Team Leader Electrical Maintenance

Team Leader Electrical Maintenance

Location:

Hermiston, OR

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world. A highly innovative global corporation with a start‑up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference.

You’ll gain access to hands‑on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

Oversees all aspects of the Electrical department, production lines and affiliated equipment, building and grounds. Schedule work and manpower to meet production demands, maintain the preventative maintenance system and work toward meeting or exceeding the plant’s safety and uptime goals. Control maintenance expenses by monitoring overtime and parts expenses weekly. Establish and maintain electrical integrity and equipment reliability programs to ensure employee safety, provide environmental security and maximize the plant’s availability, product quality, and cost effectiveness.

Other primary duties include ownership of the plant’s PM/PdM activities; leadership of equipment performance tracking and repair/improvement prioritization; technical guidance and coaching of Apprentice and Licensed Electricians; and engineering support of electrical and capital projects.

• Plan and schedule work force efficiently for utilization of employees.
• Monitor downtime occurrences to maintain consistent operations.
• Monitor the efficiencies of the production lines, paying special attention for maintenance and electrical trends.
• Train, motivate and direct employees to adhere to safe work methods and standard procedures to ensure efficient utilization of employees.
• Promote teamwork to achieve Company's goals and objectives.
• Maintain a cooperative working relationship with USDA officials.
• Control labor costs.
• Purchase of supplies and repair parts with regard to quality.
• Control departmental overtime.
• Monitor the machinery and equipment to ensure safety of the employees.
• Enforce the plant's safety program.
• Compliance to all OSHA safety regulations and standards.
• Maintaining equipment for efficient operation within maintenance budget.
• Seeks continuous improvement in the Electrical Department employees and the efficiencies of the production lines.
• Assumes full ownership of predictive and preventive maintenance activities as it pertains to plant reliability goals.
• Continuously evaluates PM/PDM activities and frequencies to ensure optimum use of manpower and resources in maximizing equipment reliability.
• Involves all associates in a team concept, keeping personnel safety, food safety and uptime as the top priorities.

• High school diploma or GED equivalent required, Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Electrical engineering or other technical degree program preferred.
• Electrical License required.
• General/Limited Supervising License preferred.
• 3-5 years of previous electrical/maintenance experience preferred.
• 1-2 years of process controls experience preferred.
• Previous supervisory experience required.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, blue prints, schematics, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to calculate figures.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Knowledge and experience with Preventative Maintenance programs. Knowledge of Process controls and Electrical principals.
• Experienced at writing: employee…