Job Description
The Technical Equipment Manager will serve as a technical advisor that is responsible for overall maintenance, repair and/or replacement of plant manufacturing equipment. This manager oversees all production and packaging equipment within the facility and oversees a team of 10 machine operators and maintenance technicians. Bilingual English and Spanish, preferred.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Facilitate employee development and training opportunities
- Prepare and coordinate maintenance resources
- Provides recommendations for capital and continuous improvement projects.
- Coordinate services with vendors, service technicians, and other contractors.
- Engineer solutions and identify key weaknesses to run production smoothly .
- Provide leadership and supervision to the Maintenance team.
- Oversee plans and issues work orders
- Identifies training gaps and develops training plans as needed.
- Order products to keep production running
- Implement a maintenance program that will reduce downtime, identify weaknesses, and track physical inventory.
- Work with the Food Safety department to ensure compliance with food safety regulations
- On call for any issues related to the downtime of machines.
- Maintain machine history files along with schematics, manuals and any relevant information.
- Maintain inventory system of all critical parts and supplies
- Establish routine communication with Production Supervisors and Managers
- Offer recommendations and make changes to improve plant operations
- Make recommendations for Maintenance Budget.
- Submit reports on repairs, Expenditures, Preventative Maintenance, Machine Down-time, Scheduled Maintenance, and Machine Improvement
- Work with vendors to get better pricing on parts vs ordering from the manufacturer.
- Order parts and tools for the maintenance team t
- Follow current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s).
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Operations Management
- Management experience in operations, maintenance, engineering and/or process improvement roles, including managing teams of people
- Possesses 5-7 years of experience in Industrial Automation, PLCs, Pneumatics hydraulics, and Mechanical mechanisms in the food and beverage manufacturing industry
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