Assistant Maintenance Manager

Welcome to Riviana Foods Inc. While you may not know us by our company name, you grew up loving our brands many of which have been your favourite's for over 100 years.

We are America’s largest processor, marketer and distributor of branded and private label rice products. Our portfolio includes over 20 trusted brands with more than 500 products widely distributed in many countries around the world. Riviana brands are well known for their quality and excellence and the company is committed to providing the most wholesome products on the market today, to leading the rice industry in innovation, and to providing high‑quality products you can be proud to serve your family.

Our global reach is an important factor in Riviana's success. As a wholly‑owned subsidiary of Ebro Foods, S.A., the world leader of the rice sector, we take a world view of the rice business and draw upon the global resources of our parent company. For a detailed look at our rice portfolio, click on this link

Role

Summary:

The Assistant Maintenance Manager will be directly responsible for the Maintenance Leadership of a group of technicians assigned to assets in the factory, along with reviewing and defining the maintenance policies to be followed for each kind of asset. This includes all maintenance activities as preventive, predictive, corrective or new installations. Defining the needed resources (people, spare parts, contractors, systems) and planning as well as the supervision of processes, people and equipment, in order to carry out the defined maintenance tasks and achieving the better productivity rates in each section (OEEs, yields, production quantity), with the minimum cost and in compliance with the applicable legal and EH&S requirements, everything in a multi‑shift, 24/7 operation.

Responsibility includes managing all maintenance requirements with an emphasis on safety, quality, cost, company policy. Accountable for executing business plans from department goals/objectives to meet key performance indicators (KPIs) and to achieve safety, quality, value and cost results.

Job Summary: This is a managerial position that reports to the central Maintenance Manager. The major internal customers that offer this position are the Production Department, QA, Sanitation, R&D, Office Administration and Distribution & Logistics. The major services provided to the internal customers are inspection, modification, & repair of food processing and packaging equipment, buildings & grounds, and handling support equipment to maintain production operations.

Support systems include HVAC, fire suppression, steam generation and distribution as well as lighting and electrical infrastructure.

• Define the maintenance policy and criteria to be followed for all the different assets of the plant, with the approval of the Plan manager including:
• a. Type of maintenance tasks that are adequate for the goals to achieve:
  Preventive, predictive, corrective, new installations and autonomous maintenance.
• b. Tasks to be carried out for each type of maintenance, with the support of the production managers.
• c. Planning of the maintenance tasks:
  Needed resources and frequency.
• d. Define acceptance criteria for maintenance tasks and continuous review of their adequacy.
• e. Follow up the compliance and the results.
• f. Define and implement corrective actions. Continuous improvement. Plans and schedules for the staffing, supplies and equipment to meet required key performance indicators (KPI) like OEEs, yields, availability of the machinery, cost, lifetime of the equipment and production volume:
• a. Troubleshoots, identifies and addresses work processes and equipment root causes.
• b. Ensures compliance with all internal and external procedures and regulations, including HACCP, GMPs and applicable FDA regulations.
• c. Be able to develop a continuous improvement culture. People:
  Builds alignment between S, Q, V, C principles and employees’ performance.

• a. Plans, identifies and implements leadership training, employee development, and performance management.
• b. Resolve labor concerns with the Plant Manager/Maintenance Manager.
• c. Identifies and…