Supervisor Utilities

MD - Laurel
9090 Whiskey Bottom Rd
Laurel, MD 20723, USA

At Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, we are excited to start a new chapter of accelerated growth as part of Froneri – a global pure‑play ice cream leader. Come help us transform DGIC into the #1 ice cream brand! With nearly 100 years of winning experience in the U.S, a robust portfolio of powerhouse brands that consumers know and love such as Häagen‑Dazs, Drumstick, Dreyer’s & Edy’s, Skinny Cow and Outshine, and the backing and coaching of European‑based ice cream experts, we know we have the winning recipe.

Headquartered in Walnut Creek, the Bay Area’s hub for up‑and‑coming food trends, our teams across our offices and factories are raising the bar on all things ice cream. We are investing in significant capital expansions to grow our Operations and Supply Chain and are transforming how we work at every level to become agile, accelerate growth and elevate our quality. With a renewed focus on frozen treats, our tight‑knit team of ambitious innovators are fully immersed in the business and encouraged to flex and make decisions quickly.

We are committed to pursuing every great idea and delivering the best ice cream experience for our consumers, when and where they want it.

Unleash your potential at Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream and discover what a sweet career we have in store for you.

Main Purpose of Job

Effective and consistent management of the site engineering practice and operation. To consistently achieve production and cost targets minimizing waste and downtime, through effective management and upkeep of the processes, teams and equipment, so as to ensure that we achieve customer service level with our customers, through the manufacture of products to the right quality and specification. Covering all aspects of food safety.

This will be achieved by ensuring that engineering teams are effectively coordinated and managed, through having a clear knowledge and understanding of requirements, providing hands‑on technical skills (lead by example), attention to detail and providing all teams with inspiration, guidance, motivation, training and multi‑skilling.

Role and Activity

Site Maintenance and Department

• The position is on the factory floor – definitely a hands‑on role – technical utilities skills required to train, teach and develop employees. 25% - 30% Maintenance work; 75-80% Supervision/Training.
• Ensure smooth running of the factory machinery – either through management of others or fixing the matter directly.
• Production Plan, kept informed and updated of any changes to this plan in order to plan your team’s daily work and equipment readiness enables plan completion, ensure all machinery is available for production when required.
• Drive the team to look for issues, and not wait to be told or instructed to complete a task.
• Awareness of all machinery problems or any unfinished jobs, as well as anticipated timing for repair.
• Keep a full library of machine’s manuals, along with support mechanisms linked to site or group resources when information and support is required.
• Ensure the maintenance team quickly responds to all maintenance calls.
• Ensure effective shift hand‑over within your team making sure they are held accountable for what they do, clear on what was not done (and why), and that the right information on issues and actions are brought to the DRM.
• Create a one person for one job policy unless the job requires more or for training purposes.
• Ensure all areas are operating under control, the workplace, workshop and stores are clean, organized and tidy by maintaining a clean as you go policy in all areas.
• Drive the production process to ensure that the products produced meet customer specification, quality and food safety.
• Ensure the completion of Maintenance Tracking Sheet (MTS) inspections for the Mechanical Integrity of the Ammonia Refrigeration Systems and IIAR Bulletin 109 Inspections for the Ammonia System Equipment.
• Ensures Utilities Systems involving Ammonia Refrigeration, Compressed Air, Boilers, Steam, Condensate Return, Glycol, Brine, HVAC, Fire Sprinklers, Fire Pumps, Fire Risers, Wastewater Pretreatment, and Natural Gas are operated, inspected, and…