Chief Engineer Maintenance Mechanic

Maintenance And Operations Manager

Job Summary: Responsible for maintenance and proper utilization of equipment and facility. Ensure standardized, safe, and efficient functioning/operation of all equipment, completion of required preventive maintenance, correct operation of fresh water and wastewater, and the building structure and capability as a production facility. Monitor plant and equipment levels and proactively adjusts to ensure output levels are met in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner to meet business needs. Builds and maintains positive working relationship with Market Center Management team and keep them informed of maintained issues. Leverages resources of Engineering team as needed to address and overcome engineering issues.

Essential Job Tasks and Activities:

• Create and support a culture of adherence to corporate standardization in support of production, financial and safety goals.
• Performs scheduled preventive maintenance tasks and visually audits plant performance – to ensure optimum production and maintenance efficiency for all systems and equipment.
• Follows corporate direction to sets and establish maintenance schedule for plant equipment that ensures timely equipment operation without disruption in production activities.
• Proactively intervenes when there are found issues with equipment or the facility. Seeks out efficient and timely resolution to issues. Communicates with market center management on resolution activities and timing.
• Performs needed repairs in a safe and efficient manner to restore equipment or facility to operating conditions. Where needed, seeks out specialized expertise to complete needed repairs to the equipment or facility. Audits work and ensures operation of equipment is safe and up to standards.
• Assists, oversees and coordinates new equipment installation and or removal. Ensures contracted work is completed in a safe and efficient manner.
• Oversees water/energy use and utilization. Seeks ways to cost effectively manage water/energy use at the plant.
• Works with market center management, identify and implement systems and methods that will improve safety and operating efficiency consistent with safety guidelines, operating goals and cost constrains.
• Ensures plant and equipment can and is operating safely at peak efficiency to ensure that processing takes place in a safe, timely and efficient manner.
• Use production and maintenance-operating data to ensure production/facilities type activities are contributing to the achievement of market center financial objectives.
• Responsible for the hiring, placement, and removal of maintenance staff within market center. Consults and works with management on the best action to take in regard to maintenance staffing.
• Works closely with Engineering management to learn about and leverage best maintained and efficiencies for the market center. Learns and shares information on systems and methods that will improve safety and operating efficiency consistent with safety guidelines, operating goals, and cost constrains for the entire company.

Required Qualifications:

• Two-year technical college degree or certificate in related discipline or equivalent business/work experience; preferably in an industrial environment.
• Two-years experience managing a maintenance staff.
• Basic equipment maintenance knowledge: electrical, plumbing and large machinery required; industrial experience preferred.
• Previous management experience in safety initiatives, planning, preventive maintenance, budgeting, and vendor management.
• Ability to read maintenance literature.
• Experience with maintenance management system; Manager Plus preferred.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to work within a fast-paced environment, yet willing and able to work effectively with ambiguous circumstances.

Benefits: Vestis offers a wide array of comprehensive benefit programs and services, including medical, dental, vision, and pension. Employees are eligible for 40 hours of vacation and 8 hours of floating holiday time yearly. Employees will also receive 6 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

Compensation: The hourly rate for this position ranges from $42.33, depending on circumstances, including an applicant's skills and qualifications, certain degrees and certifications, prior job experience, market data, and other relevant factors.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities