Maintenance Engineer-Columbus Craft Meats (Hayward, CA)

Hormel Foods • Hayward, CA

9h • $82,500 - $115,500 • Onsite

About The Position

MAINTENANCE ENGINEER– COLUMBUS (HAYWARD, CA) Opening: 5:30a-3:00p with some weekend coverage From a small, old world Italian craft meat shop in North Beach, San Francisco to one of the most successful national producers of authentic cured craft meats and all-natural deli products, Columbus has evolved and grown organically one customer at a time, staying loyal to our home base in the San Francisco Bay Area. Family owned for 90 years, we understand the value of high-quality products, staying true to our core values, and loyalty to our consumers and community. Our products drive our business strategy of aggressive expansion through new product innovation leading the craft meat market with a focus on clean, high quality, all natural, experiential foods that delight our consumers and customers. Columbus Craft Meats joined the Hormel Foods family in October 2017.

Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of Maintenance Engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Technology, Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Agriculture Engineering, or a related field.
• Innovative, have good technical and mechanical knowledge, and possess excellent interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills
• Applicants must not now, or at any time in the future, require employer sponsorship for a work visa.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer.

Responsibilities

• Manages the execution of all maintenance activities associated with assigned plant physical assets (buildings, grounds, utility infrastructure, process, and packaging equipment) so that the lifetime value of the Company's investment in these assets is optimized
• Responsible for the technical development of all assigned staff.
• The incumbent participates in the recruitment, selection, coaching, evaluation, and development of all assigned maintenance personnel.
• Manage a team of maintenance technicians who perform the necessary repair and maintenance activities to achieve optimal equipment reliability at the minimum cost.
• Assign work to various maintenance personnel based upon priorities established.
• Ensure all work is performed safely and efficiently.
• Ensure all required maintenance processes and procedures are followed (i.e., storeroom parts sign out, shift handover, daily rounds, critical systems log etc.).
• Utilize the company’s Enterprise Asset Management System and support its use as a key management information tool.
• This includes creating & assigning work orders and PM tasks, requisitions for parts & services and spare parts inventory management.
• Ensure team members are also utilizing this system for all assigned work (entering task information, parts used, booked hours etc.).
• Execute capital and expense projects as required.
• Prepare budgets and implementation plans for maintenance, repair, capital, and reliability improvement expenditures.
• Utilize internal and external resources as necessary.
• Partner with plant leadership on startup and implementation.
• The incumbent works closely with the Manager of Plant Engineering as well as the Plant Manager and other plant personnel to ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local laws, statues, codes, and regulations as well as internal Company policies.
• Applies technical / engineering analysis and judgement to identify opportunities for improving plant operations.
• The Maintenance Manager will formulate recommendations and implement changes that drive continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Columbus Craft Meats offers an excellent benefits package.
• Competitive base salary plus target incentive, discretionary annual merit increase, annual performance review, medical, dental, vision, profit sharing, 401(k), stock purchase plan, relocation assistance, paid personal time off (PTO), FREE two-year community/technical college tuition for children of employees, and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees