General Maintenance Technician

Overview:

The primary role of the Maintenance Planner Controller is the management of the asset and equipment maintenance systems (CMMS), the generation of routine and planned maintenance schedules and the support of the maintenance teams, shift-based teams (Both Maintenance Technicians (electrical & mechanical) and Operators) in the execution of all planned maintenance activities.

This role is responsible to coordinate and enable resources of the shift-based Maintenance Technicians and Operators in the execution of routine planned maintenance tasks during the Maintenance Day or scheduled maintenance windows as well as ad hoc tasks that are performed by these teams during normal operations. The Maintenance Planner Controller should only by exception get involved in breakdown maintenance.

This role will contribute to a world-class maintenance organization by creating the proper maintenance mix which optimizes Krier Foods' production capability. Success will be measured by improving the reliability of equipment and reducing maintenance costs resulting in improved production efficiencies as well as increasing the useful life of assets while ensuring personnel safety and product quality.

Responsibilities:

• Planning all required work on the planned maintenance schedule. Ad hoc tasks should be included and prioritized with the teams and relevant works requests generated.
• Reviewing, prioritizing, and organizing backlog as necessary.
• Facilitating and leading the planned maintenance pre-meeting. Work required, problems to be addressed and resource requirements must be discussed.
• Determining resource requirements to complete work and assign tasks to specific resources. Interaction with departmental heads to obtain resources may be required.
• Participating in planned maintenance period in support of the maintenance team, and assisting with problem-solving, work prioritization and resource re-allocation.
• Adhering to Out of Service processes and time guidelines (i.e., Startups, Shutdowns, Changeovers and Maintenance Days/maintenance windows).
• Rescheduling incomplete work to the next planned maintenance period and capturing all required information from the planned maintenance period on the maintenance system.
• Facilitating and leading the maintenance postmortems. Problems encountered, opportunities identified, and lessons learned should be discussed.
• Using the maintenance planning system, generating routine maintenance schedules. This should include required cleaning, lubrication, and inspection tasks.
• Allocating resources to the schedules and generating works orders where these are indicated.
• Communicating the schedules to the production, engineering and other support teams and resolving work and resource allocation problems.
• Verifying that routine maintenance schedules are being completed and that shift teams are completing maintenance tasks assigned to them.
• Completing all administration and maintenance systems tasks required to support the management of routine maintenance schedules.
• Keeping work estimates up to date and accurate, reviewing performance to estimate, and investigating and addressing non-conformance to target.
• Participating in the commissioning of new maintenance systems, or changes to the current maintenance system when requested.
• Managing the maintenance systems, ensuring operational and data integrity and correct use of the system.
• Generating required maintenance reports, including Maximo reports, and communicating with key stakeholders.
• Capturing required data on the maintenance systems. Data must be verified for accuracy and completeness.
• Conducting analysis of maintenance data to identify failure modes and root causes of maintenance problems, and to identify problems in a timely manner.
• Where analysis of maintenance data indicates a need to carry out work, this information must be communicated to the appropriate team and included in the planned maintenance schedules.
• Managing planned work on maintenance days and as required.
• Where problems have occurred during routine or planned maintenance activities, apply the correct problem-solving approach to resolve them.
• Where required, call in additional resources to assist in problem solving or escalate to manager for direction.
• Assist team members to resolve problems on request.
• Take part, as a functional expert, in FFA's (Formal Failure Analysis) on request.
• Using control charts and trend analysis, to identify sources of waste and variation in the process in their area of expertise.
• Using Downtime analysis, Pareto charts and other tools, seek to identify opportunities to improve processes.
• Perform Job Observations during the Corrective Maintenance Day windows.
• Manage the Right sizing of the spares in the storeroom in conjunction with Parts Clerk
• Participate in sessions for capital and equipment improvement projects.
• Develop PM packages for new equipment installed or commissioned in designated area of responsibility.
• Manage the maintenance budget from a labor, materials, and outside services perspective.
• Update work plan frequency and efficacy based on principles of maintenance planning and feedback provided from technicians and corrective or PM work findings.
• Plan maintenance and projects.
• Develop asset care plan.
• Work in teams.
• Manage MaintainX system integrity.
• Optimize and maintain packaging area.
• Maintain a safe and healthy working environment.
• Maintenance budget techniques
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

• Proficiency in MS Office suite including but not limited to Word, Excel, Outlook
• Minimum of a 4-year engineering degree or appropriate technical degree with technical experience or equivalent manufacturing experience in a Maintenance/Planning role. Prior experience in continuous process manufacturing operations management preferred.
• Knowledge and application of World Class performance metrics and Lean principals:
• SQSCS (Safety, Quality, Speed, Cost, Sustainability)
• 5S
• OEE/ 6 Big losses
• Standard Process Control (SPC)
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's)
• Operator based maintenance.
• Maintenance based operation.
• Problem solving
• 5 Why & Formal Failure Analysis (FFA) facilitation
• Business knowledge and skills:
• General good business management skills and practices
• Budget development and management
• Cost savings development and management
• Must be able to work nights and weekends if necessary.
• Effectively communicate and collaborate with other departments.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to perform physical requirements of the job (frequent physical exertions, including twisting, standing, sitting, reaching, bending, pushing, pulling, lifting, carrying, and climbing) and be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: viewing a computer terminal; reading electrical drawings; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measuring.
• Ability to work in various conditions with exposure to extreme heat, cold, dust and fumes.

Work Environment:

• Office and manufacturing plant working environment.
• The noise level in the office is moderate. While in the plant, hearing protection is required.
• When located in the plant, the environment will include wet or humid conditions (non-weather related), moderate cold and hot temperature (non-weather related), working near moving mechanical parts, exposure to raw food ingredients (including allergens) and chemicals.
• Due to food and safety regulations, wearing hairnets, beard nets (if applicable), bump cap and steel toed or composite toed shoes are required at all times while in the plant.

Benefits:

• Low cost medical, dental and vision insurance available on day 1
• Matching 401k plan up to 6%
• Paid vacation starts after 90 days
• Paid Birthday
• Paid holidays

Perks:

• Continuing Education
• Employee Assistance Program
• Safety shoe reimbursement
• Short Term Disability
• Financial wellness/401K counseling
• $25,000 Term life insurance
• Jolly Good Soda discounts
• Zoo Passes

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