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About the Role

Provide mechanical and electrical expertise towards processing, packaging, and automatic warehousing operations, focusing on continuous improvement of Overall Equipment Effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Organize and manage maintenance staff to support shift production in a seven-day-per-week operation.
• Crossover with previous Maintenance Shift Manager and Production Supervisors for shift direction.
• Communicate with Production Supervisors to ensure all equipment and facility emergency problems are addressed.
• Audit and train maintenance employees on procedures and best practice methodologies.
• Align team to prepare all set-up parts in conjunction with schedule needs.
• Work with Production Staff to ensure all set-ups are correct, including running water jars through the system for confirmation.
• Conduct and lead LOTO, Confined Space, and Hot Work Permit training and efforts.
• Communicate all equipment cleaning efforts with the Sanitation Teams.
• Serve as the point person for all emergency repairs and new request items.
• Assist in the implementation of preventive maintenance activities.
• Address all site alarms to ensure optimal equipment performance and continued personnel safety.
• Participate and lead all maintenance shift activities involving testing during product development phases.
• Communicate daily with Maintenance Scheduler to align workforce with preventive and routine maintenance workload.
• Comply with site mechanical and electrical standards to improve production OEE and utility reliability.
• Utilize CMMS to optimize asset utilization through scheduled preventive maintenance.
• Assist in utility cost reduction efforts.
• Collaborate with Project Engineering to assist with design and installation efforts.
• Remain current with the latest technology related to product manufacture.
• Remain current with the latest and emerging industry regulations and codes relative to mechanical and electrical systems design and operation.
• Propose and implement improvement plans to enhance the Shift Maintenance Teams' awareness around safety, quality, and applied technology.
• Coach, mentor, and develop staff, including preparing and conducting employee performance appraisals.
• Maintain employee work schedules, including timecard approval, work assignments, job rotation, training, vacations, and paid time off.
• Report food safety & quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.

Requirements

• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment with exposure to long periods of standing/moving, working around moving mechanical parts/conveyors, loud environments, hot/cold, wet/dry conditions.
• Ability to lift/carry <50 pounds.
• Ability to perform frequent reaching/pulling/climbing stairs/stooping/kneeling/bending.

Skills

• Mechanical expertise
• Electrical expertise
• Effective communication skills
• Facilitation
• Documentation
• Collaborative work style
• Proficient in Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) software
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project
• Passion for continuous improvement
• Self-motivated
• Ability to motivate and influence others
• Lean manufacturing experience
• Lean Six Sigma experience
• Certified Plant Maintenance Professional
• Lean Six Sigma Certification

Location

• Rochester, NY

Work Type

• Full-time
• 2-2-3 rotation of days on/off

Experience Level

• 2 to 5 years' experience leading a Maintenance Team supporting a 24/7 continuous manufacturing operation
• 5 years' experience in food, beverage or pharmaceutical industry and/or high speed packaged consumer goods manufacturing environment

Education Level

• AAS or Bachelor of Science in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Benefits

• Great career-pathing
• Professional development, including unlimited online training courses
• Health insurance with premium contributions
• Dental
• Vision
• HSA
• 100% company paid life insurance
• 100% company paid long-term disability
• 401k – with employer match
• Paid time off to include vacation, sick pay, wellness time off, and 10 holidays
• Company bonuses

About the Company

• LiDestri Food and Drink has grown from our roots as a pasta sauce and salsa manufacturer to become an R&D engine, formulating and producing innovative food products for our national and retailer brand partners.
• A family-run company based in Rochester, NY, LiDestri employs over 1,000 people across three U.S. locations.
• We have decades-long partnerships with some of the most respected consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and the most highly inventive retailer brands.