Maintenance Planner

Maintenance Planner

Harvest Hill Beverage Company is one of the nation's largest independent branded beverage producers, delivering consistent annual revenue growth, with sales of over $1 billion. The company was formed in June 2014 with the acquisition of Juicy Juice and further expanded with 3 subsequent acquisitions which were consolidated into one company in May 2017. Our portfolio of iconic brands includes SunnyD, Juicy Juice, Little HUG, Daily's Cocktails, among many other specialty brands. We manufacture, market, and distribute across multi-channels including Grocery, Mass Merchandisers, Warehouse Clubs, Convenience, Foodservice, and Liquor Distributors.

Harvest Hill was recently acquired by Castillo Hermanos, a family-owned company and a leader in the Central American and Caribbean consumer market. The acquisition incorporates leading, scalable and complementary brands into the Castillo Hermanos beverage portfolio, giving it immediate access to main US retail outlets. The deal also facilitates the distribution of Castillo Hermanos's brands, meeting nostalgia-driven demand from US Hispanic consumers.

Harvest Hill is headquartered in Stamford, CT with a nationwide network of manufacturing and distribution facilities, employing over 1,000 employees in the United States.

This position will be located onsite 5 days a week in Verona, PA.

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for creating accurate equipment records, monitoring department spending and processing requisitions and purchase orders.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Maintain a safe work environment by meeting company policies and OSHA regulations.
• Order and inventory supplies for the maintenance, blow mold and production departments.
• Manage plant maintenance (PM) work orders in a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
• Ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with coworkers, vendors, etc.
• Ability to identify trends, abnormalities, and inefficiencies through accurate record keeping and analysis.
• Must have a basic understand of equipment and parts.
• Maintain inventory in multiple storerooms.
• Follow all safety, food safety, & GMP rules and regulations.
• All other duties as assigned.

In the absence of the Maintenance Manager, the Maintenance Planner will provide coverage.

SOPs are critical to meet customer specifications and maintenance of food safety, quality and process efficiency. Operator's manual available on each line.

Ensures that all tasks and functions of position are performed in a safe manner at all times and that all procedures and requirements are properly followed to accomplish assigned tasks.

Responsible for food safety and quality as well as reporting food safety and quality problems to personnel with authority if unable to initiate action.

In the absence of this position, the Maintenance Manager will provide coverage.

HS Diploma or equivalent. Must be able to attend all job related training classes to increase job knowledge and improve job performance. This also encourages confidence and sense of accomplishment.

Ability to read and understand standard operating procedures and customer specifications. Able to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Ability to calculate figures and amounts using calculator.

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Working knowledge of a modern computer system. Ability to type at a reasonable speed. Familiarity with CMMS and work order systems.

None

As required to attend off site training and meetings as needed.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to finger, handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close visions and ability to adjust focus.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Employee subject to company rules, regulations and GMP's.

*NOTE: THE ABOVE IS NOT MEANT NOR SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS AN EXCLUSIVE LIST OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES*