Industrial Master Electrician

Location Description

Michael Foods, Inc. located in Gaylord, Minnesota is Minnesota's Healthy Heartland! Gaylord is located in south central Minnesota about an hour west of the Twin Cities and 35 minutes from Mankato, Hutchinson, and New Ulm. As the County Seat, Gaylord is the "Hub of Sibley County." Our location produces liquid egg, hardcook egg, and precooked egg such as scrambled, patties and omelets.

The Maintenance Electrician Subject Matter Expert (MESME) provides both Maintenance and Reliability services within the plant, championing executional excellence and critical electrical/instrumentation/automation asset health improvement efforts. The MESME will ensure results while partnering with the MFI ARM team, plant maintenance team personnel, plant operational team, equipment suppliers, and all other plant support teams members for success. This position will work closely with the engineering and maintenance departments to ensure that a critical electrical/instrumentation/automation equipment/component list is created, maintained, tracked, and communicated to entire plant organization.

The MESME will partner with the maintenance workflow process team and will ensure that work orders for critical electrical/instrumentation/automation plant assets are in the CMMS backlog and are being planned and scheduled effectively. The MESME will work with technicians to ensure that critical electrical/instrumentation/automation scheduled work orders are properly executed, followed through, documented and value of the job is captured and reported.

The MESME will report weekly and monthly to plant leadership teams on progress made on critical electrical/instrumentation/automation equipment care, and upcoming opportunities to improve. They will promote, execute, mentor, and coach excellence in electrical/instrumentation/automation preventive and corrective maintenance practices. The MESME will become a resource to the plant who constantly focuses on improving the operating condition of critical electrical/instrumentation/automation equipment and improving the skill sets and performance of the maintenance team.

The MESME will carry and keep current any regulatory required licensure (i.e., electrical Masters or Journeyman). This position has the responsibility to comply with Safety work rules at all times as well as an obligation to reinforce Safety as a Core Value. Ensures that all policies, procedures and activities, related to Food Safety & Quality, are followed and complied with uniformly, in an effort to reduce product and process variability.

This role must be available to work scheduled work times, weekends, and holidays, as necessary.

• Lead electrical/instrumentation/automation maintenance team members and tasks to ensure personal safety, quality, delivery, and cost, are continuously being improved to achieve company objectives. Engage and develop the asset care team members to deliver expected levels of reliability. Be an active member who contributes to the advancement of the MFI & ARM culture.
• Develop, implement, and champion Precision Maintenance® techniques ensuring procedural compliance and that job tolerances are met.
• Identify, develop, justify, and implement critical electrical/instrumentation/automation maintenance and performance improvement projects.
• Work with Corporate Reliability Team to develop, implement, and review real time condition assessment data for all critical electrical/instrumentation/automation equipment.
• Responsible for identifying, coordinating, and facilitating critical electrical/instrumentation/automation equipment maintenance training for maintenance personnel.
• Develop and implement quality assurance and reliability procedures for critical electrical/instrumentation/automation spares and parts.
• Develop and implement quality commissioning procedures for critical rebuilt or new electrical/instrumentation/automation equipment.
• Work with vendors in addressing critical electrical/instrumentation/automation issues identified through root cause and condition-based maintenance programs.
• Lead / assist craftsman during critical…