What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Equipment Maintenance Lead position at SourcePro Search?
Job Title:
Production Equipment Maintenance Lead
About the Role:
We are seeking an experienced Production Equipment Maintenance Lead with 5-7 years of maintenance management experience, particularly in manufacturing or food production environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Direct and coordinate activities related to production equipment and general plant equipment maintenance and new installations.
- Responsible for the safe maintenance, repair or replacement, installation and startup of production equipment and systems.
- Ensure assigned facilities and equipment are ready for regular business and special events.
- Ability to operate, inspect, troubleshoot, diagnose, repair, service, and maintain equipment according to technical manuals.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Participate in objective setting, plan development and performance review of production equipment and systems.
- Modify and repair existing equipment for safety and/or performance improvement.
- Identify vendors and solicit quotes for equipment repair or fabrication services.
- Establish routine inspections of equipment, delegate and manage workflows and tasks.
- Initiate, implement, and manage the production equipment preventive maintenance program based on best practices.
- Monitor the use and inventories of spare parts and maintenance supplies.
Work Relationships and Scope:
- Works with Maintenance, Engineering, Production, QA and Sanitation personnel.
- Develops working knowledge of the production environment and adapts to change.
- Work to Continuously Improve through Lean activities and Improvement suggestions.
Examples of Production Equipment Responsibility:
- Fillo machines.
- Cheese Shredders, Meat Dicers, Slicers and Food processors.
- Scales.
- Freezer racks and sheet pan trucks.
- X-ray and metal detection systems.
