Lead Utilities, Elevate Reliability
Own the frontline leadership of a skilled utilities maintenance team in an automated, food manufacturing environment. Drive safety, quality, and uptime while developing technicians and coordinating daily work.
Why This Role Matters
- Safeguards personal safety, food safety, and product quality every shift.
- Keeps production running with on-time completion of planned and unplanned utilities tasks.
- Builds technician capability and creates a service-first partnership with production and quality.
Your Impact
- Provide immediate, hands-on supervision to utilities technicians.
- Assign tasks, verify progress at frequent intervals, and maintain daily/weekly schedules.
- Act as a working leader—balancing leadership with individual technical work as needed.
- Plan and schedule maintenance activities based on available resources and priorities.
- Serve as the facility’s utilities subject-matter expert for troubleshooting and resolution.
- Manage multiple people and tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
- Model servant leadership and strong customer service to all internal stakeholders.
- Coach employees to reach organizational goals and performance standards.
- Handle competing priorities with time, staffing, and equipment constraints professionally.
Schedule & Other Details
- Weekend or overtime work may be required as determined by management.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Associate degree or equivalent mix of education and applicable experience.
- Advanced MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Outlook; strong written and verbal communication.
Preferred Qualifications
- 7+ years of industrial maintenance experience leading utilities technicians in a fully automated production facility.
- Electro-Mechanical or Industrial Electronics & Maintenance technical degree.
- HVAC certification.
- Experience with SQF, HACCP, and GMP standards.
- Food manufacturing experience.
Technical Strengths
- Facilities maintenance background
- Preventive maintenance and inspection practices
- HVAC maintenance competency
- HVAC troubleshooting
Tools & Systems
- HVAC systems
- Industrial control systems