Maintenance Lead Night Shift K Team

About the Business

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats™, PEBBLES™, Grape-Nuts™, Malt-O-Meal™ cereal, Peter Pan™ peanut butter, Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™, and 9Lives™ dog and cat food. Post also provides private-label solutions in pet food, cereal, nut butters, and granola. The Tremonton, Utah plant is part of the company's West Coast network, employing over 220 team members who produce Malt-O-Meal bag cereals, PEBBLES cereals, and more for a variety of retailers.

Responsibilities

• Lead, train, and coach a small group of maintenance technicians in performing plant maintenance safely and effectively.
• Perform and lead mechanical, electrical, and electronic plant/equipment maintenance to minimize production downtime and maximize efficiency.
• Support, implement, and maintain food safety and quality practices as required through SQF.
• Ensure the team completes job duties in a manner that supports all plant safety, food safety, quality, and environmental practices.
• Lead a team in completing daily work schedule assignments, coaching and mentoring others to complete tasks.
• Train and coach others in complex maintenance and repair activities, including electronic, electrical, mechanical, HVAC, hydraulic, pneumatic, steam, and MMS systems.
• Troubleshoot and lead team repairs of mechanical problems on all plant equipment, including mechanical drive systems, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
• Troubleshoot and lead team repairs of electrical problems on plant and packaging/processing equipment, such as wiring, circuits, fuses, switches, electrical installations, transformers, motors, and AC & DC motor drives.
• Troubleshoot and lead team repairs of electronic problems on plant and packaging/processing equipment, such as programmable controllers, circuit boards, and electronic components.
• Provide feedback to planners and the Maintenance Supervisor to improve preventative maintenance plans, conduct equipment inspections, and replace items as needed.
• Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, electrical schematics, PLC logic, electronic diagrams, and related software systems.
• Use, understand, and manipulate computer systems for entering and retrieving data in EMS systems for maintenance record-keeping.
• Provide calibration and repair support for the ICV Program.
• Provide maintenance and operator training to ensure proper use of equipment.
• Design and fabricate replacement parts or equipment using welding, lathe, mill, press, or grinding as necessary.
• Track parts inventory, purchase or requisition replacement parts, and ensure installation when received.
• Perform building maintenance and repairs, including HVAC, roofs, windows, doors, and lighting.
• Maintain clean work and shop areas to avoid injury and sanitation issues.
• Use a computerized maintenance system for equipment history and parts.
• Provide input into mechanical, electrical, and electronic designs of equipment.
• Lead work teams, give direction to others, and perform any other assigned duties.

Requirements

• 2–4 years of vocational training in maintenance mechanics, including hydraulics, pneumatics, machine shop, electricity, electronics, and programmable computers.
• Knowledge of production machinery operation and maintenance.
• State licenses preferred: boilers, electrical, and refrigeration.
• Minimum 7–10 years of experience in plant and production equipment maintenance, including mechanical, electrical, and electronic repair.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively in a team-based environment.
• Ability to lead and mentor technical personnel and give direction to maintenance technicians and operations personnel.
• Ability to operate machine tools (lathe, mill, etc.), power tools, computers, electronic test equipment, multimeters, and welding equipment of all types.
• Extensive experience in hydraulics, HVAC, boilers, air compressors, ammonia systems, electronics, robotics, plumbing, mechanical alignment, and PLC.
• Ability to test out in each area at a local technical school.
• Willingness and ability to lead Continuous Improvement efforts for the department and plant systems.
• Manual dexterity for delicate electronic work.
• Physical ability to frequently stoop, squat, twist, reach, climb stairs, lift and carry 50–75 pound objects, and repetitively lift 20–50 pounds.
• Ability to distinguish between sounds or vibrations for equipment repair and colors for electronic wiring work.
• Ability to read blueprints and electrical schematics, troubleshoot plant and production equipment problems (mechanical, electrical, and electronic), and interact effectively with machine operators and vendors.
• Ability to troubleshoot and program programmable controllers, perform tasks from memory, work alone, and be self-directed.
• Ability to operate tools and equipment.

Additional Requirements

• Must be able to read, write, and communicate in English.
• Must wear company-issued uniforms (snap-front shirt & pants) and required PPE (bump-cap, hair net, beard net, safety glasses, ear plugs, gloves, steel-toed shoes, etc.).
• Regular on-time attendance; plan ahead and arrange coverage for days off.
• Flexibility to work overtime and/or alternate shifts as needed.
• Must follow established safety procedures and coach others to do the same.
• Good communication and follow-up skills.
• Ability to work well with others, work under pressure, prioritize work, and multi-task.
• Ability to work 12-hour shifts involving standing, kneeling, climbing, and walking for 100% of on-the-job time.
• Ability to perform repeated twisting, bending, and reaching of upper and lower extremities.
• Ability to work in hot and/or humid environments, heights up to 30 feet, on ladders, in confined spaces, and on catwalks.

Working Conditions

• Work in all plant areas and outside the plant.
• Exposure to extreme heat and cold, humidity, fumes, gases, odors, and dust.
• Exposure to high noise levels.
• Work around moving machinery that is electrically and mechanically hazardous.
• Work with highly combustible or potentially explosive equipment and materials.

Problem Solving

• Identify and solve mechanical, electrical, and electronic plant or equipment problems.
• Perform repairs safely, timely, and cost-effectively.
• Provide input into engineering designs, such as electrical or electronic systems changes, focusing on practicality and convenience.