Plant Engineering Manager

Director – Permanent Placement at Solomon Edwards

The Technical Equipment Manager will serve as a technical advisor that is responsible for overall maintenance, repair and/or replacement of plant manufacturing equipment. This manager oversees all production and packaging equipment within the facility and oversees a team of 10 machine operators and maintenance technicians. Bilingual English and Spanish, preferred.

• Facilitate employee development and training opportunities
• Prepare and coordinate maintenance resources
• Provides recommendations for capital and continuous improvement projects.
• Coordinate services with vendors, service technicians, and other contractors.
• Engineer solutions and identify key weaknesses to run production smoothly.
• Provide leadership and supervision to the Maintenance team.
• Oversee plans and issue work orders
• Identifies training gaps and develops training plans as needed.
• Order products to keep production running
• Implement a maintenance program that will reduce downtime, identify weaknesses, and track physical inventory.
• Work with the Food Safety department to ensure compliance with food safety regulations.
• On call for any issues related to the downtime of machines.
• Maintain machine history files along with schematics, manuals and any relevant information.
• Maintain inventory system of all critical parts and supplies.
• Establish routine communication with Production Supervisors and Managers.
• Offer recommendations and make changes to improve plant operations.
• Make recommendations for Maintenance Budget.
• Submit reports on repairs, expenditures, preventative maintenance, machine down-time, scheduled maintenance, and machine improvement.
• Work with vendors to get better pricing on parts vs ordering from the manufacturer.
• Order parts and tools for the maintenance team.
• Follow current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s).

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Operations Management
• Management experience in operations, maintenance, engineering and/or process improvement roles, including managing teams of people
• Possesses 5-7 years of experience in Industrial Automation, PLCs, Pneumatics hydraulics, and Mechanical mechanisms in the food and beverage manufacturing industry

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Management, Manufacturing, and Engineering

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing

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