Mechanical Engineer

Maintenance Leader

Golden State Foods is a distinguished leader in the food service industry, offering an extensive array of products and services to a diverse clientele. Rooted in the values of quality service and integrity, we are dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive atmosphere where employees can advance, innovate, and contribute to our ongoing success.

A key leader, part of the line centric team, responsible for improving equipment reliability, optimizing maintenance strategies, and reducing unplanned downtime. The role combines data analysis, engineering principles, and hands-on collaboration with operations and maintenance teams to enhance overall plant performance, safety, and cost efficiency. A key member of the Progressive Maintenance (PM) pillar team that lead the journey for the site to maximize equipment availability in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.

This role has ownership of 2 Daily Management Systems, Maintenance Planning & Scheduling (MP&S) and Breakdown Elimination (BDE). A partner with Operations to progress Operator Driven Reliability/Autonomous Maintenance (ODR/AM) across the site. A hands-on leader building capability of Mechanics and Operators to sustain improvements and systems.

Essential Functions:

• Plays a critical role on a site Pillar typically PM and/or ODR, including planning and execution, able to strategize at the site level, coordinate at the supervisor level, and coach at floor level.
• Responsible for the execution and health of two Daily Management Systems;
  Maintenance Planning and Scheduling (MP&S) and Breakdown Elimination (BDE).
• Own the maintenance plans for relevant zones – ensuring appropriate PMs, equipment ranking, the quality of PMs, PM execution, PM Tracking and Continuous Improvement.
• Develop and maintain reliability metrics and dashboards (MTBF, MTTR, OEE, UPDT etc.) to communicate reliability performance and improvement projects.
• Develop, coach and audit equipment standards, including Preventive Maintenance (PMs), Centerlines (CL), Clean-Inspect and Lube (CIL), defect handling (DH) and rate improvement.
• Ensures calibration across the site on PM & ODR systems & standards to maximize equipment availability, extend component life in an efficient and cost-effective way.
• Evaluate equipment design and recommend modifications for improved reliability.
• Personally lead, facilitate, & coach teams through ODR Steps 0-3, delivering training to associates to build capability & qualifying others to be able to lead the step process as the journey progresses.
• Supports ODR teams as they seek to reduce losses & make improvements through equipment design work. This includes benchmarking with other plants and aligning standard design improvements. Help develop the technical capability of Operators.
• Conduct root cause analysis and build capability of team members to conduct regular In-Depth Analyses on breakdowns to identify root causes and improve standards to prevent recurrence.
• Identify and eliminate chronic equipment issues using data-driven methods. Track breakdowns, PMs and equipment performance for relevant areas and drive improvement in systems and standards.
• Conduct regular health checks to coach the floor execution and identify opportunities for improvement in systems.
• Ensure safety, quality, and food safety condition issues are resolved quickly.
• Participate and coach healthy Operational Reviews (shiftly, daily, weekly, monthly)
• Performs other related and assigned duties as necessary.

Education & Experience:

Engineering degree preferred from an accredited college or significant relevant experience.

Experience:

• Minimum 3-year experience as a maintenance or production supervisor, preferably in a mature TPM / IWS environment.
• Participation in & understanding of daily directional setting (DDS) / Operational Reviews from floor to plant level.
• ODR(AM) / PM pillar experience preferred, i.e., ODR steps 0-3 and PM steps 1 and 2 methodologies.
• Systemic results improvement through leadership of people & ownership of systems.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of (B/basic; J/journey; E/expert):

• Mechanical knowledge (E)
• World Class Manufacturing Systems (E)
• Statistical analysis and reliability modeling (J)
• Root Cause Analysis (E)
• Project Management (J)
• PC word processing/spreadsheet software (J)
• Manufacturing concepts and techniques (E)
• Math and analytical skills (J)
• Relevant department concepts, policies, and regulations (B)
• Predictive maintenance technologies (J)

Skill and Ability to:

• Manage projects on time and to budget
• Hands on leadership – on the floor, coaching associates
• Excellent communication and cross functional teamwork
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Improve capability across a diverse team of people
• Influence, coach, & build capability in leaders at all levels
• Motivate associates in a team-based environment
• Good problem-solving skills
• Improve equipment design
• Identify problems or irregularities (defects) for early resolution
• Communicate and coordinate effectively with…