Manager, Maintenance Engineering

Litehouse is seeking a full-time strategic Manager, Maintenance Engineering to join our team in Lowell, MI.

As a Manager, Maintenance Engineering you are responsible for safe, reliable operations of plant equipment and systems to minimize unplanned downtime and meet or exceed regulatory, budget and food safety practices within the facility. Additionally, you provide engineering support for plant operations, with an emphasis on safety, system reliability, and continuous improvement.

Essential Job Duties

• Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in setting up, repairing, and maintaining machinery and equipment, and in fabricating metal parts and tools

• Assist in the plant preventative, predictive, and precision maintenance systems and development of metrics to measure performance on a regular basis.

• Troubleshoot equipment operating issues and recommending short-term and longer term resolutions.

• Manage budget on capital expenditures in a fiscally responsible matter and assist with annual budget planning and implementation of capital projects.

• Initiate purchase requisitions as needed; coordinate and direct third-party contractors and consultants to ensure compliance with contractor requirements.

• Implement project improvements that drive manufacturing performance in 5-S, SMED, waste reduction, cost reduction and quality.

• Provide engineering oversight and recommendations to the facility infrastructure (boilers, HVAC, compressed air, power transmission etc.).

• Plan, direct and coordinate activities concerned with design, construction, modification and maintenance of equipment and machinery in a food industrial plant. Ensure plant compliance to Federal, State and Corporate environmental laws, rules & regulations.

• Coordinate with other key business partners in plant compliance to all environmental laws and regulations.

• Interface with governmental and corporate auditors as needed. Environmental programs/areas include hazardous materials/waste management, environmental noise and lighting management, air quality management, storm water and training of plant personnel in same.

• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• CAD/CAM experience preferred

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field; combination of degree and relevant experience considered as substitute.

• Experience: 4-5 years of work experience, preferably in the food manufacturing industry

Knowledge and Skills

• 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

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations

• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume

• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry

Work environment/Physical Demands

Exposure to fluorescent lights. Regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. Sitting, Walking, Standing, Near Acuity, Speaking- Ordinary Conversation, Hearing- Ordinary Conversation, Manual Dexterity- Computer Keyboard Fingering.

About Litehouse

Litehouse started in the Hope, Idaho restaurant of the Hawkins family 60 years ago. Since that time, we have become the leader in refrigerated salad dressings, dips, sauces, herbs, and cheese, manufacturing these delicious products at our four U.S. facilities based in Michigan, Utah, Virginia, and Idaho. Litehouse offers its diverse portfolio of products through general retail, e-commerce, foodservice, deli, member stores, and value-added goods where Litehouse products are featured in meal and salad kits. We keep a strong commitment to our employees and the communities in which we operate. Our founders believed that all of the people who make Litehouse great deserve to benefit from its success. That is why they transferred 30% of the company's ownership to its employees in 2006 and 100% by 2014. Home-grown and home-sustained, we empower all members of our organization to spark the innovations and great new ideas that will propel us into the future. We work to provide our employee-owners opportunities to succeed. Our vision is to improve life one community, one table, and one bite at a time. Our pillars of operation are people, customer service, quality, and growth.

We do not offer sponsorship

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.