Utilities Supervisor

About the role

The Utilities Supervisor is responsible for the management of the Mocksville PSM, Utilities and power industrial trucks, programs and ensuring plant system efficiencies. This position is also responsible for the management, development, training, and support of the PSM Coordinator and all Utility technicians.

Responsibilities

• Performs highly diversified duties to lead and manage technical maintenance activities, troubleshooting and repair of utility systems: plant ammonia refrigeration system, electrical switchgear, boiler and steam systems, thermal boiler system, plant hydraulic pressure producing system, forklift and pallet jack maintenance, plant water systems (hot and cold), plant exterior grounds appearance, office HVAC systems, and plant fire control systems.
• Implements and improves current preventative and predictive maintenance programs (SAP).
• Performs inspections of PSM required preventative maintenance schedules and uses root cause analysis using 5 Why and functional logic tree.
• Empowers team members: providing leadership & technical supervision, training, daily/monthly meetings, and open and honest feedback opportunities in both directions; communicating team goals and results to reinforce positive work.
• Ensures compliance of company policies and procedures: PSM/RMP regulations, safety regulations, GMP’s, SOP’s, SSOP’s, HACCP and SQF; member of HACCP Team and HAZMAT Team.
• Assists with new projects: provides cost estimates, scope of work, time frame, warranties, etc.; provides monthly progress reports.
• Provides back-up support to Maintenance and Utilities Manager: fills in for the Maintenance and Utilities Manager during absences and rotates weekend PM coverage with maintenance supervisors as needed.
• Supervises the PSM coordinator, utility technicians, and power industrial truck technicians on all shifts.
• Works in wide variations in environment temperature (-10 freezer, 32-degree coolers, 40-degree plant, wet cold environment) with noise, slippery floors and moving equipment.
• Position includes extensive standing, sitting, lifting, wearing factory required equipment while working in production, walking, visual, responding quickly to sounds and driving.
• Some evening and weekend work required as needed; some travel maybe required for trainings and classes.

Requirements

• Demonstrated six-years of ammonia refrigeration