Career Opportunities: Maintenance and Facilities Lead (2227)
Fall Creek is creating a world with better blueberries through its friendly, collaborative team spread across the globe. To help us accomplish this, we are seeking a qualified Maintenance and Facilities Lead This position will be located in Larache, Morocco.
JOB SUMMARY
The maintenance and Facilities Lead is responsible for planning, coordinating, and supervising all maintenance activities to ensure the optimal performance, reliability, and availability of Nursery equipment, facilities, and infrastructure. The role ensures efficient maintenance operations while maintaining high standards of safety, environmental compliance, and cost control. In addition to Annual Maintenance budget preparation Opex and Capex.
ORGANIZATIONAL FIT:
This position reports directly to the Morocco Operations Manager and supervises team leaders and employees in the maintenance department. This position collaborates with the procurement admin in coordinating services with external and other suppliers.
JOB SETTINGS:
Office and nursery environment.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop and implement maintenance strategies (preventive, corrective, and predictive) for Nursery equipments and facilities
- Plan, Coordinate, and supervise maintenance activities to ensure minimal downtime and continuous operations
- Ensure the reliability and availability of Nursery machinery, Irrigation systems, greenhouses, and other production equipment
- Manage maintenance of infrastructure and utilities, including water systems, pumps, electrical installations, and buildings
- Lead and supervise the maintenance team, ensuring proper training and performance
- Prepare and monitor the maintenance budget while optimizing operational costs
- Implement safety procedures and ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental regulations
- Develop action plans to reduce operational and industrial risks
- Manage spare parts inventory and ensure availability of critical components
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance equipment efficiency and maintenance processes (5S, TPM)
- Coordinate with production and farm management teams to align maintenance schedules with operational needs
- Manage relationships with external service providers.
- Prepares an annual list of CAPEX and projects, as well as monitoring and control of their execution, both for other departments and for their own.
- Prepares OPEX budgets annually as well as their monitoring and control.
- Supports, perpetuates and enhances Fall Creek's core values and corporate culture.
NECESSARY EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE
- Degree in Electromechanics or Industrial Maintenance
- Knowledge of Electricity, mechanics, Hydraulics and pneumatics
- Minimum 5 years of experience in maintenance, preferably in Agriculture, Agroindustry or industrial operations
- Strong Knowledge of Agricultural machinery, irrigation systems, pumps, and greenhouse infrastructure
- Experience in Preventive maintenance planning and team management
- Good understanding of Safety standards and environmental regulations
- Previous experience working with an ERP system, preferably SAP
- Familiar with Outlook, Word, Excel and AutoCAD
- Must Speaks Spanish or English
SKILLS:
- Leadership and team management
- Problem solving and troubleshooting
- Maintenance planning and scheduling
- Budget and cost control
- Communication and coordination skills
- Continuous improvement mindset
[Not translated in selected language]
Who is Fall Creek?
We’re a US-based company with a keen focus on blueberry genetics, plants, and grower support delivered to the world’s premier blueberry growers. From our humble beginnings in Lowell, Oregon more than 40 years ago, we now also have wholly-owned nurseries in Mexico, Peru, Spain, South Africa, Netherlands, China, and Chile. Additionally, we have built a global team of the finest breeders, researchers, propagators and nursery professionals, grower support technicians, sales and customer service experts and more. We’re a deeply-planted link in a global chain, ready to serve our customers and our industry throughout North, Central, and South America, Greater Europe, Asia, and Africa. Our mission is to serve the growers and to support the blueberry industry, helping to ensure growers maximize success through our delivery of the best genetics and plants, technical know-how and global market intelligence. To fulfill our mission, we focus on cultivating exceptional plants, building strong relationships and providing responsive customer service. This is all part of how we’re helping to build A World with Better Blueberries™.
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Fall Creek is creating a world with better blueberries through its friendly, collaborative team spread across the globe. To help us accomplish this, we are seeking a qualified Maintenance and Facilities Lead This position will be located in Larache, Morocco.
JOB SUMMARY
The maintenance and Facilities Lead is responsible for planning, coordinating, and supervising all maintenance activities to ensure the optimal performance, reliability, and availability of Nursery equipment, facilities, and infrastructure. The role ensures efficient maintenance operations while maintaining high standards of safety, environmental compliance, and cost control. In addition to Annual Maintenance budget preparation Opex and Capex.
ORGANIZATIONAL FIT:
This position reports directly to the Morocco Operations Manager and supervises team leaders and employees in the maintenance department. This position collaborates with the procurement admin in coordinating services with external and other suppliers.
JOB SETTINGS:
Office and nursery environment.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop and implement maintenance strategies (preventive, corrective, and predictive) for Nursery equipments and facilities
- Plan, Coordinate, and supervise maintenance activities to ensure minimal downtime and continuous operations
- Ensure the reliability and availability of Nursery machinery, Irrigation systems, greenhouses, and other production equipment
- Manage maintenance of infrastructure and utilities, including water systems, pumps, electrical installations, and buildings
- Lead and supervise the maintenance team, ensuring proper training and performance
- Prepare and monitor the maintenance budget while optimizing operational costs
- Implement safety procedures and ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental regulations
- Develop action plans to reduce operational and industrial risks
- Manage spare parts inventory and ensure availability of critical components
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance equipment efficiency and maintenance processes (5S, TPM)
- Coordinate with production and farm management teams to align maintenance schedules with operational needs
- Manage relationships with external service providers.
- Prepares an annual list of CAPEX and projects, as well as monitoring and control of their execution, both for other departments and for their own.
