Maintenance Plant Superintendent

Company: McKee Foods
Location: Gentry
Posted on: November 22, 2021

Job Description:

Position Description

Schedule

Primarily day shift hours, but must work additional hours as needed to lead a multiple shift operation.

Pay grade: Above 10

Job Summary

The Maintenance Plant Superintendent leads a maintenance team in manufacturing, which includes maintenance supervisors and technicians, to maintain, improve and support a highly automated fast paced production facility.

The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal and communication skills with the proven ability of leading technical teams to achieve long term success in a fast paced production environment where the expectation is total system / operations focused. They will possess the ability to develop, plan, and delegate the details to lead a department, team or organization to process improvement. - They will prioritize and manage work load.
Develop a comprehensive ongoing training program for new and experienced technicians
Create and sustain a positive and supportive work environment that fosters trust, transparency, employee involvement, engagement, and two way open dialog; -where team members are involved and feel valued
Utilize, model and coach the principles of the McKee Operating System (MOS), including problem solving and Lean methodologies
Lead team to continuously improve operations, maximize efficiency and minimize waste while maintaining a high level of customer service
Recruit, evaluate, select and onboard new team members
Communicate effectively at all levels within the organization
Provide leadership to ensure predictive and preventive maintenance programs are implemented and followed
Provide leadership to ensure food safety and personal safety are priorities
Understand the electro/mechanical technical requirements of a high speed automated food processing facility and stays well-informed of the latest technology
Work closely with plant and corporate engineering to support and facilitate the installation of new equipment and the upgrade of existing equipment.
Participate on several teams including Eng. Natural Management Team (ENMT) and Food Safety Team.
Other duties may be assigned as needed

Required Qualifications
Four (4) years supervisory experience with technical/mechanical/electrical team
Two (2) years formal technical degree or equivalent technician work experience
Working knowledge of mechanical systems
Experience in troubleshooting and evaluating mechanical systems
Proficiency with Microsoft office Suite programs

Preferred Qualifications
Experience in providing technical training
Working knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems. - Example: (MAXIMO)
Four year Technical degree or equivalent
Four years of experience in a production maintenance environment
Experience in developing and implementing food safety and personal safety programs
Experience in developing budgets and managing budgets

Please upload your current resume to be fully considered for this position.

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