MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
Memphis, TN
- Performs highly diversified duties to install and maintain production machines and other plant equipment.
- Installs replace belts, filters, gears, chains, and valves.
- Troubleshoot pneumatic, electric, and hydraulic machine problems and makes necessary repairs.
- Performs repairs to machines involving machine guarding, bolt replacement, and breakdowns due to mechanical wear.
- Welds machine components.
- Performs preventative maintenance tasks such as lubricating parts, drive chains, etc.
- Handles installations, including hooking up air, water, gas, and the alignment and leveling of equipment.
- Resolves all maintenance and mechanical problems promptly with minimal disruption to production schedules.
- Acts as a lead by training, mentoring, scheduling, counseling, and providing guidance to less experienced and hourly Maintenance employees.
- Acts as a lead by training, mentoring, scheduling, counseling, and providing guidance to less experienced and hourly Maintenance employees.
- Provides leadership through effective communication and coaching.
- Aids and support as needed.
- Ensures a positive work environment exhibiting the company’s culture
- of respect for all employees.
- Motivates, corrects, and challenges personnel with a positive approach.
- Notify Maintenance Manager when problems arise.
- Maintains open dialogue with the assigned team.
- When approached with feedback and concerns, resolve them in the most direct and positive way possible.
- Ensuring all company policies are followed.
- Completes maintenance recordkeeping.
- Keeps record of all work performed.
- Updates maintenance history logs and completes required paperwork.
- Accounts for equipment used for maintenance and repairs.
- Understands and follows the company GMP policy.
- Understands and follows the company safety rules.
- May be required to work long hours and weekends.
- Typically requires a minimum of 2 years of DIRECTLY RELATED experience.
- Must have experience in a food processing environment.
- Must be able to work flexible hours/shifts as needed.
- Benefits: Vision, Medical, and Dental coverage begin after 60 days of employment
- Paid Time Off; vacation and company 6 observed Holidays
- 401k: company match begins after the first year of service and follows the company vesting schedule.
- Base Salary range ($70k - $93k)
About the Company
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
Pilgrim's is the second-largest chicken producer in the world, with operations in the United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Our corporate headquarters is in Greeley, Colorado. We employ approximately 38,000 people and have the capacity to process more than 36 million birds per week for a total of more than 9.5 billion pounds of live chicken annually.Pilgrim's products are sold to foodservice, retail and frozen entrée customers. The company's primary distribution is through retailers, foodservice distributors and restaurants throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and in the Northern and Central regions of Mexico. We currently operate in 12 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and Mexico. These states include Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Pilgrim's Pride is a part of the JBS USA family. JBS S.A., the world's largest protein company, owns 75.5% of our outstanding common stock. Click here for more information on the JBS family of proteins.