Maintenance Lead

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The French's Food Company , a subsidiary of McCormick & Company, Inc. and a global leader in flavor is seeking a full-time  Maintenance Lead for the plant located in  Springfield, MO . This person will report to the Maintenace Team Manager. 

With more than $500 million in annual sales, our company has been crafting trusted foods using simple ingredients of the highest quality.  From French's Classic Yellow Mustard, long America's top-selling mustard, to its most recent innovations, such as Franks Red Hot, the company has a history rich with delicious creations made from what today would be considered “clean, simple ingredients.”  To learn more please visit us at  www.frenchs.com .

C shift Sunday - Tuesday 7:00PM-7:00AM; Wednesday 7:00PM-1:00AM + Split shift 6% for all hours worked between 6:00PM-11:59PM and 10% for hours worked between 12:00AM-5:59AM

Position Overview:

Under the general supervision of the Maintenance Team Manager, the Maintenance Work leader manages and directs all activities and processes related to the daily management of predictive, preventive and proactive maintenance programs to improve process reliability (PR) while reducing maintenance costs. The Maintenance Work leader is responsible for the complete maintenance and inspection of individual pieces of equipment. This position will also support the core reliability processes (Autonomous Maintenance, Early Equipment Management, Training, and Focused Improvement)

  Responsibilities:

Leading and developing direct reports while fostering a team environment,

Meeting or exceeding established goals (safety, sanitation, PR%, cost, and waste, quality (Q% and 5S)), loss reduction, reliability improvement, and other performance standards related to process and packaging systems.

Supports and develops HPO teams to ensure that information flow / communication processes, personnel development

Problem-solving, goal setting and process improvement (e.g. A3, PDCA, Breakdown Analysis, and 5Why) are all integral parts of daily core work. This includes leading daily cross shift communications of relevant shift activities (adjustments, parts/settings changes, downtime, planned & unplanned work)

Ensuring all safety incident reporting follows proper protocols; will ensure monthly, quarterly, yearly required training is completed for direct reports; will ensure required work orders are reviewed and completed daily and will develop actions from completed work orders.

Coordinates technician and contract resources to meet objectives, monitors activities and leads the escalation process and decision making to drive closure to plant losses. Identifies, analyses, and reduces equipment losses;

Eliminate reoccurring system failures and interact cross-functionally to resolve issues.

QUALIFICATIONS :  

Acceptable attendance is required.

Meets standards in overall performance ratings in most recent performance reviews.

High school diploma or equivalent required.

Five years of maintenance and manufacturing experience required.

Demonstrated ability to investigate and solve problems, ability to diagnose mechanical problems, and resolve minor mechanical and processing problems.

Familiarity with Microsoft Excel, Access, Word, CMMS - Maximo and SAP required.

Proven leadership experience with the ability to direct and support the activities of others required.

Strong interpersonal and customer relations skills are required.

Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in written form required

Ability to effectively facilitate meetings leads to problem solving initiatives, and delivery of training required. (Safety, Food Safety etc.)

The ability to work overtime/weekends is required.

French's is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As a general policy, French's does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.