Maintenance Shift Lead - Furmano Foods : Job Details

Furmano Foods is a single site manufacturer with 350 employees located in Northumberland, PA, celebrating our 104th year of providing delicious, wholesome foods! We are family-owned, 4th generation, growth-oriented business driven to exceed our customers' expectations by practicing biblical principles, providing exceptional service, and progressing continuously.

Furmano Foods Core Values:

• Safety
• Thankfulness
• Honesty
• Kindness
• Unity
• Diligence
• Stick-To-it-Iveness

Position Summary: This position provides the leadership for the Maintenance group in leading small crews to address maintenance issues in the plant. Additional areas of responsibility are shifting labor, driving projects to completion, addressing breakdowns, and all other duties assigned by the Maintenance Supervisor.

Education: (Include licenses, certifications, permits)

The ideal candidate should have an associates degree in Electromechanical technology or equivalent combinations of training and experience. Other training may include welding certification, Hydraulic training, and Journeyman trades training.

Experience / Qualifications

A minimum of 5 years of Electrical/Mechanical experience in trouble shooting and supporting industrial machinery or experience as a maintenance supervisor

Skills / Abilities

Development and leadership of people, technical knowledge of electrical systems, drives, bearings, welding, and piping. Leadership qualities for support of operations

Physical Demands

Good physical and mental health, sound judgement, desire to work with individuals from varied backgrounds. The ability to access the entire facility and maneuver around existing equipment and systems in operation. Ability to effectively delegate and address issues in environments internal and external to the Company.

Duties and Responsibilities

Food safety is the responsibility of every employee. Any issues should be brought to the immediate attention of area supervisor or manager.

• Responsible for Maintenance related Plant uptime performance
• Responsible for shifting labor as needed to address breakdowns.
• Will be responsible for Plant Maintenance Support of safety issuestheir resolution and performance.
• Develop and maintain cost cutting efforts
• Enforce company rules/policies
• Maintain all utilities (water, steam, compressed air, electricity)
• Maintain buildings, offices, roofs, structures, pavements.
• Offer Assistance to the Ag and Transportation Departments as needed
• Responsible for prioritizing tasks
• Maintain a positive teamwork atmosphere by actions, communicating and helping co-workers

Leadership/Supervisory Duties and Responsibilities

• Effectively coordinate staff to provide a productive group supporting operations
• Prioritize plant requirements to achieve most important priorities
• Coordinate materials required to support staff activities
• Train and develop staff to keep ahead of technology changes and fill technical needs
• Effectively communicate issues to Maintenance Supervisor
• Build a team environment within his/her area of responsibility
• Build/motivate staff to develop new skill sets.

Working Conditions

Physical Environment

The physical environment of the facility see drastic variances in temperature however it is anticipated that this position will see short durations at these temperature extremes. Temperatures can vary from 100 degrees f. to 0 degrees f. during winter months.

Manual Dexterity:

Walks, sits, stands during workday.

Audible / Visual Demands:

Must have the ability to understand direction and transfer direction to subordinates. Must have good auditory and visual abilities to communicate ideas. Must be able to tolerate frequent interruptions.

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule:

3rd Shift-overnight shift: 11pm-7am, Monday-Friday

8-hour shift, may need to work extended hours / Overtime based on needs of the business

Weekend availability in season w/ specific mandatory Saturdays as needed

Salary: Up to $30.15 per hour

Experience level:

• 5 years

Work setting:

• In-person
• Outdoor work
• Warehouse

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Northumberland, PA 17857: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Associate (Preferred)

Experience:

• Programmable logic controllers: 1 year (Preferred)
• Electro-Mechanical knowledge: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: One location

Experience

Preferred

• 1 year(s): Programable Logic Control experience

Behaviors

Preferred

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Motivations

Preferred

• Job Security: Inspired to perform well by the knowledge that your job is safe
• Growth Opportunities: Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility
• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action,