Lead Maintenance Mechanic (1st Shift)

SUMMARY

Maintenance mechanic will safely install, maintain, repair, move, replace, modify, upgrade, troubleshoot, diagnose, adjust, calibrate and perform preventive maintenance on industrial food equipment and devices used in production, office and utility areas. Provide support as needed to Production, Quality and Safety. Serves as a mentor and helps train production operators. The Maintenance mechanic will be a team player.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Mechanic Responsibilities:

• Report food safety and quality problems to personnel with the authority to initiate action
• Troubleshoot, repair, adjust, and replace equipment and components involving mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, plumbing, relay logic systems.
• Perform preventative maintenance on equipment.
• Responsible for communicating equipment breakdown status to shift dispatcher.
• Move equipment and machinery using standard methods of lifting, rigging, hoisting, blocking, skidding and rolling.
• Perform work in a safe, clean, thorough and professional manner.
• Assesses situations and develop solutions and estimated time frames to satisfy work requests.
• Researches and comprise parts list necessary to satisfy work requests.
• Must adhere to all company and department policies and procedures.
• Completes assigned work in an acceptable and productive time frame.
• Accurately document information on work orders, such as, time it took to perform task, parts used etc.
• Ability to read and interpret equipment manuals to assist in troubleshooting as well as identifying parts needed for repairs.
• Maintain a positive work atmosphere by performing and communicating in a manner that promotes good relationships with co-workers including manufacturing associates, other support department associates and management
• Perform other related duties, as assigned by the maintenance supervisor

Department Lead Responsibilities:

• Report food safety and quality problems to personnel with the authority to initiate action
• Ensures that GMP's are enforced at all times.
• Communicate quickly and precisely both written or verbally, ideally by end of shift.
• Ensure department and company policies and procedures are enforced at all times.
• Assist with interviewing and hiring maintenance staff when requested.
• Assist with disciplinary action (progressive discipline policy) when associates fall short of expectations when requested.
• In the absence of the maintenance supervisor review maintenance work orders from the planner / scheduler and delegates the work to the maintenance staff and follows up to ensure work orders are completed timely and accurately.
• Provide necessary support and technical expertise to maintenance staff as needed.
• In the absence of the maintenance supervisor ensure maintenance staff is documenting information on the work orders / time allocation sheets accurately (time in and time out, parts used etc.).
• In the absence of the maintenance supervisor evaluate performance and quality of the work performed by maintenance staff.
• Assist maintenance staff in troubleshooting of the equipment while also training mechanics on how to perform tasks at hand.
• Monitor and follow up with maintenance staff while work is being performed to ensure work is being performed accurately and timely.
• Ensure estimated time of completion is being adhered to and communicate status of break-downs .
• Evaluate current skill levels of each mechanic (via an individual skill assessment) and suggest education opportunities to enhance maintenance skills to maintenance supervisor when requested.
• Assist the maintenance supervisor with annual and semi-annual performance reviews of maintenance staff when requested.
• In the absence of the maintenance supervisor ensure maintenance shop and individual work area is cleaned and organized at all times (staff tool boxes, shop tools, benches, pipe rack, sheet metal rack, and welding area etc. Lead by example.
• Update Redzone activity per the Redzone procedure.
• Update next shift on the status of work (required to come in 15 min before scheduled shift).
• In the absence of the maintenance supervisor ensure time allocations sheets are completed accurately and reviewed each day.
• In the absence of the maintenance supervisor enforce all company and department safety policies (LOTO, safety harness etc.).
• In the absence of the maintenance supervisor communicate estimated time of completion to production, planning, scheduling when breakdowns occur.
• Train new hires / maintenance staff on preventative maintenance activities (Check list, documentation, time frame expectations) as well as on department introductions, facility, equipment, department policies and procedures, equipment manuals.
• Perform other related duties, as assigned by the maintenance supervisor.

TRAITS OF AN EFFECTIVE DEPARTMENT LEAD

• Lead by example
• Demonstrate a sense of urgency
• Responsive to the needs of your team members and internal customers
• Timely and clear communication
• You earn trust and respect you can't demand trust and respect because you have a title
• Not only do you delegate work, but you also must pull your own weight
• Speak to your team members and associates like you like to be spoken to
• Treat associates and your direct team members the same - without favoritism

PHYSICAL / ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Standing on a concrete floor.
• Wearing proper personal protective equipment (hair net, bump cap, ear plugs, safety shoes, and uniform).
• Bending, stooping, twist, turn, standing for extended time periods, reaching, and lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Required to work weekends during peak season.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Possess a 2 year technical degree in a maintenance field or minimum of 5 years of experience in a maintenance field. Two of the five years must be in a food processing or manufacturing environment.
• Ability to use simple math; adding, subtracting, multiplication and division.
• Ability to take measurements.
• Ability to troubleshoot problems without supervision.
• Ability to read and follow instructions.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and diagrams.
• Ability to understand and troubleshoot mechanical equipment and machinery.
• Ability work overtime and weekends.
• Good written and verbal communication skills to be able to communicate effectively and professionally with internal and external personnel (suppliers).
• Basic knowledge of bearings, bushings, gear boxes, fixed / variable power transmissions systems, pump seals, clutches, brakes, manual / automatic control valves, motors, couplings, hydraulics, pneumatics, pumps, variable frequency drives, transducers, solenoids, relays, motor starters, switches (flow, Photo, proximity, level, pressure, etc),
• Encoders, tachometers, AC and DC drive controls, pipe, tubing, pipe fittings, circuit boards,
• Programmable logic controllers, transmitters, machining, welding and fabrication etc.
• Ability to set up and operate shop equipment and portable power tools.