GROW WITH WELCH’S!

Welch’s is on a journey towards our bold ambition of being the global-leader of convenient, good for you fruit-based food and beverages. To turn this goal into a reality we need you and other exceptionally talented, agile, and innovative individuals who are eager to contribute to something extraordinary!

POSITION SUMMARY:

We’re looking for a Maintenance and Technical Services Manager that will oversee equipment maintenance, facility upkeep, and reliability initiatives. This role will help create a continuous improvement environment and maintain a safe, efficient workspace. Responsibilities will include developing/delivering strategic capital, and production supporting short-term and long-term initiatives. The Technical Service Manager will lead and mentor a team of Maintenance Supervisors, Buyers, Planners, Controls Engineers, and technicians. Ensuring full compliance with company policies, customer satisfaction standards, and SQF (Safe Quality Foods) principles is key to this role. Associates are also responsible for reporting any food safety or quality issues.
The Position will become the technical leader counted on to drive plant operational goals, design technical strategies for utilities and infrastructure, as well as ensuring plant environmental compliance for various programs.

• Support, coach, and work closely with the maintenance and technical team in a 24/7 operation to ensure asset sustainability, standardization, troubleshooting, and overall best practices are being followed.
• Responsible for hiring, performance management, and career development of direct reports.
• Develop training plans for employees to build technical capability and adherence to plant safety and quality goals.
• Implementing and improving TPM-based Continuous Improvement (CI) tools, such as Root Cause Analysis, Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), and Failure Modes Effects Analysis (FMEA) and ensuring the use of a formal Maintenance Planning Process centered on CMMS.
• Managing site parts inventories, overseeing parts management, and fostering vendor relationships.
• Managing and achieving maintenance budget goals, ensuring efficient use of resources.
• Evaluating and enhancing maintenance practices through data and performance metrics.
• Planning and establishing work schedules and production sequences to align with performance standards.
• Using standard work processes to ensure repeatable performance.
• Participation in the understanding and analyzing of plant metrics like Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and using data to help improve processes.
• Responsible for the review and approval of equipment purchase orders, contract service orders and plant service agreements.
• Maintain plant engineering library (drawings, functional descriptions, GA’s, etc.)
• Lead the development and execution of multiyear capital plan including the engagement of related Plant and Corporate functions such as Safety, Sanitation, Quality, Environmental, Operations, Maintenance, and Finance.
• Participating in formal processes for project execution and integrating them into daily operations.
• Prepare plants’ annual capital, engineering and startup budgets with supporting cash flow projections.
• Coordinate engineering resources (internal, corporate and third party) and plant staff to ensure the capital plan execution.
• Drive cost-savings projects and other projects as assigned to accomplish company strategies.
• Ensure that all project planning, deliverables, reporting, cash flow and spending forecasts are managed and that all projects are delivered within cost, schedule, and performance success criteria.
• Lead and coach formal risk mitigation efforts (FMEA) on all critical capital projects facility during design, construction and during plant operation; implement mitigation strategies cross-functionally with other project team members.
• Direct ownership and management of various Environmental Compliance programs (Wastewater, SPCC, Air Permitting, PSM and Stormwater management) in collaboration with the Environmental, Health, & Safety Manager.
• Oversee plant utilities including steam generation, power distribution, electrical power, glycol, ammonia, cooling towers, water, plant HVAC systems, water distribution systems, wastewater, buildings, grounds, and fire suppression, etc.
• Direct the environmental activities associated with areas such as air, water, ammonia, and wastewater, to comply with appropriate governmental agencies.
• Ensuring safety, quality, and environmental policies are integrated into daily work and maintenance systems.
• Leading sustainability initiatives and energy-reduction efforts.
• Support the Plant in conducting internal systems and external audit while overseeing facility inspections, repairs, and maintenance to ensure timely action.
• External interaction will include, however, is not limited to, equipment vendors, construction contractors, engineering services contractors, and local / state / federal government agencies.
• Collaborate with corporate and other plant resources to leverage continuous improvement thinking in support of Supply Chain Excellence and support various efforts to develop and execute productivity pipeline.