Maintenance Lead - 3rd Shift

Overview

At Eagle Foods we are builders. We are builders of brands, categories, and people. Eagle Foods enjoys a rich heritage with brands that have proven category leadership for more than 150 years. Eagle is a diversified food company producing and marketing sweetened condensed and evaporated milk, snacks and convenient meal solutions products. As a company, Eagle Foods is passionate about fostering an entrepreneurial spirit that boldly builds better people and better brands while focusing on the positive impact our company, our products and our people have on the world.

Eagle Foods has a bold family of brands that consumers have come to rely on for decades, including Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk and Evaporated Milk, Magnolia Sweetened Condensed Milk, PET Milk, Popcorn Indiana, Cretors Popcorn, Helper and Suddenly Salad. Eagle Foods products are marketed and distributed across all U.S. retail channels, including grocery stores, club stores and mass‑merchandisers, as well as food service and export, U.S. military, and private label business.

• Ensure that all team members of the maintenance department are properly trained by providing guidance and coaching, evaluation and foster development for team members (i.e. Onboarding & training)
• Participate and collaborate on special projects with production and engineering
• Works with maintenance storeroom coordinator to ensure proper kitting for scheduled jobs
• Actively manages the onsite work of all third‑party repairs for facility
• Identifies scenarios where repairs, parts, or equipment failure should be covered under warranty
• Assess daily line performance in conjunction with supervisor utilizing Red Zone
• Train, motivate and direct employees to adhere to safe work methods and standards
• Leads daily inter‑shift communication meetings
• Assume ownership of preventive maintenance activities
• Continuously evaluate PM activities and frequencies to ensure optimum use of manpower and resources in maximizing equipment reliability.
• Identify departmental work requirements and communicates to the team what is upcoming
• Documents the details of work performed and the completion of all work orders in asset management system (Manager Plus)
• Assist and execute capital projects and machine rebuilds
• Contribute to and generate breakdown analysis documents to prevent repeat problems
• Improve problem solving and breakdown analysis techniques of maintenance staff via specialized training
• Suggest changes to PM's accordingly with recommendations for improvement
• Review and contribute to the success of plant assets min/max program
• Cross train leads within the maintenance department
• Recommend strategies for efficient operation of maintenance department, including development and implementation of projects
• Ability to read and interpret safety documentation, blueprints, instruction manuals, schematics, operating and maintenance instructions, and mechanical drawings
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Rework and rebuild mechanical pneumatic and hydraulic systems
• Perform the proper electrical and mechanical troubleshooting on all plant equipment and machinery
• Safely operate high‑lift equipment for overhead work
• Safely operate machine tools such as lathes, mills, saws, grinders and welding equipment
• Train, preform and comply with LOTO
• Other duties as assigned

• High School Diploma or GED
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite in addition to knowledge of manufacturing processes and procedures.
• 4-6 years of mechanical/electrical technician experience. Supervisory experience preferred.
• Fluency in English and Spanish preferred

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Manufacturing and Production

Manufacturing

Location:

Waukegan, IL