Facility Maintenance Mech presso Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream

Role and Activity

Maintain sound communication with MRO to ensure needed maintenance parts, equipment inventory reports are correct, and calculate minimum reorder levels. Compile maintenance reports such as downtime, work orders, preventative maintenance schedule, etc.. These activities are carried out to ensure management information is available in a timely and accurate manner, and to assist in scheduling daily maintenance activities in an optimum manner.

Safety

• Comply with all company safety policies and procedures
• Take an active role to ensure that personal safety and the safety of others is never compromised
• Strive to make our facility a safer place to work through compliance with regulatory and plant safety guidelines.
• Conduct weekly safety meetings

Quality

• Comply with the Good Manufacturing Practices as outlined by the plant Quality department
• Actively participate in preventing and correcting quality related errors

Plant Citizenship and Interactions (Grooves)

• Communicate and interact with others in a manner consistent with the company’s “Grooves” and “I Can Make A Difference Philosophies”.
• Initiate, organize, and actively participate in team meetings, committees and task forces.
• Exceed expectation with regard to attendance and other guidelines.

Operational

• Supervise and coordinate the activities of Maintenance Technicians daily based on production schedule
• Review work orders and preventative maintenance needs, taking into account such factors as priority, production schedules, and material/parts availability. Assign Technicians based on skills required.
• Assign Maintenance Technicians in response to request from production, recognizing the areas requiring immediate response to prevent downtime.
• Review downtime recap sheets on a daily basis and discuss with the Technicians where improvements can be made
• Develop and distribute Preventative Maintenance schedules for equipment. Continuously re-evaluate PM schedules for optimal efficiency
• Ensure work order assignments are completed in a timely manner
• Develop work schedules to utilize Maintenance skills and personnel availability
• Review requisitions with requesting Maintenance staff before signing to ensure every dollar spent is justified in the budget
• Work on system-wide Maintenance network team to ensure coordination of activities, plans, problem-solving, and other plant wide issues
• Participate in planning, scheduling, and supporting weekend coverage rotation as necessary
• Develop and implement skill building plans for individuals and the department, including standard operating procedures

Specifications:

• Minimum 3 years experience in a manufacturing environment and knowledge of Utilities/Facilities/Production equipment
• Engineering degree or equivalent experience preferred
• Competencies/Skills/Knowledge:
• PC proficiency as well as excellent organizational and communication skills are a must
• Ability to develop a strong maintenance team in a high performing environment
• Strong problem solving and trouble shooting skills
• Knowledge in automatic controls is desired
• Project management experience
• Planning, scheduling, and budgeting experience
• CMMS/work order experience
• Applied Learning - Actively participate in learning activities; quickly gain knowledge, understanding or skill; apply knowledge or skill. This attribute will address the candidate's technical knowledge of all production operations. This position also requires an understanding of computer-based information systems.
• Building Partnerships - Identify partnership needs within 'upstream' and 'downstream' teams; explore partnership opportunities; formulate action plans; subordinate own area's goals; monitor partnership by encouraging feedback
• Building Strategic Working Relationships - Seek opportunities by traveling to other Operations Centers with a focus on learning, benchmarking, and improvement
• Adaptable - Adjust approach to match varied task requirements; Adjust behavior to others' styles; Change priorities to meet changing demands; Adjust quickly to new responsibilities and tasks
• Building and Leading a Successful Team - Develop structure; Facilitate goal accomplishment; Involve others; Inform others on team; Model commitment. This dimension addresses the ability to lead others through influence, motivation and delegation while enhancing an 'I can make a difference' Grooves-based culture. The leader understands how to make the best decision and gain buy in from the team, with the main focus on improvement and taking the team to the next level.
• Coaching - Helping employees develop their knowledge and skills; providing timely feedback, guidance, and training to help them reach goals.
• Communication - Organize the communication; Maintain audience attention; Adjust to the audience; Ensure understanding; Adhere to accepted conventions; Comprehend communication from others. The key skills in this area are group facilitation, information sharing, ability to facilitate groups in conflict, listening, writing communication, and the use of key principles
• Information Monitoring - Identify monitoring needs; Develop monitoring systems; Implement tracing systems; Review data
• Planning and Organization - prioritize activities and assignments; Determine tasks and resources; Schedule appropriate amounts of time for completing work; Leverage resources. The key focus of this dimension is the ability to plan. To see what needs to be accomplished, to organize for execution and the delivery of results utilizing personal time well to maximize follow through
• Applied Learning - Actively participate in learning activities; quickly gain knowledge, understanding or skill; apply knowledge or skill.
• Represent The Froneri Way of working through the behaviors and characteristics in our operating model and core value.

Measurable Outcomes

• Response time to Maintenance requests
• Work order completion rate
• Maintenance cost efficiency
• Equipment Downtime

LEVELS OF RESPONSIBILITY

• Quality and technical system adherence
• Completion of the required production to plan
• Health and Safety
• Impeccable hygiene standards always
• Clean as you go; use proper cleaning techniques (i.e. limited water hose usage)
• Number of direct reports (if applicable):

BEHAVIORS

We Take Ownership

• Stay committed to responsibilities from start to finish
• Make sound decisions and get into the right level of detail
• Apply resources to initiatives that add growth, improve efficiencies, or reduce waste

We Do What Is Right

• Choose transparency over convenience, even if it means difficult conversations
• Set clear roles and responsibilities, enabling everyone to exercise appropriate initiative and judgment
• Speak up when you see something that does not align to our values and policies

We Seek to Improve

• Strive to continuously improve and innovate to exceed expectations
• Value feedback from others and encourage open dialogue to understand how we can improve
• Learn from both successes and failures

We Are Better Together

• Ensure decisions are based on what’s best for the whole business
• Practice inclusion by seeking diverse perspectives
• Treat everyone with fairness and respect

Work Environment: 

In this position, the employee will regularly work with and around others; in a wet and/or humid environment; in areas of high noise level; and around mechanical, electrical, and pressurized equipment. The work is fast paced.   The position involves frequent exposure to nuts and other potential allergens.   

The pay scale for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The pay is $29.98 per hour. 

 Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream Inc. provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants, regardless of race, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.