- Field
- Engineering, other disciplines
- Location
- Denison, IA
- Work model
- Onsite
- Level
- Mid
- Pay
- $115k to $140k
About the role
Your efforts will minimize mechanical downtime and keep production lines running at peak efficiency.
What you would own
- Collaborate closely with the Plant Engineer, to manage project scheduling and execution, ensuring all projects meet safety, food safety, and environmental standards.
- Lead the Maintenance Department in developing and implementing cutting-edge systems aligned with High-Performing Manufacturing Organizations, including Preventive/Predictive Maintenance, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), and more.
- Optimize resource scheduling to ensure maximum work output while minimizing downtime, reducing costs, and boosting plant capacity to decrease the unscheduled downtime and increase plant efficiency.
- Lead the maintenance team by delegating tasks, enforcing policies, and ensuring clear work responsibilities are assigned.
- Act as the champion of plant safety to drive and enforce safety standards through training, procedure implementation, and continuous monitoring.
- Work with the Plant Engineer to develop and maintain Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to track and report maintenance performance, including supplier effectiveness, equipment reliability, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
- Lead a positive employee experience through leadership by way of employee development and coaching.
What they are looking for
- 2+ years' experience in a position of leadership including team development and management, required.
- Food manufacturing background required, meat or kill floor/harvest floor experience a plus.
- Possess thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and CMMS systems.
- Possess advanced technical skills in the mechanical and/or electrical fields (e.g. PLCs, instrumentation, mechanical systems, etc).
- Must be able to lead resource planning and management efforts in a large manufacturing environment.
- Thorough knowledge of maintenance systems, work order process, preventive/predictive maintenance, TPM, etc.
- Ability to use exposure monitoring equipment, interpret and communicate results.
- Capable of communicating and expressing ideas clearly and concisely, in both written and oral formats.
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Strong interpersonal, technical and presentation skills required.
- May be required to work long hours and weekends.
Everything above is the hiring company’s own words, with the company name taken out. The name, the team, and the interview steps come with the first conversation.