Maintenance Leader

Build Reliability. Lead Great People. Drive Performance. At Danone, manufacturing the best products and supplying them to meet demand is a key driver for our plant teams. We are currently looking to hire a Maintenance Leader to lead equipment reliability, maintenance operations, and a talented team of maintenance technicians for an assigned line in our Dallas, Texas manufacturing plant. The Maintenance Leader is part of the IWS line trio team which has 24/7 ownership of the performance of an assigned production line. The Line Trio consists of 3 roles: Line Leader, Maintenance Leader and Process Engineer. The role of the Maintenance Leader is to champion equipment reliability and performance for the assigned line is responsible for the equipment maintenance plan and breakdown analysis execution. This is an opportunity to make a visible impact in a large-scale manufacturing environment where your leadership will directly influence safety, reliability, productivity, and continuous improvement. If you enjoy developing teams, solving complex equipment challenges, and building world-class maintenance systems, we'd love to hear from you. In this position, you will: Lead and develop a team of maintenance technicians supporting a 24/7 manufacturing operation. Drive equipment reliability and reduce downtime across critical production assets. Partner with Operations, Engineering, and Continuous Improvement teams to optimize performance. Influence maintenance strategy, preventive maintenance programs, and reliability improvements. Play a key role in capital projects, equipment upgrades, and operational excellence initiatives. Own meaningful KPIs tied to equipment effectiveness, reliability, maintenance cost, and team performance.

Lead People Coach, develop, and engage maintenance technicians across multiple shifts. Foster a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement. Build technical capability within the maintenance organization. Improve Reliability Lead preventive and predictive maintenance programs. Analyze equipment failures and drive root cause solutions. Improve equipment uptime, reliability, and operational performance. Identify opportunities for process and asset improvement. Execute Maintenance Strategy Manage maintenance planning and scheduling activities. Prioritize work orders and maintenance resources. Partner with operations leaders to coordinate planned maintenance events. Monitor maintenance KPIs and implement improvement plans. Drive Operational Excellence Support Danone's Integrated Work Systems (IWS) and Continuous Improvement initiatives. Ensure maintenance documentation, procedures, and technical records remain accurate and current. Participate in equipment upgrades, capital projects, and new technology implementation.

While performing duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; stoop; kneel; crouch; crawl; taste and/or smell, talk and hear. Ability to bend & stoop at waist level as well as bend & twist neck and head. The employee must regularly endure repetitive minimal to moderate lifting 10lbs up to 50lbs and occasional team lifting above 50lbs. Requires normal range of hearing and vision (including colors) to record, prepare and communicate appropriate reports and results. The employee is frequently standing on a concrete surface for 8-, 10- or 12-hour shifts Occasionally may need to climb on stairs, step ladders, stool. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Ability to work up to 12-hour shifts.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions While performing the duties of