Maintenance Supervisor

Maintenance Supervisor

Are you looking to catapult your career by driving high-impact transformation with household brands? Do you crave an entrepreneurial, fast paced, and engaging growth assignment working with incredible people from across the globe?

At Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, we are excited to start a new chapter of accelerated growth as part of Froneri – a global pure-play ice cream leader. Come help us transform DGIC into the #1 ice cream brand! With nearly 100 years of winning experience in the U.S, a robust portfolio of powerhouse brands that consumers know and love such as Häagen-Dazs, Drumstick, Dreyer's & Edy's, and the backing and coaching of European-based ice cream experts, we know we have the winning recipe.

Headquartered in Walnut Creek, the Bay Area's hub for up-and-coming food trends, our teams across our offices and factories are raising the bar on all things ice cream. We are investing in significant capital expansions to grow our Operations and Supply chain and are transforming how we work at every level to become agile, accelerate growth and elevate our quality. With a renewed focus on frozen treats, our tight-knit team of ambitious innovators are fully immersed in the business and encouraged to flex and make decisions quickly. We are committed to pursuing every great idea and delivering the best ice cream experience for our consumers, when and where they want it. Unleash your potential at Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream and discover what a sweet career we have in store for you.

Shift: Night

Main Purpose of the job:

This position coordinates and supervises Maintenance Technicians based on daily support to entire site, outstanding work orders, and special/emergency requests in accordance with individual Technician's skills and abilities. Maintain sound communication with MRO to ensure needed maintenance parts, equipment inventory reports are correct, and calculate minimum reorder levels. Compile maintenance reports such as downtime, work orders, preventative maintenance schedule, etc.. These activities are carried out to ensure management information is available in a timely and accurate manner, and to assist in scheduling daily maintenance activities in an optimum manner.

Role and Activity:

Safety:

• Comply with all company safety policies and procedures
• Take an active role to ensure that personal safety and the safety of others is never compromised
• Strive to make our facility a safer place to work through compliance with regulatory and plant safety guidelines.
• Conduct weekly safety meetings

Quality:

• Comply with the Good Manufacturing Practices as outlined by the plant Quality department
• Actively participate in preventing and correcting quality related errors

Operational:

• Supervise and coordinate the activities of Maintenance Technicians daily based on production schedule
• Review work orders and preventative maintenance needs, taking into account such factors as priority, production schedules, and material/parts availability. Assign Technicians based on skills required.

Specifications:

• Minimum 3 years experience in a manufacturing environment and knowledge of Utilities/Facilities/Production equipment
• Engineering degree or equivalent experience preferred

Competencies/Skills/Knowledge:

• PC proficiency as well as excellent organizational and communication skills are a must
• Ability to develop a strong maintenance team in a high performing environment
• Strong problem solving and trouble shooting skills
• Knowledge in automatic controls is desired
• Project management experience
• Planning, scheduling, and budgeting experience
• CMMS/work order experience
• Applied Learning - Actively participate in learning activities; quickly gain knowledge, understanding or skill; apply knowledge or skill. This attribute will address the candidate's technical knowledge of all production operations. This position also requires an understanding of computer-based information systems.
• Building Partnerships - Identify partnership needs within 'upstream' and 'downstream' teams; explore partnership opportunities; formulate action plans; subordinate own area's goals; monitor partnership by encouraging feedback

Measurable Outcomes:

• Response time to Maintenance requests
• Work order completion rate
• Maintenance cost efficiency
• Equipment Downtime

Levels of Responsibility:

• Quality and technical system adherence
• Completion of the required production to plan
• Health and Safety
• Impeccable hygiene standards always
• Clean as you go; use proper cleaning techniques (i.e. limited water hose usage)

Behaviors and Core Values:

We Take Ownership:

• Stay committed to responsibilities from start to finish
• Make sound decisions and get into the right level of detail
• Apply resources to initiatives that add growth, improve efficiencies, or reduce waste

We Do What Is Right:

• Choose transparency over convenience, even if it means difficult conversations

• Set clear roles and responsibilities, enabling everyone to exercise appropriate initiative and judgment

• Speak up when you see something that does not align to our values and policies

We Seek to Improve:

• Strive to continuously improve and innovate to exceed expectations

• Value feedback from others and encourage open dialogue to understand how we can improve

• Learn from both successes and failures

We Are Better Together:

• Ensure decisions are based on what's best for the whole business

• Practice inclusion by seeking diverse perspectives

• Treat everyone with fairness and respect

Work Environment:

In this position, the employee will regularly work with and around others; in a wet and/or humid environment; in areas of high noise level; and around mechanical, electrical, and pressurized equipment. The work is fast paced.

The position involves frequent exposure to nuts and other potential allergens.

The pay scale for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The pay range for prospective employees in this role is between $90,000 and $122,483 per year.

Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Inc. provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants, regardless of race, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected characteristics

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