Maintenance Superintendent

Michael Foods Inc.•Norwalk, IA

13h•Onsite

About The Position

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. The Norwalk, Iowa location is a southern suburb in the Des Moines, Iowa metropolitan area, known for producing high quality precooked egg patties as well as various French Toast products. This Maintenance Superintendent position provides both Maintenance and Reliability services within Maintenance teams, championing executional excellence and asset health improvement efforts. This role will be directly involved in the continued implementation and leadership of a progressive and integrated Reliability Improvement effort in a large-scale multiple product processing facility. The role will assume Maintenance Manager responsibilities in their absence. This position has the responsibility to comply with Safety work rules at all times as well as an obligation to reinforce Safety as a Core Value. It ensures that all policies, procedures and activities, related to Food Safety & Quality, are followed and complied with uniformly, in an effort to reduce product and process variability.

Requirements

Associate or bachelor’s degree in mechanical, industrial, or significant experience in another related engineering/technical field.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in Plant Maintenance & Reliability Engineering or similar technical role.
Demonstrated ability to lead multi-functional teams.
Experience using root cause analysis, and predictive maintenance technologies such as vibration analysis, infrared, acoustic emissions, tribology, etc.
Strong mechanical aptitude and understanding of mechanical equipment and systems (e.g. pumps, fans, dryers, bearings, seals, etc.).
Good oral/written communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to read, write and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to effectively present information in both one-on-one and group situations.
Ability to add, subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10s and 100s.
Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurements, volume and distances.
Strong negotiation skills and conflict resolution to create a win-win.
Ability to think through relatively complex issues and arrive at well-thought conclusions.
Strong communication, interpersonal, and teambuilding skills.
Listens to others and adapts communication style and content based on audience.
Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with all team peers and customers.
Able to impact and effect positive change.
Ability to be flexible to shift prioritizing in a constantly changing, fast-paced work environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience in Continuous Industrial Processing and Equipment is preferred over discrete manufacturing.
Knowledgeable in the use of SAP Maintenance or another EAM/CMMS.
Experience implementing TPM/Lean based continuous improvement in manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

Promote, and foster Michael Foods culture, values and principles.
Assume personal responsibility to adherence to Plant safety, food safety, sanitation standards, and following all GMP guidelines.
Ability to conduct investigation, and report communications accurately of all incidents and work-related injuries.
Direct supervise a team of maintenance professionals.
Conducts timely and thorough Performance Management evaluations within the spirit of the program.
Proven ability to lead change in a cross-functional environment.
Go over all projects to pre plan a schedule and a budget summary, present to Maintenance Manager for approval.
Analyze data and drive work streams to eliminate maintenance related losses.
Training and development in relation to position.
Update and Maintain SAP Database through planners.
Ensures execution on Maintenance workflow process through partnership with maintenance supervisors and gate keepers.
Serves as the location SAP expert and trainer for the site.
Assists with asset technical knowledge and SAP Master Data which includes Procedures, Specifications, BOM’s, Drawings, etc.
Able to complete all functions/transactions at an expert skill level, including training.
Involved in Facility Maintenance budget process and is responsible for using maintenance and reliability principles to improve the facility costs and productivity.
Supplies input for Preventive Maintenance program optimization, and content.
Executes the maintenance department Predictive Maintenance (Pd.M.) Program, Precision Program which includes the verification of vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography, ultrasonic, and motor circuit analysis.
Works with maintenance, and operation teams to improve knowledge-base, techniques, and procedures supporting equipment reliability.
Provides feedback and findings for root cause analysis (RCA) and Reliability Centered Maintenance to create an environment of continuous asset reliability improvement.
Supply support for equipment upgrades, major restorations, obsolescence conversions, continuous improvement engineering solutions.
Collaborates with other Maintenance & Reliability teams (internal and external) to share in benchmarking, best practices, etc.
Supervises Plant Buyer for all goods & services that includes MRO, and Facility Services.
Negotiates and procures competitive bids for items as necessary.
Manages supplier relationships and conducts feedback of suppliers as applicable.
Works with Plant management to effectively resolve vendor performance issues.
Leads and directs all Plant indirect goods & services procurement, ensuring proper approvals, appropriate taxation and adherence to MFI Corporate policies and procedures.
Provide occasional off-hours critical equipment technical support in 24/7 operations.
Ensure regulatory compliance at all times.
Ability to travel for business duties as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.