Team Leader Maintenance - Night Shift

Title:

Team Leader Maintenance - Night Shift

Location:

American Falls,

Responsible to eliminate all causes of failure and ensure full useful life in coordination with daily maintenance completed by operating personnel on the night shift. Leads activities of workers engaged in repair, maintenance, and installation of machines, tools, and equipment. Provides technical and problem solving support for the plant and maintenance crews. Supports and executes plant specific maintenance strategies to achieve Plant’s key performance goals for overall maintenance performance.

Assures production schedules are met and all issues are resolved and communicated in a timely fashion. Inspects operating machines and equipment for conformance with operational standards. Reviews production, quality control, and maintenance reports and statistics to plan and modify maintenance activities. 3 years related experience.

Oversees all aspects of the maintenance department, production lines and affiliated equipment, building and grounds on night shift. Schedule work and manpower to meet production demands, maintain the preventative maintenance system and work toward meeting or exceeding the plants safety and uptime goals. Control maintenance expenses by monitoring overtime and parts expenses weekly.

Establish and maintain mechanical integrity and equipment reliability programs to ensure employee safety, provide environmental security and maximize the plant’s availability, product quality, and cost effectiveness. Other primary duties include: ownership of the plant’s PM/PdM activities; leadership of equipment performance tracking and repair/improvement prioritization; technical guidance and coaching of mechanical craftsmen; and engineering support of maintenance and capital projects.

• Plan and schedule workforce efficiently for utilization of employees.
• Monitor downtime occurrences to maintain consistent operations.
• Monitor the efficiencies of the production lines, paying special attention to maintenance and mechanical trends.
• Train, motivate and direct employees to adhere to safe work methods and standard procedures to ensure efficient utilization of employees.
• Promote teamwork to achieve company’s goals and objectives.
• Maintain a cooperative working relationship with USDA officials.
• Control labor costs.
• Purchase supplies and repair parts with regard to quality.
• Control departmental overtime.
• Monitor the machinery and equipment to ensure safety of the employees.
• Enforce the plant’s safety program.
• Compliance with all OSHA safety regulations and standards.
• Maintain equipment for efficient operation within maintenance budget; operating within the constraint of the union contract and USDA regulations.
• Seek continuous improvement in the Maintenance Department employees and the efficiencies of the production lines.
• Assume full ownership of predictive and preventive maintenance activities including oil analysis, vibration analysis, engine‑compressor analysis, and infrared thermography.
• Continuously evaluate PM/PDM activities and frequencies to ensure optimum use of manpower and resources in maximizing equipment reliability.
• Involve all associates in a team concept, keeping personnel safety, food safety and uptime as the top priorities.

• High school diploma or GED equivalent required;
  Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Mechanical Engineering or other technical degree program preferred.
• Greater than 10 years experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment in lieu of degree.
• 3–5 years of previous maintenance experience preferred.
• Previous supervisory experience required.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, blueprints, schematics, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to calculate figures; apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization…