Plant Maintenance Superintendent

About the role

The Plant Maintenance Superintendent is responsible for the overall maintenance activities for a corn milling facility with 24 hour, 7 days a week operation. The position supports the facility's 24/7 operation and ensures compliance with food safety, quality, and legal requirements.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve facility equipment and systems by efficiently planning work and effectively utilizing available personnel.
• Work with the facility superintendent and plant manager to establish and/or maintain the appropriate KPIs for the plant.
• Address equipment scheduling, preventative and corrective work, and equipment reliability issues.
• Lead the development of a reliability team and complete Root Cause Failure Analysis where appropriate.
• Manage the plant wide CMMS system, inventory control system, materials and parts and related training.
• Maintain facility, structure, grounds, utility and related infrastructure and systems.
• Manage the performance management system and other miscellaneous department personnel issues.
• Participate in budget preparation and administration, coordinating purchasing and documentation, and monitoring departmental expenditures.
• Occasionally take calls and/or work at times other than normal business (day shift) hours to accommodate plant needs.
• Support and comply with all food safety, quality, and legality requirements.

Requirements

• Strong troubleshooting abilities.
• Working knowledge with preventative maintenance practices and predictive maintenance technologies.
• Demonstrated safety record and involvement.
• Knowledge of reliability programs including vibration analysis, software, and data collection.
• Must be computer literate and detail oriented with good verbal and written communication skills.
• Willing to work independently along with making necessary recommendations to fellow management as needed.
• Able to work extended hours and on-call responsibilities.
• Able to understand and comply with plant GMP and personnel practice requirements.

Physical/Mental Requirements

• The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable workplace accommodation.
• The individual must also be able to wear and properly utilize appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to work or visit within areas where it is required.
• Employees in this position must also be capable of: Walking, stepping, climbing, or otherwise moving from one location on the job site to another, which may be of varying heights and access parameters.
• Standing, stooping, bending, crouching, kneeling, squatting, climbing, crawling, or sitting for long periods of time.
• Repetitive movements by feet, shoulders, arms, wrists, hands and back in performance of work, including twisting and reaching.
• Climbing stairs, and/or vertical ladders of varying heights.
• Working in confined work areas and/or elevated heights.
• Lifting objects of minimum of 10lbs, with maximum single-person lift limit of 50lbs, with frequent lifting and carrying.
• Adapting to temperature changes, outdoor conditions, and prolonged exposure to dusty, wet, or humid conditions, loud noises, and vibration.
• Visually inspecting equipment and verifying information, often in small print.
• Driving and/or operating heavy machinery safely and be alert and aware of surroundings at all times.
• Pushing and/or pulling material and/or equipment, with a maximum sing-person push or pull limit of 75lbs.

Education/Training

• Bachelor’s Degree (BS) or higher in Mechanical Engineering or related field preferred.
• 5+ years environmentally related experience, preferably in an industrial or regulatory setting.
• Must be proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel spreadsheet development.

Experience

• Minimum of 3-5 years in a maintenance leadership position.
• Mechanical experience and preferably experience in the instrumentation and electrical fields.
• Working knowledge of Maximo and a functional understanding of computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) is desired.