Maintenance Mechanic Lead

Baldwin Richardson Foods Co.; Macedon (NY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation buy

Floating holidays

Health and wellness rebate

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Baldwin Richardson Foods (BRF) seeks a Maintenance Mechanic Lead to direct reliability and maintenance activities at our New York facility. The role operates on a 2-2-3, 12-hour night shift schedule (5:00pm–5:30am) with a $1.50 night differential, supporting BRF’s production of sauces, toppings, syrups, and beverages.

You will lead a maintenance team, manage CMMS work orders, perform preventative maintenance, assist with machine upgrades, train mechanics, and ensure GMP compliance within a

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Two-year associate degree, licensing, or equivalent trade school technical training is highly preferred.
• A minimum of five (5) years related experience of mechanical maintenance and troubleshooting in a manufacturing setting required.
• Prior experience mentoring and leading junior member of a team is highly preferred.
• Experience driving process improvement, RCCA, development of preventative maintenance programs and ensuring proper documentation in all processes is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate all reliability and maintenance activities to ensure maximum plant operation potential.
• Provide leadership and guidance to maintenance team on all shifts.
• Utilize CMMS System to communicate and document events and manage work orders.
• Oversee and train mechanics and provide support where needed.
• Coordinate and execute machine upgrades and extended downtime repairs.
• Train all mechanics on new equipment according to SOPs.
• Design, fabricate, and install new equipment and upgrades.
• Identify root causes and document issues; ensure data entry in CMMS.
• Ensure proper utilization of CMMS for PM activities, work orders, and parts issuance.
• Perform and direct preventive, predictive, and planned maintenance with the Maintenance Manager and Leads.
• Plan and schedule day-to-day and weekend work; verify completion via CMMS.
• Identify and report needs for major repairs and coordinate with management.
• Calibrate and maintain electronics and instrumentation for process control devices.
• Support meeting company metrics and department goals.
• Follow GMP and PPE requirements.
• Embody the GFTW mentality and bridge collaboration across departments.
• Address personnel issues with leadership and follow escalation processes.
• Foster continuous growth and knowledge of new technologies; cover maintenance planner duties when needed.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Problem solving

Team coordination

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate degree or technical training

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Baldwin Richardson Foods (BRF) is focused on enriching the flavor of life. As a full-service liquid products supplier and strategic partner to the food and beverage industry, BRF combines its formulation expertise and unique packaging options with robust processing capabilities to produce high-quality sauces, toppings, syrups, fillings, and shelf-stable beverages for the world's most iconic Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs), Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brands, and food service companies. The company also manufactures and markets Mrs. Richardson's dessert sauces and Nance's mustards/condiments. BRF has facilities from coast-to-coast to meet our growing partnership needs.

The Maintenance Mechanic Lead will direct and coordinate all reliability and maintenance activities to ensure that maximum operational potential is realized for plant operation. This includes leading, directing, supporting, and training site maintenance technicians.

Our Maintenance Team follows a 2-2-3, 12-hour shift schedule, providing a consistent routine for work-life balance.
Hours for this role are 5:00pm - 5:30am.
Night Shift Differential = $1.50 per hour.
Sample 2-2-3 Shift Schedule :
Week 1: Work Monday, Tuesday - Off Wednesday, Thursday - Work Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Week 2: Off Monday, Tuesday - Work Wednesday, Thursday - Off Friday, Saturday, Sunday

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Completes all tasks while strictly adhering to all required industry guidelines including but not limited to: SQF, Food Safety, Plant Safety, and audits.
• Provides leadership and guidance to all maintenance team members on all shifts.
• Must be able to work within the maintenance team to accurately communicate and document events by utilizing the CMMS System.
• Responsible for overseeing and training mechanics and provides support where needed.
• Assist in the coordination and execution of machine upgrades and extended down time repairs
• Trains all mechanics on new equipment according to the standard operating procedures
• Designs, fabricates, and installs new equipment and enhances existing equipment through process improvement and upgrades
• Facilitates finding root cause of problems or issues and completes necessary documentation
• Ensures the proper utilization of CMMS system for Preventative Maintenance (PM) activities, work orders, and part issuance with timely and accurate data entry.
• Performs and directs preventative, predictive, and planned maintenance of equipment including but not limited to; cleaning, inspecting, diagnosing, replacement testing and process improvements with Maintenance Manager and Maintenance Lead OPM’s. Plan and schedule day to day and weekend work for team members. Verify work is completed through the CMMS System Platform with parts, time, and notes.
• Identifies and reports needs for major repairs to the appropriate level of management and enters data into CMMS system and assists with coordination of work with them Maintenance Manager and Maintenance Lead OPM’s.
• Calibrates and maintains electronics and instrumentations for process control devices.
• Ensure company metrics are met and supports team and company goals.
• Follows proper Good Manufacturing Practices including wearing personal protective equipment.
• Embodies the GFTW mentality and effort by attending required meetings and bridging collaboration between all departments.
• Able to work with direct leadership addressing all personnel issues and adhere to the proper escalation process.
• Bring to team a continuous growth zero loss mind set and develop knowledge of all new technologies introduced to the site.
• Fill in for the maintenance planner role when the maintenance planner is out. Create Purchase Req.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Two-year associate degree, licensing, or equivalent trade school technical training in related field is highly preferred.
• A minimum of five (5) years related experience of mechanical maintenance and troubleshooting in a manufacturing setting required.
• Prior experience mentoring and leading junior member of a team is highly preferred.
• Experience driving process improvement, RCCA, development of preventative maintenance programs and ensuring proper documentation in all processes is highly preferred.

Baldwin Richardson Foods (BRF) is a place where people go above and beyond. It’s only fitting that our employees be compensated in a similar fashion. We offer a compensation and benefits package that’s holistic, competitive and fair. It’s focused on total well-being, so in addition to standard benefits, we offer extra perks such as vacation buy, floating holidays, health and wellness rebate and tuition assistance. BRF is committed to hiring a workforce which encourages diversity of thought and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, genetics, gender identity or expression, national origin, or disability.