Plant Engineer

Plant Engineer

Food / Bakery - Senior Maintenance / Engineering background

Engineering Degree

The Plant Engineer/Maintenance Engineering Manager is responsible for managing maintenance functions and providing maintenance support for the plant. Position facilitates training for Supervisors and Mechanics with the purpose of ensuring departmental and operational safety and regulatory compliance, develops and maintains preventative maintenance program.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide strong leadership to foster continuous improvement and open communication in the Maintenance Department while managing the equipment and the maintenance staff. In addition, to buildings and grounds and all infrastructures.
• Mentor Maintenance Supervisors, Purchasing Supervisor, Planner/Scheduler, Mechanics and Parts Attendants. Manage the Skills Knowledge Proficiency Program (SKPP) platform for hourly staff. Provide formal and informal feedback through coaching, monitoring and evaluating job results based on goals and objectives.
• Develop metrics to hold the department accountable for completion rate, timing and machine up-time/reliability.
• Coordinate, develop, maintain, and deliver Preventative and Predictive Maintenance routes for all plant equipment, infrastructure, and grounds. New and existing.
• Coordinate and work on activities related to enforcing food safety:
• Examples - Safe Quality Foods (SQF) / WSDA Organic / Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) / Internal & External Customer Audits / Backflow / company Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s)
• Manage efforts related to employee safety:
• Examples – Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) / Confined Space / Ladder Safety / Fall Protection

EXPERIENCED NEEDED

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or related field is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of maintenance supervisor and/or maintenance manager experience.
• HACCP Certification, SQF Certification, Food Safety Programs training, and/or sanitary equipment design training are preferred.
• PM Program development & execution is required.
• Principles and practices of food manufacturing, including: food safety, quality, manufacturing concepts.
• Principles and practices of plant maintenance programs
• Principles and practices of managing capital projects.
• Principles and practices of maintenance, electrical, electronics, PLC, fabrication, and welding.
• Principles and practices of refrigeration and steam production.