, referrals, or rsums from third-party recruiters or staffing agencies for this position.
MMPA is an equal opportunity employer.
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