Maintenance Supervisor bei Daily's Premium Meats (a Daily's/Seaboard Corporation unit)

SUMMARY: Improves Maintenance Team productivity and quality through hands-on Supervisory direction of Maintenance Technicians. Works with the Maintenance Manager to collaborate with MRO (Parts and Supply) team for repairs and replacements of Plant assets, including Facility systems, equipment, and production equipment. This person is reliability-minded in the commissioning, maintaining, and repairing of Plant assets, helps drive Best Practices maintenance approaches, and is familiar with or has been exposed to continuous improvement and 5S and Root Cause Analyst programs and policies. Promotes strong team cohesiveness, and a collaborative mindset within, and outside, the department, and able to help build and apply Reliability Centered Maintenance techniques and processes.  

This position is a working Supervisor position, meaning they are not only responsible for overseeing the duties of their team, but will be required to work alongside their team, as needed, to maintain and repair equipment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.  Other duties may be assigned.  The successful candidate:

• Can read and interpret equipment manuals, drawings, schematics, blueprints, and work orders to perform required maintenance.
• Provides emergency repairs on production equipment to keep lines operational. Able to direct and assist with all repairs including the ammonia system.
• Performs scheduled maintenance and repairs of production equipment including replacement of failed components such as bearings, belts, motors, power/control lines, etc.
• Able to diagnose problems and failures, and repair or replace parts as required. Able to coach and perform RCA with their group on repeating issues.
• Able to coach and assess Teams skills, and ensure all training is completed on time.
• Works daily with CMMS (L2L) and the planner, to ensure Work Orders are completed as scheduled.
• Dismantles/disassembles defective machines and equipment and installs new or repaired parts, using specifications and/or blueprints, precision measuring instruments, and hand tools.
• Able to collaborate well with production line workers and supervisors, with a strong customer service mindset. Proper radio etiquette always maintained.
• Ability to adjust various types of devices and control systems. VFD’s, programs, HMI’s.
• Hands on knowledge trouble shooting and repairing electrical systems, including 480v and below, and control voltage/systems.
• Understands facilities, systems, and component functions and relationships, and is competent in their troubleshooting and repair.
• Establishes and ensures that safety policies and procedures are always followed.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Basic hydraulics/pneumatics and ammonia/refrigeration experience preferred.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Minimum five years of experience in an industrial maintenance capacity, or equivalent. One (1) or more years related experience and/or training in supervisory roles. Food or Medical plant experience is preferred, as well as knowledge of, and compliance with, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and food manufacturing best practices.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS: Ability to read and interpret in the English language documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedures. Bilingual (Spanish) preferred.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to apply mathematical concepts to practical situations preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:   Mandatory ability to speak, understand, read, and write in English.

REASONING ABILITY:  Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:   Ability to use computers and all standard programs used by the industry. The ability to learn, and effectively use any and all other computer programs that are, or will, be made available. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to move about the facility. The employee is occasionally required to sit, use hand-to-finger coordination; handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet, cold, and/or humid conditions.  The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts.  The employee is occasionally exposed to extreme heat, risk of electrical shock and vibration.  The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.  

WORK SCHEDULE: 2-2-3 Schedule / 12-hour shifts. Able to work extended schedules including weekends and overtime as needed.

At Daily’s, our mission is to bring excellence to the table. We are proud to live our core values every day. 

• We put people first.
• We are committed to always doing the right thing.
• We champion change.
• We win through teamwork.
• We prioritize safety.

Daily’s Premium Meats is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion as essential elements that create and foster a welcoming workplace. All qualified persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.