Job Description
Job Description
What you will do:
Team Leadership
- Coordinate and manage all shifts of Maintenance employees.
- Ensure all Maintenance personnel wear the necessary Personal Protection Equipment (PPE).
- Ensure all Maintenance personnel follow company safety procedures.
- Ensure major equipment failures are remedied with a sense of urgency.
Continuous Improvement
- Create monthly preventive maintenance (P.M.’s) status.
- Identify opportunities to improve problem areas on the production lines.
- Collaborate with Engineering to develop solutions for problem areas on the production lines.
- Champion lean initiatives such as 5s, safety improvements.
Administration
- Maintain a thorough understanding of the Union contract.
- Review equipment maintenance issues with the Manufacturing Manager and schedule time to resolve any equipment issues.
- Obtain quotations to correct equipment maintenance issues.
- Maintain a comprehensive and effective Preventive Maintenance program.
- Maintain a thorough knowledge of the Maintenance Department including P.M’S, Maintenance Labor, and Maintenance Budgets.
- Other duties as assigned by the Manufacturing Manager.
Training and Auditing
- Provide technical leadership to train and develop Maintenance employees to become competent and effective troubleshooters on all bottling equipment.
- Audit PM completion and report overdue PMs and repair items to the Manufacturing Manager.
- Coordinate and ensure all necessary safety training for affected employees is completed and communicated to Human Resources and the Safety Manager as required.
- Ensure that critical spare parts are kept on hand.
What you will bring:
Required Education
B.S. Mechanical or Electrical degree preferred
Required Experience:
- Minimum 3+ years in a maintenance supervisory role within the food and beverage or liquid filling field with a strong understanding of the maintenance processes.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to lead the Maintenance department, providing direct and indirect supervision of employees and site contractors.
- Excellent problem solving and trouble shooting skills to ensure work can be accomplished in a safe fashion.
- Ability to work in a team environment with peer department managers and supervisors.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, and ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to lead projects with third party vendors.
- Strong organizational skills required to effectively manage Preventive Maintenance program and lead continuous improvement efforts.
- Strong computer skills required.
Physical Requirements
•Physical mobility: walking, climbing, stairs, kneeling, stooping, sitting throughout entire shift.
•Must be able to climb into and out of narrow work spaces and work in high areas.
•Physical dexterity: Use of phone, fax, and computer.
•Stationary working at a computer terminal or keyboard up to 6 hours per day.
•Ability to endure possible exposure to high heat and cold when going through the plant.