- Prepares OPEX budgets annually as well as their monitoring and control.
- Supports, perpetuates and enhances Fall Creek's core values and corporate culture.
NECESSARY EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE
- Degree in Electromechanics or Industrial Maintenance
- Knowledge of Electricity, mechanics, Hydraulics and pneumatics
- Minimum 5 years of experience in maintenance, preferably in Agriculture, Agroindustry or industrial operations
- Strong Knowledge of Agricultural machinery, irrigation systems, pumps, and greenhouse infrastructure
- Experience in Preventive maintenance planning and team management
- Good understanding of Safety standards and environmental regulations
- Previous experience working with an ERP system, preferably SAP
- Familiar with Outlook, Word, Excel and AutoCAD
- Must Speaks Spanish or English
SKILLS:
- Leadership and team management
- Problem solving and troubleshooting
- Maintenance planning and scheduling
- Budget and cost control
- Communication and coordination skills
- Continuous improvement mindset
[Not translated in selected language]
Who is Fall Creek?
We’re a US-based company with a keen focus on blueberry genetics, plants, and grower support delivered to the world’s premier blueberry growers. From our humble beginnings in Lowell, Oregon more than 40 years ago, we now also have wholly-owned nurseries in Mexico, Peru, Spain, South Africa, Netherlands, China, and Chile. Additionally, we have built a global team of the finest breeders, researchers, propagators and nursery professionals, grower support technicians, sales and customer service experts and more. We’re a deeply-planted link in a global chain, ready to serve our customers and our industry throughout North, Central, and South America, Greater Europe, Asia, and Africa. Our mission is to serve the growers and to support the blueberry industry, helping to ensure growers maximize success through our delivery of the best genetics and plants, technical know-how and global market intelligence. To fulfill our mission, we focus on cultivating exceptional plants, building strong relationships and providing responsive customer service. This is all part of how we’re helping to build A World with Better Blueberries™.
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Fall Creek is creating a world with better blueberries through its friendly, collaborative team spread across the globe. To help us accomplish this, we are seeking a qualified Maintenance and Facilities Lead This position will be located in Larache, Morocco.
JOB SUMMARY
The maintenance and Facilities Lead is responsible for planning, coordinating, and supervising all maintenance activities to ensure the optimal performance, reliability, and availability of Nursery equipment, facilities, and infrastructure. The role ensures efficient maintenance operations while maintaining high standards of safety, environmental compliance, and cost control. In addition to Annual Maintenance budget preparation Opex and Capex.
ORGANIZATIONAL FIT:
This position reports directly to the Morocco Operations Manager and supervises team leaders and employees in the maintenance department. This position collaborates with the procurement admin in coordinating services with external and other suppliers.
JOB SETTINGS:
Office and nursery environment.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop and implement maintenance strategies (preventive, corrective, and predictive) for Nursery equipments and facilities
- Plan, Coordinate, and supervise maintenance activities to ensure minimal downtime and continuous operations
- Ensure the reliability and availability of Nursery machinery, Irrigation systems, greenhouses, and other production equipment
- Manage maintenance of infrastructure and utilities, including water systems, pumps, electrical installations, and buildings
- Lead and supervise the maintenance team, ensuring proper training and performance
- Prepare and monitor the maintenance budget while optimizing operational costs
- Implement safety procedures and ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental regulations
- Develop action plans to reduce operational and industrial risks
- Manage spare parts inventory and ensure availability of critical components
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance equipment efficiency and maintenance processes (5S, TPM)
- Coordinate with production and farm management teams to align maintenance schedules with operational needs
- Manage relationships with external service providers.
- Prepares an annual list of CAPEX and projects, as well as monitoring and control of their execution, both for other departments and for their own.
- Prepares OPEX budgets annually as well as their monitoring and control.
- Supports, perpetuates and enhances Fall Creek's core values and corporate culture.
NECESSARY EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE
- Degree in Electromechanics or Industrial Maintenance
- Knowledge of Electricity, mechanics, Hydraulics and pneumatics
- Minimum 5 years of experience in maintenance, preferably in Agriculture, Agroindustry or industrial operations
- Strong Knowledge of Agricultural machinery, irrigation systems, pumps, and greenhouse infrastructure
- Experience in Preventive maintenance planning and team management
- Good understanding of Safety standards and environmental regulations
- Previous experience working with an ERP system, preferably SAP
- Familiar with Outlook, Word, Excel and AutoCAD
- Must Speaks Spanish or English
SKILLS:
- Leadership and team management
- Problem solving and troubleshooting
- Maintenance planning and scheduling
- Budget and cost control
- Communication and coordination skills
- Continuous improvement mindset
[Not translated in selected language]
Who is Fall Creek?
We’re a US-based company with a keen focus on blueberry genetics, plants, and grower support delivered to the world’s premier blueberry growers. From our humble beginnings in Lowell, Oregon more than 40 years ago, we now also have wholly-owned nurseries in Mexico, Peru, Spain, South Africa, Netherlands, China, and Chile. Additionally, we have built a global team of the finest breeders, researchers, propagators and nursery professionals, grower support technicians, sales and customer service experts and more. We’re a deeply-planted link in a global chain, ready to serve our customers and our industry throughout North, Central, and South America, Greater Europe, Asia, and Africa. Our mission is to serve the growers and to support the blueberry industry, helping to ensure growers maximize success through our delivery of the best genetics and plants, technical know-how and global market intelligence. To fulfill our mission, we focus on cultivating exceptional plants, building strong relationships and providing responsive customer service. This is all part of how we’re helping to build A World with Better Blueberries™.