Utilities Manager - Fresh Express

Utilities Facilities Manager

The Utilities Facilities Manager will manage the daily maintenance activities in a food manufacturing environment. Plan and coordinate activities of refrigeration, maintenance and Wastewater associates. Maintain safe, effective and functional facilities by directing installation, maintenance, and repair of machines, tools, equipment, and utility systems for refrigerated warehouse.

Essential Functions:

• Identifies current and future maintenance requirements achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual maintenance budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions
• Ensures operations productivity by determining work priorities and scheduling repair, maintenance, and installation of machines, tools, and equipment
• Designs, implements, and modifies preventive maintenance programs by reviewing production, quality control, and maintenance reports and statistics; inspecting operating machines, equipment, and systems for conformance with operational standards
• Complies with all OSHA regulations and PSM requirements
• Ensures compliance with mechanical, electrical and all other municipal and state codes Resolves maintenance problems Protects employees and visitors by maintaining a safe and clean working environment
• Completes maintenance operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees Ensures repairs of handling equipment so it is clean, safe, fully operational, and in good repair
• Assesses future repair needs of equipment and coordinates repairs
• Directs department activities to design new products, modify existing designs, improve production techniques, and develop test procedures Provides a comprehensive energy plan, which includes: Energy consumption, defined rate goals, strategies, action plans, conservation plans and utilization effectiveness
• Maintains a working knowledge of new technologies, which may improve operations, and develops recommendations accordingly
• Maintains a working knowledge of safety policies and regulations to ensure duties of self and others are performed in a safe manner
• Ensures compliance with all federal, state and local environment, health, safety and HR regulations/procedures.
• Ensures that all tasks are carried out in a safe and healthful manner with no adverse impact upon the environment
• Works with Maintenance Manager to develop annual budgets Works with Maintenance Manager to ensure Departmental financial goals are met
• Works with Maintenance Manager to Develop Capital Expense budgets and provide long term planning for facility and equipment improvements Performs other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Ability to manage employees
• Ability to work in fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment and solve complex problems
• Ability to pay close attention to detail

Experience and Training Guidelines

• Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying

Other Information

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed, as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.