Maintenance Lead(5D)

Barry Callebaut Group; St. Albans (VT); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12 paid holidays

Generous PTO

Birthday off

Job summary

Barry Callebaut Group is seeking a Maintenance Lead in St. Albans, VT to manage maintenance planning and scheduling, drive TPM activities, and coach line teams to improve technical skills. The role requires strong maintenance experience in a food manufacturing setting and a solid technical background.

Expect a Monday–Friday day shift with potential off-shift coverage as needed. We offer a competitive benefits package and opportunities for professional growth within a global food company.

Qualifications

• Technical experience in the food industry is required.
• Mechanical and electrical experience are required.
• Minimum technical education is required.
• Strong organizational and technical skills are essential.
• Ability to teach, coach, and develop others.

Responsibilities

• Participate in daily planning and execution of the maintenance plan.
• Plan and schedule maintenance work.
• Track maintenance indicators and in-process measures.
• Develop improvement plans and lead continuous improvement.
• Support PM pillars and site PM system as needed.

Skills

Food industry experience

Mechanical experience

Electrical experience

Strong communication

Coaching & teaching

Education

Technical education

Job description

POSITION TITLE:

Maintenance Lead

REPORTING TO:

Cell Lead

LOCATION:

St Albans, VT

About The Role

The Maintenance Lead is responsible for implementing, maintaining and continuously improving the maintenance planning and scheduling (MPS) and breakdown elimination (BDE) daily management system (DMS) for their area, to coach line teams to improve technical ability, and to provide a continuity link to other Progressive Maintenance (PM) systems. The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and that additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time; or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

SHIFT HOURS:

Monday - Friday 6:30am - 3:00pm with flexibility for potential call-in, off-shift coverage as the business requires

Key Responsibilities Include

• Actively participating in line daily direction setting (DDS) meetings and in the execution of the daily plan, including reporting
• Planning and scheduling maintenance work
• Tracking and reporting maintenance indicator results and in-process measures
• Developing improvement plans
• Champion and lead the continuous improvement process
• Participating in Progressive Maintenance (PM) Pillar work as required, and owning a site PM system as required

About You

• Technical experience in food industry min 3 years, required
• Mechanical and electrical experience, required
• Minimum Technical education, required
• Maintenance training and basic integrated work system (IWS) / high performance organization (HPO) training, a plus
• Strong organizational and technical skills, required
• Priority setting
• Strong communication / coaching / training skills
• Technical and practical equipment and tool skill
• Autonomous Maintenance (AM) Steps 0-4: can teach work point analysis (WPA) and understands line transformations, a plus
• Progressive Maintenance (PM) Steps 1-4, a plus
• Understanding of problem-solving processes
• Maintenance planning and scheduling (MPS) experience, preferred
• Breakdown elimination (BDE) experience, preferred
• Maintenance management information system knowledge and storeroom skills, preferred
• Basic PC skills, required
• Knowledge of AM and PM visual standards, a plus
• Ability to influence technicians, line leads, and process engineers, as required
• Ability to teach, coach, and develop others, required
• Have on-the-floor technical credibility with the people doing the work
• Have effective communication skills, including the ability to be an active listener, and also the ability to both positively confront and be assertive, when necessary
• Day shift with potential call-in, off-shift, weekend support, or flow to shift coverage as the business requires

What You Can Expect From Barry Callebaut

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
• 12 paid holidays, generous PTO, plus your birthday off
• Environment that welcomes workplace flexibility
• An atmosphere where diversity is embraced, and inclusivity is second nature. We call it #OneBC! Just ask our champions with the Americas Women’s Forum and the Racial Equality Forum!
• Ability to grow personally and professionally within an organization that values development and internal career growth
• Be part of our mission in making sustainability the norm through Forever Chocolate with priorities centered around prospering farmers, zero child labor, carbon and forest positive, and creating 100% sustainable ingredients in all of our products.

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.