Director – Permanent Placement at SolomonEdwards
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.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- 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).
Education and/or Experience
- 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
Seniority Level
- Mid-Senior level
Employment Type
- Full-time
Job Function
- Management, Manufacturing, and Engineering
Industries
- Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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