Position Title:Plant Engineering Manager

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID: 21696

About McCain: McCain Foods is proud to be a family and values-driven company. Our values are integral to our culture, helping to shape how we operate, how we work together and the choices we make. They are a big part of what makes us unique. McCain Foods opened their first production facility in their hometown of Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada. McCain Foods quickly established itself within the Canadian marketplace and then began a journey to become the world's largest manufacturer of frozen French fries and potato specialties. McCain products can be found in thousands of restaurants and supermarket freezers around the world. In addition to fries, McCain also produces other foods, including appetizers, oven meals, vegetables and juice for both the retail and foodservice industries.

The McCain Food’s facility in Plover, Wisconsin is a food processing plant, employing approximately 270 employees. This site specializes in the production of cheese curds and other specialty appetizers. Fun Fact: The Plover facility makes appetizers for Burger King, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Arby’s, just to name a few!

Why You Should Join Our Team:

McCain offers full benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance. In addition, we offer other benefits

including:

401k – 6% Company Match

HSA

Adoption Assistance

Infertility Assistance

Education Reimbursement Assistance

Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave

Position Summary:

The Plant Engineering Manager is responsible for overseeing the site maintenance department, utilities/ PSM program, ISO14001 environmental program in addition to optimizing plant operations by developing, preparing, and executing multi-year capital improvement plan.

Core Competencies/Responsibilities:

• Distributes the workload appropriately. Maintains two-way dialogue with others on work and results. Brings out the best in people. Is a clear communicator. Relates well with people inside and outside the organization. Builds appropriate rapport. Builds constructive and effective relationships. Uses diplomacy and tact. Can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Develops and executes multi-year capital plan. Anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks. Measures performance against goals. Evaluates results. Can marshal resources (people, funding, material, support) to get things done. Can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal. Uses resources effectively and efficiently.
• Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment. Understands maintenance reliability. Can apply correct maintenance strategy to maintain the highest asset reliability at a reasonable, approved cost.

Essential Functions

• Keep safety at the forefront of all tasks
• Lead and develop the maintenance team
• Develop strategic improvement plan
• Ensure proper training for employees
• Promote and develop maintenance programs
• Support Line Centric teams
• Ensure that work execution is optimized
• Optimize preventative maintenance program
• Develop condition inspection and predictive inspection program
• Utilize KPI’s as lagging and leading metrics to evaluate progress
• Review downtime and apply root cause and preventative actions
• Develop Plant multi-year capital plan with key Stakeholders that includes:
• Addressing safety, environmental and food safety risks
• Provide technical and plant input and support for corporate projects
• Always maintains confidentiality
• Perform other duties as assigned by Plant Manager

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a four-year degree in Engineering
• Eight years in a Maintenance/Engineering role with a minimum of two years in a management role
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions both written and oral
• Full understanding of Packaging and Processing equipment, Ammonia refrigeration, Wastewater treatment, Industrial electricity, General mechanical, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Industrial burners, HVAC, Programmable controllers, Industrial safety, Food plant maintenance.

Physical Demand:

Constant: Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time. Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer.

Frequently: Bending, grasping of hands, walking

AS A Condition of Employment:

You must pass a drug and pre-employment background screening.

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of McCain and each of its establishments to select and employ the best qualified personnel in all facilities and at all locations, to provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees, including upgrading, promotion and training and to administer these activities in a manner which will not discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, non-job related disability or other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Job Family: Manufacturing; Engineering & Technical

Location(s): US - United States of America : Wisconsin : Plover

Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.