The purpose of this job is to support the Plant Maintenance Department to maintain plant equipment, facilities, and systems in a way that maximizes OEE (specifically equipment availability and uptime) and supports good business practices for production of low cost, high quality products in a safe work environment. Key member of site engineering team. Support, implement, and maintain food safety and quality practices as required through SQF. Will be responsible for completing job duties in a manner that supports plant, personal, and food safety, quality, sanitation, and environmental practices.

JOB ACTIVITIES/DUTIES

Manage, support, and administer an effective uptime improvement process in order to maintain all equipment, facilities, and systems in a safe and efficient working condition while supporting compliance of GMP’s and food safety/security.
Analyzes and evaluates the reliability of products, equipment, components, and processes using engineering methodologies and tools.
Establish measurement and tracking systems for predictive and preventive maintenance.
Provide scheduling and work order systems that optimizes the talent contribution of a of multi-skilled, non-union technician team.
Work closely with other departments to align strategies and tactics for optimizing the availability of production lines.
Develop, maintain, and administer an effective preventive maintenance program to minimize unscheduled downtime.
Measure available production uptime.
Provide tactical and strategic programs for an effective maintenance parts & supplies procurement and inventory program.
Ensure effective planning and scheduling of maintenance resources.
Coordinate with engineering and purchasing functions to ensure project and spending goals are met.
Ensure departmental budgets and plans are maintained and executed.
Manage the use of contractors for supplemental and specialized production / utility maintenance activities to ensure timely and cost-effective solutions.
Assure compliance with state and local electrical, plumbing, building, and mechanical codes.
Support compliance of corporate and plant standards for project work and documentation.
Develop collaborative relationships with peers to ensure optimum use of resources.
Ensure a competitive bid process is used to identify the best value for external purchases.
Plan for and provide a work environment that allows and encourages participation from all team members, good employee relations, and development opportunities.
Ensure that equipment, spare parts, and facility performance goals are met in an environment where employee, and food safety, and security are paramount.
Provide input and administration of computerized maintenance management system.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education:
4 year Bachelors Degree required.Engineering degree preferred.
Working knowledge of multi-discipline fields of maintenance, plant engineering, and manufacturing.
Experience:
2+ years experience with increasing responsibilities in maintenance, engineering, or production;
Skills:
Balance of technical, maintenance, human relations, and conceptual skills.
Strong communicator.
Able to write reports, memos, and letters and make oral presentations.
Able to evaluate alternatives, establishing priorities, and formulating decisions that affect all aspects of the operation.
Computer Simulation
Failure Analysis
Predictive Analytics and Modeling
Reliability Analysis
Root Cause Analysis
Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) Software
Problem Solving:
Must solve technical problems, find solutions to crises, and plan to minimize crises.
Must be able to understand the impact of decisions and policies within and beyond immediate work group.
Develop and implement a proactive engineering and maintenance support strategy focused on increasing equipment reliability and proven uptime.

JOB ACCOUNTABILITY

Works under the direction of the Engineering Manager and closely with the Operations Managers, Line Managers and Plant Manager.
Sales and distribution forecasts set broad production maintenance priorities.
Incumbent responds to major conflicts in successful execution of production plan.
Incumbent allocates available resources to meet production demands.

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