Maintenance Team Advisor

Job Description

The Maintenance Team Advisor directly oversees the performance and activities of Maintenance Technicians responsible for the routine and non-routine maintenance activities of their designated area of the facility.

This role reports to the Maintenance Team Leader (Manager). Responsibilities include ensuring the quality of maintenance work in designated area and maintaining the necessary standards of housekeeping and safe work practice. The Maintenance Team Advisor also interfaces with contractors. 

This position is in Richland Center, WI. We have openings for both a day shift(6:00am-3:00pm)  and a night shift (10:00pm - 7:00 am CST)- Monday - Friday.

For candidates who qualify, we offer a full relocation benefits package as well as a $10,000 relocation bonus.

What you’ll do:

Leadership and Team Development

• Supervise and guide a team of maintenance technicians, providing guidance, training, and performance management.
• Coordinate daily maintenance activities, ensuring timely and efficient completion of work orders, daily and weekly schedules.
• Promote teamwork and continuous learning within the team.

Safety & Compliance:

• Promote and enforce a culture of safety by conducting risk assessments, safety audits, and implementing corrective actions as necessary.
• Foster a collaborative and safety-conscious culture, championing health and safety protocols within the maintenance team, ensuring adherence to all OSHA, PSM, FDA, USDA, HACCP, SQF, and food safety standards.
• Serve by example in maintaining a clean and hazard-free work environment

Documentation and Reporting

• Accurately track all maintenance activities, including repairs, parts usage, and downtime events.
• Use of EAM: Utilize enterprise asset management system (EAM) for scheduling, tracking, and documenting team’s work orders and equipment history.
• Prepare KPI reports on reliability, maintenance costs, and uptime, to share with management for awareness and improvements.

​Operational Efficiency & Cost Management:

• Implement world-class maintenance practices (TPM, Lean Maintenance, RCM) to ensure production targets are met with minimal downtime.
• Coordinate with production, sanitation, quality, and engineering teams to minimize production disruptions and ensure that maintenance activities are aligned with manufacturing schedules.
• Manage maintenance budgets, controlling costs while optimizing resource utilization and minimizing downtime.
• Evaluate maintenance workflows to identify and implement process improvements that increase efficiency and productivity.
• Track and report key performance indicators (KPIs) on reliability and performance such as equipment uptime, response time to breakdowns, shift overtime and maintenance costs.

 ​Technical Expertise:

• Troubleshoot and resolve mechanical, electrical, and technical issues that arise within the production process.
• Maintain expertise in manufacturing equipment, such as pasteurizers, homogenizers, fillers, packaging machines, and refrigeration systems, ensuring all machinery is operating at peak performance.
• Collaborate with engineering and operations teams on capital projects and equipment upgrades.
• Precision assembly, lubrication best practices, contamination control applied to all work completed by team.

 ​Preventive and Predictive Maintenance

• Develop, implement, and manage preventive maintenance programs to ensure equipment reliability and longevity.
• Monitor and assess the condition of equipment, using predictive maintenance tools (PdM) to prevent breakdowns and drive reliability.
• Conduct regular inspections and audits to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements providing update feedback to technicians and planners.
• Together with the leadership team, ensures compliance with Food Safety and Food Quality Plans, in addition to customer requirements. Interprets and communicates customer requirements to plant production and/or support groups. Establishes and Audits PCPs, CCPs and Standard Operating Procedures to define and monitor processes, to ensure customer requirements are met. Reviews incidents during which the procedures are not met, and determines appropriate corrective action for partners failing to follow standard procedures.

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelors in Mechanical, Electrical, Biochemical or Biological, Engineering, Industrial Arts, or related technical field preferred, an Associate’s degree in a technical field will be considered.
• 1+ years of experience in Industrial work
• Demonstrated leadership experience in a team environment
• General computer skills; mechanical aptitude; interpersonal skills to work from a supplier oriented function
• Ability to travel up to 5%