Plant Engineering Manager
hace 5 días
New Brunswick
The Technical Equipment Manager will serve as a technical advisor that is responsible for overall maintenance, repair and/or replacement of plant manufacturing equipment. This manager oversees all production and packaging equipment within the facility and oversees a team of 10 machine operators and maintenance technicians. Bilingual English and Spanish, preferred. ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES • Facilitate employee development and training opportunities, • Prepare and coordinate maintenance resources, • Provides recommendations for capital and continuous improvement projects., • Coordinate services with vendors, service technicians, and other contractors., • Engineer solutions and identify key weaknesses to run production smoothly ., • Provide leadership and supervision to the Maintenance team., • Oversee plans and issues work orders, • Identifies training gaps and develops training plans as needed., • Order products to keep production running, • Implement a maintenance program that will reduce downtime, identify weaknesses, and track physical inventory., • Work with the Food Safety department to ensure compliance with food safety regulations, • On call for any issues related to the downtime of machines., • Maintain machine history files along with schematics, manuals and any relevant information., • Maintain inventory system of all critical parts and supplies, • Establish routine communication with Production Supervisors and Managers, • Offer recommendations and make changes to improve plant operations, • Make recommendations for Maintenance Budget., • Submit reports on repairs, Expenditures, Preventative Maintenance, Machine Down-time, Scheduled Maintenance, and Machine Improvement, • Work with vendors to get better pricing on parts vs ordering from the manufacturer., • Order parts and tools for the maintenance team t, • Follow current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s). EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Operations Management, • Management experience in operations, maintenance, engineering and/or process improvement roles, including managing teams of people, • Possesses 5-7 years of experience in Industrial Automation, PLCs, Pneumatics hydraulics, and Mechanical mechanisms in the food and beverage manufacturing industry