Chief Engineer - 1St Shift

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILTES includes the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Directs and coordinates activities of workers engaged in repair, maintenance, and installation of machines, tools, and equipment, and in maintenance of buildings, and grounds.
• Manages preventative maintenance program - creation, scheduling, and completion.
• Enforces all applicable safety rules and company policies. Leads by example.
• Reviews work orders to determine work priorities and ensures completion.
• Accountable for creation of annual repair and maintenance budget and monthly performance to budget.
• Manages capital projects - bid collection, project approval requests, spending, and completion timeline.
• Ensures that maintenance shop, parts storage areas, and support equipment areas are maintained in a neat, organized, and clean manner.
• Schedules repair, maintenance, and installation of machines, tools, and equipment to ensure continuous production operations.
• Directs maintenance activities on utility systems to provide continuous supply of heat, steam, electric power, gas, or air required for operations.
• Leads continuous improvement projects.
• Active engagement in waste reduction including machine downtime reduction and throughput improvements.
• Establishes and maintains communication across shifts and departments including shift notes, in person pass downs, shift meetings etc.
• Requisitions tools, equipment, and supplies required for operations.
• Actively participates in plant reviews, key performance metric reviews, and operations performance reviews.
• Onboarding, coaching, mentoring and training new employees in job duties.
• Serves as the site emergency response coordinator as needed.
• Must be available (on-call) to handle maintenance related emergencies that occur during off-shift hours including holidays and weekends.

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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• High School or equivalent; related college degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in field
• NH3 refrigeration experience is desirable.
• Waste Water pretreatment experience is desirable.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSE, REGISTRATIONS
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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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; climb or balance; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds and 50 pounds frequently, (motors, gear boxes, etc.). Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and peripheral vision.
WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Must be able to work in extreme temperatures such as 135 degrees in the air compressor room and 37 degrees in the cooler; cramped working space, wet environment. Exposed to ammonia, hydraulic pressure, chemicals, steam, hot water, and moving equipment such as package equipment and gear boxes, etc. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate/high.
Equal Employment Opportunity/M/F/disability/protected veteran status.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)