Supervisor's Title: Engineering Manager
Department: Engineering
Exempt Status: Salary Exempt
MWC is a state of the art cheese and whey production facility in St. Johns, MI. MWC is a joint venture between Glanbia Nutritionals, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Select Milk Producers Inc. (Select).
Organize schedule and assign all work to be done on utilities equipment, including daily, monthly, semiannual and annual rebuilds, work closely with the production management and maintenance personnel to ensure that the facility is up to the required standards, coach and develop the Utilities Technicians, identify and implement process optimization projects in the safest and environmentally friendly manner possible.
- Maintain the plant's utilities equipment and facilities.
- Ensure MWC maintains compliant with PSM requirements.
- Ensure MWC's WWTP maintains compliant with NPDES requirements.
- Effectively communicate Utility plant KPIs to MWC leadership.
- Maintain MWC grounds.
- Create, improve, manage, and expand preventative maintenance programs for utilities equipment and facilities.
- Supervise and direct utilities personnel with all duties.
- Model Glanbia values, policies and procedures.
- Coordinate facility and utility outages and upgrades.
- Develop solutions to plant-related problems.
- Conduct audits to ensure employees are performing tasks according to standards operating procedures (SOP).
- Provide performance coaching to the Utilities Technicians.
- Demonstrate professionalism in verbal and written communication and in behavior.
- Maintain records, files, instruction manuals, and necessary parts and supplies for all plant utility equipment.
- Responsible for work order disbursement and completion.
- Responsible for creating, modifying, deleting, (managing) work orders in the inventory management system SAP.
- Utilizes GPS processes, driving zero losses and upholds the culture of MWC non-negotiables.
- Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act which are applicable to his/her own actions and conduct.
- Complies with all applicable food safety regulations and mandates (Safe Quality Foods, Food and Drug Admin, Pasteurized Milk Ordinance)
Delivering on Glanbia's Values:
- "Showing Respect" - Research issues & incidents with internal teams, business partners and customers in a collaborative manner that includes professional, honest and transparent communication.
- "Find a Better Way" - Work with internal and external teams to implement process improvements and/or procedural changes that eliminate non-value added activities and drive more business value.
- "Winning Together" - Assist with the training of new team members. Facilitate or oversee training and standard operating procedure reviews to ensure new hires develop proficiency of role.
- "The Customer's Champion" - Proactively engage to support our customer needs on an end to end basis and strive to meet or exceed SLA timelines. Take ownership of customer requests and engage with internal teams as needed and in a timely manner.
- "Performance Matters" - Meet or exceed all key metrics in line with expectations for the role. Continually update knowledge of products, product changes, processes and services offered to deliver a dynamic customer experience.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Ensure after-hours response in the event of plant outage and emergencies.
- Requires an Associate's Degree in maintenance or related field; or a minimum of two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Understanding of TPM and similar continuous improvement methodologies.
- Ability to define problems, collects data, establishes facts, and draw valid conclusions and deal with a variety of concrete variables.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- Ability to prioritize tasks, handle multiple projects simultaneously and delegate assignments to others.
- Proficient personal computer skills including electronic mail, record keeping, routine database activity, word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, etc.
- Comply with all safety policies, practices, and procedures. Report all unsafe activities to supervisor and/or Human Resources
- Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
- Provide leadership to others through example and sharing of knowledge/skill.
- Regularly involves talking or listening, standing and walking, and the use of hands and fingers.
- Frequently involves sitting, and reaching with hands and arms
- Occasionally involves crouching, stooping, kneeling and/or climbing or balancing.
- Must be able to lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds.
- Manual dexterity sufficient to reach/handle items works with the fingers and perceives attributes of objects and materials.
- Involves moderate physical activity performing somewhat strenuous daily activities of a primarily product/technical nature.
- May be exposed to loud noise levels (i.e. manufacturing equipment).
- May be exposed to humidity, intense heat, and fumes and toxic chemicals.
- May work in areas with mechanical moving parts, above ground with risk of fall, or areas with risk of electrical shock.
- Minimal overnight travel (up to 10%) by land and/or air.
Must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation efficiently and accurately without causing significant safety threat to self or others. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and/or skills required of all personnel so classified.
Are you someone who likes to make it happen, make it better personnel and make it fun? If so, our company offers you an excellent opportunity to do really interesting work and develop a career in a dynamic and innovative environment that is all about making you and our business successful.