Education and/or Experience:
High School Diploma or equivalent (College degree or Technical school degree
Preferred or more than 5 years of related experience).
Extensive experience working with industrial electronic equipment; motors, drives,
controls, starters, lights, power, communication, and PLC's.
Extensive programming experience.
Familiar with maintenance planning and scheduling process
Experience working on energized circuits.
Good written and oral communications skills.
Supervisory experience preferred
Language Skills:
Must be able to speak, read, write and comprehend English.
Mathematical Skills:
Must have more extensive math skills (add, subtract, multiply & divide).
Must be able to read a tape measure or rule in both standard & metric.
Job Description:
General:
- Responsible for analyzing, troubleshooting, maintaining and repairing complex
Manufacturing equipment; electrical/electronic systems.
- Troubleshoot PLC programming.
- Assist in modifications to existing equipment to facilitate new production techniques and/or improved equipment reliability.
- Participates in preventive maintenance and calibration activities.
- Provide training and guidance to Electricians as needed.
Qualification Requirements:
- Supervise maintenance personnel in the execution of the maintenance and repair of plant equipment.
- Participate in daily scheduling/check-in meetings.
- Coordinate maintenance activities for schedule maintenance breakers.
- Conduct daily job walk-downs to ensure safe, high quality, and efficient maintenance and repairs are being performed by craftspeople, including jobsite clean-up.
- Ensure maintenance job status entries, and job feedback to Operations is completed on a daily basis
- Conduct daily toolbox and job status/feedback meetings with maintenance personnel.
- Process invoices for services.
- Support the department’s adherence to established Lean Manufacturing objectives.
- Provide technical assistance to support all site maintenance activities.
- Facilitate administrative issues, including timekeeping, overtime, training, progression plan, performance appraisals, and disciplinary actions.
- Provide input for shop training and development needs.
- Facilitate shop 5S activities and improvement initiatives.
- Submit drawings to Engineering for any revisions/updates.
- Provide technical assistance to support all site maintenance activities.
- Order/receive/track necessary material (internal/external) to support maintenance activities.
- Must have the ability to climb stairs, sit or stand for extended periods, squat, kneel, walk for extended distances, and be able to lift and/or carry 50 pounds.
- Active support of all EH&S policies and procedures.
- All other duties as assigned.
- Gather manuals, drawings and other documentation to support maintenance and contractor repairs/modifications. Submit drawings to Engineering for any revisions/updates.
- Plan preventive and predictive maintenance, and repair jobs, including job scope assessment, man-hour requirements, resources and materials required, and provision of required documents.
- Develop work packages for all planned maintenance work, including repetitive maintenance, and ensure the packages are assembled according to the established department standard
- Assist in the department’s adherence to established Lean Manufacturing objectives.
- Assist Engineering in the preparation of spare parts and PM Lists for new equipment.
- Plan and coordinate the activities associated with the maintenance of equipment to improve plant and equipment availability and efficiency in support of Berry production requirements
- Coordinate improvement activities identified through vendor programs, including John Crane mechanical seals.
- Direct the department’s adherence to established Lean Manufacturing objectives. Submit drawings to Engineering for any revisions/updates
- Must have knowledge of computers, PLC's and other electronics.
- Experience troubleshooting and maintaining manufacturing equipment with emphasis on mechanical/electrical/electronic control systems.
- Able to investigate and secure relevant facts on malfunctioning equipment for the purpose of determining root cause and implementing countermeasures.
- Able to read and understand electrical schematic diagrams and PLC programs.
- Able to install, maintain, test, repair and replace motors, drives, controls, starters, lights, power, communication, PLC and other related control systems.
- Able to work in a team-based environment supporting all maintenance activities as assigned.
- Possess a good understanding of best practice safety procedures, including Arc Flash Protection.
- All other duties as assigned
Physical Demands:
- May work a 12-hour work day.
- May work nights and weekends
- Requires standing, walking, kneeling, bending and reaching.
- Requires pushing and pulling rolls, carts and hoists.
- Requires lifting up to 55 pounds.
- Requires ascending and descending ladders throughout the work day.
- Comments:Job Requirements:Education and/or Experience:High School Diploma or equivalent (College degree or Technical school degree preferred).Extensive experience working with industrial electronic equipment; motors, drives, controls, starters, lights, power, communication, and PLC’s.Extensive programming experience.Experience working on energized circuits.Good written and oral communications skills.Language Skills:Must be able to speak, read, write and comprehend English.
EXTERNAL: Maintenance Vendors, Contractors and Suppliers.
Criteria for Success
-Develop work packages for planned maintenance work, including repetitive maintenance
-Assist in monitoring maintenance cost to keep them below 2% of gross value.
-Ensure scheduled work is completed efficiently, with safe, high quality, and reliable results.
-Ensure scheduled work is accomplished to maintain plant availability above 95%.
-Adherence to maintenance budget
-Review stores material for applicability to installed equipment and process changes as needed.
-Elimination of bad actors and other recurring maintenance and operations problems related to installed equipment
-Develop comprehensive work schedules for next 3 weeks, including contractor and project work.
-Develop a Maintenance backlog to 4 maintenance weeks for each craft.
HUMAN RELATION SKILLS:
Team player, good communication skills
