Salary: $100,000 – $125,000 / year
Schedule: Mon – Fri (Day Shift, with on-call flexibility)
Location: Riverside, MO
Why You’ll Love This Role
- Work with Purpose: Join a community-focused beverage leader that puts safety, quality, and people first.
- Balanced Leadership: Stable M–F schedule combining hands-on shop floor technical leadership with strategic vision.
- Growth & Support: Direct access to plant leadership and CAPEX investment support for equipment upgrades.
Perks & Benefits
- Rich PTO: Generous paid time off to recharge.
- Health & Financials: Low-deductible Medical/Dental/Vision, company-paid Disability/Life, 401(k) match, and tuition reimbursement.
- Culture: Wellness program, paid volunteer hours, and a clean, safe, family-friendly workplace.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the Team: Mentor and build a high-performing technician crew across all shifts; direct scheduling, training, and hiring.
- Optimize Operations: Maximize uptime on automated packaging lines via CMMS tracking, PMs, and technical troubleshooting.
- Champion Safety & Quality: Enforce LOTO, arc flash, GMP, FDA, and SQF compliance.
- Drive Results: Oversee department budgets, spare parts inventories, CAPEX projects, and Lean initiatives.
What You Bring
- Experience: 5+ years in manufacturing maintenance with blow molding or injection molding; 3+ years managing multi-shift teams.
- Industry Focus: High-speed beverage, liquid CPG, or food manufacturing background preferred.
- Technical Skills: Hands-on familiarity with Krones fillers/labelers, blow/injection molders, Hartness packers, Lantech wrappers, chillers, air compressors, and tabletop conveyors.
- Systems: Proficient with CMMS platforms and basic PLC troubleshooting.
Key Skills & Qualifications
- Technical: Blow/Injection Molding, Packaging Automation, PM Scheduling, CMMS, PLC Troubleshooting, Utilities (Chillers/Compressors)
- Compliance: GMP, SQF, HACCP, FDA, LOTO, Arc Flash Safety
- Leadership: Multi-Shift Management, Budgeting, Parts Inventory, Lean Manufacturing, CAPEX Support
salary: $100,000 - $125,000 per year
shift: First
work hours: 8 AM - 4 PM
education: High School
Responsibilities
- Directs and assists employees or contracted employees engaged in painting and performing structural repairs to machinery, masonry, woodwork, and furnishings of the buildings.
- Directs and assists employees or contracted employees engaged in ground maintenance activates such as repair of concrete and masonry, ceilings, floors, and walls; loading docks and driveways, electrical fixtures, etc.
- Controls requisitions for equipment, and supplies for the department and facility.
- Inspects completed work for conformance to blueprints, specifications, and standards.
- Conducts lockout/tagout and arc flash training, participates in accident investigations.
- Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules; coordinates staffing.
- Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of work crews.
- Assists in interviewing, hiring, and terminations as needed. Trains, develops employees.
- Handles disciplinary issues in accordance with Company policy.
- Reviews timesheets for payroll and other employee related payroll functions.
- Reviews monthly financials and participates in financial conference calls. Works on department budget.
Essential Functions
- working in a smoke free environment
- wearing steel toe shoes
- manual lifting up to 50lbs
- standing for 6 hours at one time
Skills
- Blow Molding (3 years of experience is preferred)
- Injection Molding (3 years of experience is preferred)
- PLC Troubleshooting (2 years of experience is preferred)
- CMMS (4 years of experience is preferred)
- GMP (4 years of experience is preferred)
- SQF (4 years of experience is preferred)
- HAACP (4 years of experience is preferred)
- Maintenance
- Electrical
- Mechanical Maintenance
- Managing
- Organization
- Problem Solving
- Influencing
- Coaching
Qualifications
- Years of experience: 5 years
- Experience level: Manager
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
Experience
Education