Maintenance Supervisor

SUMMARY: Improves Maintenance Team productivity and quality through hands-on supervisory direction of Maintenance Technicians. Works with the Maintenance Manager to collaborate with MRO team for repairs and replacements of Plant assets, including Facility systems and equipment, and production equipment. This role ensures compliance of, and builds processes and procedures for the Plant utilities. 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 programs and policies. Promotes strong team cohesiveness, and a collaborative mindset within and outside the department. Willing to help build and apply Reliability Centered Maintenance techniques and processes.

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

• Adheres to all Daily's Premium Meats safety policies/procedures and hold others accountable.
• Is responsible for providing long-term solutions and day-to-day leadership and management for maintenance employees, leading problem analysis, time/project management, and works with Planner/Scheduler on job planning and KPI's.
• Is well-rounded in the direction and instruction of Maintenance teams, and provides feedback to employees, including communicating any changes in policies or procedures as needed.
• Ensures all new hires are trained properly and existing employees perform their jobs safely, correctly, and with the highest level of quality and ability, and coordinates all new employee activities and training relative to the shift.
• Assists Maintenance Manager in performing administrative tasks, planning and work-flow analysis, and ensures weekly and daily reports and checklists are turned in timely and accurately.
• Has mechanical and electrical experience in manufacturing environments, preferably food/meat production. Is a competent troubleshooter, and is tenacious in equipment repair, in order to limit downtime.
• Takes ownership for his own personal growth and professional development by soliciting feedback, getting involved in departmental/plant initiatives and projects, and developing a career plan.
• Coaches and mentors others, appraises performance, rewards and disciplines employees, and addresses complaints to resolve problems.
• Creates and nurtures relationships with internal and external customers, vendors, and contractors.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the work environment, knowledge, skill, and/or ability required or preferred. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum five years of experience in an industrial maintenance capacity.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in industrial refrigeration, is competent in those systems, processes, and compliance requirements.
• Capable of and will be expected to continue to build infrastructure to grow, develop, and sustain the Motive Power team, which includes Ammonia and Wastewater Plants, systems and associated utilities.

• Food or meat processing plant experience is preferred, as well as knowledge of and compliance with GMP, and food manufacturing best practices.
• Having previously installed, troubleshot, and repaired mechanical and electrical systems at the facility, equipment and component level environments. Basic hydraulics/pneumatics experience. Ability to read/understand schematics.
• Thorough knowledge of maintenance systems and work order processes; able to lead problem-solving and troubleshooting efforts associated with high-level process issues.
• PC literate with knowledge of Word, Excel, and CMMS programs.
• Good planning and priority-setting skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong leadership skills (conflict resolution, facilitation, change management skills, decision-making, empowerment and delegation).
• Experience in a fast paced, cold, wet production environment.

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

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

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

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Ability to perform your responsibilities in situations that are physically demanding, tight fitting, wide temperature ranging, and noisy. Will spend approximately 70% / 30% floor time to office time. Must be able to lift/carry up to 50 pounds. Must be able to use ladders, scissor and aerial lifts, and climb stairs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but sometimes very loud. Space temperatures may range from below freezing to triple digits.

NORMAL WORK SCHEDULE: Able to work extended work schedules on occasion.