Maintenance Lead

Business Unit Overview
Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that's First in Food
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Location Description
Michael foods, Inc. located in Britt, Iowa where more eggs are produced within a 100 mile radius than anywhere in the world. Small town living and friendly faces make Britt, Iowa a place to call home. Our location is an egg processing flacility that varies from breaking, pasteurization, and dried egg. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that's First in Food.

Responsibilities
SUMMARY:

The Maintenance Lead provides both Maintenance and Reliability services within the plant, championing

executional excellence and asset health improvement efforts. The Maintenance Lead will ensure results

while partnering with the MFI ARM team, plant maintenance team personnel, plant operational team, and

all other plant support teams members for success. The Maintenance Lead will partner with the

maintenance workflow process team and will ensure that work orders for plant assets are in the CMMS

backlog and are being planned and scheduled effectively. The Maintenance Lead will work with

technicians to ensure that scheduled work orders are properly executed, followed through, documented

and value of the job is captured and reported. They will promote, execute, mentor, and coach excellence

in preventive and corrective maintenance practices. The Maintenance Lead will become a resource to

the plant who constantly focuses on improving the operating condition of equipment and improving the

skill sets and performance of the maintenance team.

This position has the responsibility to comply with Safety work rules at all times as well as an obligation

to reinforce Safety as a Core Value. Ensures that all policies, procedures and activities, related to Food

Safety & Quality, are followed and complied with uniformly, in an effort to reduce product and process

variability. This role must be available to work scheduled work times, weekends, and holidays, as

necessary.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance team members and tasks to ensure personal safety, quality, delivery, and

cost, are continuously being improved to achieve company objectives. Engage and develop the

asset care team members to deliver expected levels of reliability. Be an active member who

contributes to the advancement of the MFI & ARM culture.

• Execute and champion Precision Maintenance

techniques ensuring procedural compliance and

that job tolerances are met

• Identify, develop, justify, and implement reliability and performance improvement projects
• Responsible for identifying, coordinating, and facilitating maintenance and reliability training for

team personnel

• Lead / assist craftsman during maintenance assignments
• Lead technical troubleshooting tasks while assisting other plant personnel in a teaching

environment

• Execute preventive and corrective maintenance tasks with excellence
• Utilize MFI approved CMMS to manage, document, and support reliability reporting and decision

making. This will be accomplished through the guidance of MFI ARM standards.

• Keep accurate and up-to-date records (i.e., SAP data, training documentation, etc..).
• Provides input for root cause analysis (RCA) and Reliability Centered Maintenance to create an

environment of continuous asset reliability improvement.

• Promote, and foster Michael Foods culture, values, and principles.
• Act as a role model by demonstrating safe work behaviors. Accountable for a safe and healthy

workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety policies and procedures and incorporate safety and

health in all jobs and tasks.

• Adheres to Quality work practices, follows GMP's, maintains sanitary conditions and ensures that

product quality is maintained. Reports conditions or practices that may adversely affect food

safety and quality.

• Always ensures required regulatory compliance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
EDUCATION AND EXPEREINCE REQUIRED:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent
• Associate's degree or two-year technical certificate, or experience which demonstrates technical

aptitude preferred

• 3 to 5 years of experience as an industrial maintenance technician preferred
• Trained and competent in MFI MTL1, MTL2, & MTL3 skills preferred
• MFI People Leadership Essentials or equivalent training preferred
• Active Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP) membership preferred
• Prior experience in SAP preferred.
• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with superb time management skills.
• Excellent administrative and follow-up skills to achieve successful maintenance and repair

programs.

Physical Requirements
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and listen. The

employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use

hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or

crawl; taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision

abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth

perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee will be exposed to a noisy environment that varies

from hot to cold in temperature. The physical demands described here are representative of those that

must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable

accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.