Royal Canin
Maintenance Team Lead - Days
North Sioux City, Dakota del Sud
Behind every bag of our product is a team of skilled engineers and manufacturing experts dedicated to ensuring the highest quality and safety standards. Whether you're optimizing production lines, designing innovative solutions, or maintaining cutting-edge technology, your work will directly contribute to improving the lives of pets around the world. Make your mark on a team where innovation, precision, and passion come together every day.
- Job Type: varies
- Level: mid-level
- Travel: varies
- Average Salary: $63K-$96K
Success Profile
What makes a successful Maintenance Team Lead - Days at Royal Canin? We look for the right mix of the following traits when speaking with you.
- Analytical
- Curious
- Efficient
- Responsible
- Results-driven
- Team player
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Purpose
Connect your passion for pets to the purpose: A Better World For Pets
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Health & Wellbeing
A comprehensive focus on your individual health & wellbeing
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Inclusion
A place where you can belong and be yourself
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Career development
Professional learning offerings, annual personal development plans, Mars University
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Attractive total rewards
Your financial wellbeing through a competitve salary and bonus plan
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Focus on sustainability
We invest in you so you can make a better world
I take immense pride in leading a team that is passionate about making a difference for pets. Every day, we focus on precision, innovation, and maintaining the highest quality standards. What truly sets Royal Canin apart is the commitment to development—whether it’s advancing our processes, adopting cutting-edge technology, or helping associates grow in their careers. It’s incredibly rewarding to know that our work not only drives success but also creates meaningful opportunities for everyone on the team.
JR Smith North Sioux City Site Director, Global Value Chain Operations
Job: Maintenance Team Lead
Shift: Days
Location: Royal Canin (North Sioux City, SD)
The Maintenance Team Leader (MTL) has the responsibility and accountability to ensure effective and efficient workflows of the assigned Maintenance Team to support optimal availability of production and utility facilities. This role organizes and leads resources so that preventative and corrective plant maintenance is delivered with safety and quality front of mind.
Education & Professional Qualification
- Technical University degree (preferred but not essential) or technical qualification
Knowledge/Experience
- Experience of line management in a manufacturing environment (preferred but not essential)
- Solid understanding of & exposure to Engineering Technology (e.g. mechanical, electrotechnical area)
- Knowledge of any CMMS (eMaint is preferred)
- Significant work experience in technical fields
What will be your key responsibilities?
Functional Leadership:
- Lead maintenance technicians to implement planned preventative maintenance plans to maximize factory performance and output.
- Lead corrective maintenance activities to resolve high priority factory issues through the technician community.
- Coordinate resources and activities of assigned maintenance team and ensure reviews on efficiency and standards.
- Responsible for making factory-wide decisions where necessary, guiding other Team Leaders and factory associates on resolving deviations to KPIs.
- Lead factory-wide projects to drive priority initiatives.
People Leadership:
- Line management for a team of maintenance associates; planning work and managing crewing levels, conducting training, and ensuring that all attendance, performance and disciplinary matters are dealt with in accordance with company procedures.
- Building a high-performing team through developing associates individually and within the team. Driving the engagement of associates through coaching and impact planning. Developing associates through effective personal development plan management to ensure functional, team and personal development.
- Provide clear communication to the team on initiatives within the factory, as well as the wider business.
- Role model the factory operational processes, leading functional meetings and supporting operations in root cause analyses through effective coaching.
Strategical Maintenance:
- As a member of the Site Technical Leadership team, the MTL will help shape the maintenance strategy and drive the capabilities and performance of all team members forward.
- Collaborating with Site Technical Leadership Team peers to lead and partner in maintenance technical strategy, asset performance improvement and asset investment.
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with 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.
- A strong focus on 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.