Maintenance Supervisor

We’re Tovala, a food-tech company reinventing home cooking to save consumers time. Through an innovative combination of hardware, software, and fresh food delivery, we make it incredibly simple for anyone to prepare and enjoy delicious, home-cooked meals without sacrificing time to do whatever matters to them. Through our superior technology, product experience and food quality, we have separated Tovala from the busy pack of other meal delivery businesses.

In the process, we’ve amassed a loyal, rapidly growing following and our retention, product engagement and customer NPS are all best-in-class. We’ve raised over $100mm from great investors like Left Lane Capital, Origin Ventures, Y Combinator and Comcast Ventures and have invested strongly in building a unique culture that fosters growth, personal development and camaraderie.

In this role you will take ownership of the maintenance and repair operations at our Production facilities. This person will be a reliable, self-motivated, problem-solving mechanic who is driven to provide quality repairs. This role is perfect for you if you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are interested in making your mark in a growing tech company.

West Valley City, UT

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
• Coordinating maintenance and repairs, using internal staff or external vendors
• Supervise maintenance staff
• Manage the preventative maintenance calendar and schedule to ensure reliable operation of facilities and equipment as well as compliance with regulatory requirements
• Partnering with other functions to manage prioritization of maintenance, repair, and construction work
• Maintaining documentation of maintenance and repairs
• Maintaining a book of Standard Operating Procedures for equipment
• Training machine operators and staff managers on proper equipment usage
• Manage relationships with key vendors that service our equipment
• Maintaining a well-equipped and capable Maintenance Shop that can respond quickly to that facility's equipment issues
• Managing a maintenance budget, tracking expenses, and coordinating larger repair costs with finance
• Participating in the evaluation of new equipment purchases, installation of equipment, and run-in of new equipment to make it part of normal operations
• Other duties as assigned

• Directly supervises 1-4 employees
• Plans, assigns, and approves work
• Coordinates schedules for employees
• Hires and discharges employees

• Report any food safety and quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.
• Follow and uphold procedures outlined in the Food Safety Plan and the Food Quality Plan and any other programs that support the SQF system and other 3rd party programs/audits.
• Responsible for taking necessary action on all food safety and quality problems reported or observed.
• Ensure a trained designee is appointed to cover for absences or vacancies.

• Comfortable standing, bending and lifting up to 8 hours.
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds
• Comfortable working in hot and cold environments

• Maintenance:
  Work is normally in a plant environment. Can include working outside in all weather conditions, working in confined spaces and in poorly lighted areas, walking on uneven, slippery surfaces and encountering forklift traffic.

• Comfortable with a wide range of tools, machines and equipment
• Always curious to understand how things work
• Experience managing industrial HVAC/R systems, certification a plus
• Strong project management skills
• You’re a forward thinking mechanic - you know how to fix a problem, so that it doesn’t occur again
• You genuinely care for the machines and equipment you work with and want to teach others how to best care for this equipment
• You are a problem solver, you can tackle unfamiliar tasks with resourcefulness and minimal guidance
• You like working in a fast-paced environment
  
  Food has played (or continues to play) an important role in your life.

• A bachelors in Mechanical Engineering,…