Maintenance and Reliability Technical Director

About the job

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 & Reliability Technical Director based in Dallas, Texas!

Job Summary

The Maintenance & Reliability Technical Director oversees manufacturing maintenance and reliability operations and directly manages adherence to standards of work in maintenance, automation and reliability teams. Work closely with the plant director to direct and manage the support of day-to-day operation of the facility. Coordinate the activities of the manufacturing facilities technical resources to ensure customer orders are received, scheduled and produced, to utilize plant capacities and optimize manufacturing costs and quality safely and effectively.

Key Responsibilities

As a key member of our team, you will play an important role in driving our mission forward. The following responsibilities outline the core expectations and contributions for this position.

• Provide leadership and administrative oversight for Engineering, Maintenance, Purchasing, Infrastructure, Controls, and other technical functions, ensuring business objectives are achieved and teams are effectively managed and developed.
• Lead the development and execution of the site technical master plan, including long-range capital planning, innovation initiatives, and multi-disciplinary capital project delivery.
• Drive technical and reliability strategies that improve safety, quality, productivity, capacity, sustainability, equipment reliability, and overall plant performance.
• Direct the execution of capital projects from concept through startup, ensuring alignment to scope, schedule, budget, and business objectives.
• Champion environmental, health, safety, food safety, and regulatory compliance programs to ensure safe and sustainable operations.
• Provide leadership for identifying and implementing cost-saving and continuous improvement opportunities across fixed, variable, and marginal cost structures.
• Manage technical budgets, capital expenditures, and internal and external resources to ensure efficient achievement of site priorities.
• Build organizational capability through coaching, talent development, succession planning, and performance management of technical and reliability teams.
• Foster a high-performance culture that emphasizes communication, collaboration, accountability, recognition, and employee engagement.
• Partner effectively with Human Resources and labor relations teams in a unionized environment to support hiring, employee development, performance management, retention, and employee relations.
• Serve as a technical leader across the site and broader network, driving standardization, best-practice sharing, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Maintain a strong understanding of manufacturing processes, equipment, quality systems, and operational requirements to effectively guide technical decision-making and business performance.
• Evaluate organizational structures, planning processes, and scheduling systems to continuously improve operational effectiveness and resource utilization.
• Demonstrate the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and leadership while serving as a role model for employees at all levels.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Engagement in our Integrated Work Systems

Ensure adherence to plant standards and procedures (including but not limited to GMP, AIB, FDA, IWS, Quality, Safety, Finance, ISO, HOPE, Danone Behaviors, Daily Direction Setting, Driving OE). As a fundamental piece of the organization, your responsibility is to participate and own the implementation and deployment of IWS system and its pillars (Leadership foundation, Daily Direction Setting, Driving OE; Autonomous Maintenance; planned Maintenance; Focused Improvement; Education and Training; Environmental, Health and Safety; Quality; Organization; Supply Network; Early Equipment Management) with the objective of owning your space, owning your performance (Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Mobilization, Nature) and owning your continuous improvement.