Maintenance Manager

Summary:

This position is located in Idaho Falls, ID and is responsible for the management of maintenance department, personnel and all maintenance activities at Idaho Pacific. This is a hands-on role and the Maintenance Manager will be directly involved with the maintenance, repair, or replacement of parts and equipment throughout the manufacturing and production areas, packaging areas, raw receiving areas, wastewater treatment, buildings and structures, warehouses, offices, and company grounds. Major responsibilities include: managing the maintenance personnel, overseeing the preventative maintenance program, troubleshooting, inspection, testing, diagnostics, maintenance, repair, removal and replacement of parts and/or equipment, maintaining critical spare parts and equipment, maintaining necessary parts inventory at proper levels and keeping the areas of responsibility audit-ready at all times. Must ensure machinery and equipment are maintained to comply with regulatory and company standards and are safe for operation. Supervisory responsibilities include insuring all maintenance personnel are trained in and adhere to all personal safety and food safety company and regulatory policies, programs and procedures.

Position Duties and Responsibilities: This role is responsible for the service, repair and maintenance, preventative maintenance programs for all company machinery and equipment, including boiler, electrical, processing and packaging machinery and equipment, environmental controls, buildings, facilities and grounds, Insure personnel are trained in all matters of safety, including but not limited to Lock-Out / Tag-Out, Confined Space, Fall Protection, Hyster / loader / forklift, proper use of PPE's, all company and regulatory safety rules, policies, programs and procedures. Responsible for hiring, terminating, coaching / training, disciplining, evaluating, time-keeping, scheduling, assigning work activities, and prioritizing tasks of maintenance personnel. Responsible for administering required position proficiency tests. Ensure timely entries of all Maintenance Work Order Requests through plant MMS system. This includes creating, and closing all work orders, and plant PM's. Assign workloads to each maintenance technician, and tracking of planned, unplanned, and unaccounted for time on a daily basis. The plant runs two twelve hour shifts daily, therefore the Maintenance Manager and Shop Foreman are required to assist with any Maintenance issues off shift, via phone or text as needed.

Knowledge and Skills: A strong mechanical background is required; including knowledge of food processing and packaging machinery and equipment. Must have working knowledge of commercial electrical installation and repairs. Must have working knowledge of steam systems and boilers. Must be knowledgeable of electrical control panels and displays.

Working Conditions:

Normal plant / manufacturing environment. Hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Maintenance Manager must be available all days and all hours. Position is very physical / hands on. Will be exposed to high levels of noise, heat, cold, dust, and wet and humid conditions, and all other environmental factors normally attributed to a manufacturing environment.