Maintenance Technician (Lead) (Commerce, GA)

Maintenance Technician (Lead) (Commerce, GA)

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About us

DIANA FOOD, a division of Symrise, provides high added value natural ingredients to its customers in the agro-food industry around the world. From a natural range of fruit, vegetables, meat and seafood products processed into concentrates, powders, flakes and pieces, DIANA FOOD offers solutions with both sensorial (taste, color, texture and visual impact) and nutritional benefits (Health& Nutrition, food preservation).With a unique position in its markets, DIANA FOOD bases its business on a deep biosciences expertise, reinforced by a multi-stream mastery from vegetables to meat and seafood raw materials, all to ensure food safety and traceability.

Summary:

We are currently seeking a Lead Maintenance Technician for our facility in Commerce, Georgia. The main mission of this role will be to ensure optimal availability of production equipment, while meeting production, safety, budgetary, process improvement and team management requirements. This position will support operations by maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing and optimizing all manufacturing and facilities equipment. Responsible for production and facility equipment installation, modification, and maintenance. Including wiring, troubleshooting, PMs of automated assembly lines, assembly fixtures, and plant equipment as directed by the Maintenance Manager. This position creates value for the facility by performing preventative and corrective maintenance leading to increased uptime and reliability, thus helping the facility to meet their production and quality goals.

Tasks

•Lead day-to- day maintenance issues including directing work, managing breakdowns, attending meetings, setting priorities and allocation of resources

•Defines and optimizes production resources to maintain and improve the performance of the equipment, in line with the objectives set (safety, quality, environment, costs, deadlines, motivation)

•Ensures the satisfactory planning of preventive maintenance work, liaising with the other departments

•Ensures the satisfactory deployment of first-level maintenance and guarantees its satisfactory implementation and its monitoring by production

•Handles the implementation and tracking of requests for improvements confirmed with the departments issuing them, within the required deadlines

•Handles the improvement of, and monitors the application of working methods on site, including the drafting and implementation of progress plans making it possible for the department to achieve economic gains and performance improvements

•Guarantees the satisfactory use and operation of the CMMS software

•Drafts and implements the necessary corrective and preventive improvement plans in addition to equipment replacement plans

•Assist in monitoring all phases in the upgrading or installation of an item of equipment, assist ensuring compliance with the budgets and deadlines specified, in addition to the delivery of the equipment, the operation of which should be efficient, reliable and economic.

•Contributes his/her technical expertise during the integration of new production resources (from the initial specifications through to formal acceptance) including the optimization of production methods and processes

•Coordinates the Maintenance/New Work activity

•Coordinates and manages the performance of work by outside companies

•Participates in site meetings, inter-departmental meetings and/or meetings with the staff representation bodies as required (including the workplace health and safety committee)

Qualifications

•Prefer 2 to 3 years’ higher education (process engineering, mechanics, etc.), you should have a minimum of 6 years’ experience, ideally in the food industry.

•Supervisory skills

•Self-directed and able to work with minimal direction.

•Demonstrated problem-solving skills.

•Good communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills

•An ability to generate a positive dynamic, motivated by the wish to “always do better” A flair for organization and anticipation

•A customer-centric approach (particularly toward internal customers)

•An ability to convince and motivate

•A capacity to manage conflicts

•An ability to summarize and to focus on the essential, in addition to well-developed analytical skills

•A good level of English

•Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Our offer

Competitive pay, Medical/Dental/Vision benefits, 401k, generous paid time off, flexible work schedule, STD, LTD, Perks at Work employee discount program, Pet Insurance, Fitness/Gym allowance and much more!

How to apply: Please click the link below

https://www.symrise.com/your-career/search-and-apply/search-and-apply/?nPostingId=1136&nPostingTargetId=2908&id=Q7UFK026203F3VBQB68V7V70S&LG=EN&mask=symext