Packaging/Warehouse Maintenance Supervisor

American Crystal Sugar Co•Moorhead, MN

18d•Onsite

About The Position

The Packaging/Warehouse Maintenance Supervisor improves the reliability and/or capacity of fixed and rotating Packaging/Warehouse assets through sound engineering, technical solutions, and maintenance practices. The position develops, implements, and maintains preventive and predictive maintenance programs, using equipment-history analysis and technical skills to resolve recurring downtime, failures, and performance declines. The role works extensively with Packaging/Warehouse automation and industrial and consumer packaging lines. It supervises facility maintenance staff and may supervise the Packaging/Warehouse production team when the Packaging/Warehouse Supervisor is absent. The supervisor works with the Packaging/Warehouse Maintenance Superintendent and Factory Engineering staff on new capital projects and modified installations, including maintainability, project planning, and final check-out. The role manages replacement-in-kind projects from concept through engineering, planning, execution, and completion; develops maintenance procedures for new installations; and supports project budgets and maintenance strategies. It also monitors and documents emissions from state-permitted equipment and ensures emissions from new equipment are properly reported. The position guides reliability and maintainability efforts for equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls, and safety/security systems. It defines, develops, monitors, and improves preventive and predictive maintenance processes, including operating and non-operating maintenance procedures, lubrication management, inspections and equipment improvements, and predictive programs such as vibration analysis, thermography, and non-destructive testing. It coordinates the maintenance team to ensure scheduled preventive and predictive services are completed and resulting corrective work is promptly performed.

Requirements

A four-year degree in mechanical, electrical, or related engineering is preferred, or at least 3 years of maintenance leadership experience.
Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills.
Self-motivated and dedicated to moving a traditional maintenance-minded workforce from reactive to proactive maintenance practices.

Nice To Haves

Direct training and experience in maintenance engineering practices.
Supervisory experience.
A four-year degree in mechanical, electrical, or related engineering.

Responsibilities

Lead and promote a positive workplace culture through ACSC values of Safety, Integrity, Quality, Teamwork, and Accountability.
Work with the Packaging/Warehouse Maintenance Superintendent and Factory Engineering staff to ensure new capital projects and modified installations are maintainable.
Monitor and document emissions from state-permitted equipment, prepare equipment for required testing, and ensure emissions from new equipment are reported to the Environmental Compliance Supervisor and State of Minnesota.
Ensure spare-parts lists, equipment manuals, and prints are provided for new installations and meet established standards.
Incorporate personnel safety, food safety, and food quality into daily tasks, solutions, designs, and projects.
Develop bid packages for replacement-in-kind projects and manage them from concept through engineering, planning, execution, and completion.
Assist the Packaging/Warehouse Maintenance Superintendent with project budgets and maintenance strategies.
Participate in final check-out of capital and project installations.
Establish and document maintenance procedures for new installations.
Guide reliability and maintainability efforts for equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls, and safety/security systems.
Define, design, develop, monitor, and refine preventive and predictive maintenance processes.
Ensure appropriate operating and non-operating maintenance procedures to maximize equipment life.
Manage the lubrication program.
Oversee inspections, adjustments, replacements, overhauls, and improvements for factory equipment.
Manage predictive programs, including vibration analysis, thermography, and non-destructive testing, and interpret results.
Account for corrosion, abrasion, cyclic stress/fatigue, metallurgic, environmental, and design factors that affect equipment life.
Coordinate and supervise the maintenance team to ensure preventive and predictive maintenance services and inspections are scheduled and performed when due, and resulting corrective work is completed promptly.
Supervise maintenance staff and, in the absence of the Packaging/Warehouse Supervisor, the Packaging/Warehouse production team.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical insurance starting on day one, subject to eligibility criteria.
Health savings account.
401(k) retirement savings plan with company match and contribution.
Paid dental insurance.
Paid basic life insurance.
Paid short- and long-term disability.
Vision insurance.
Life insurance.
Flexible spending accounts.
Paid time off.
Paid sick leave.
Paid parental leave.
Paid volunteer opportunities.
Paid holidays.
Discretionary bonuses.
Tuition reimbursement.
Service awards.
24/7 employee assistance program, including access to eight confidential visits with a licensed counselor at no cost.