Bacon Automation Maintenance Supervisor

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

POSITION:                        Automation Maintenance Supervisor

DEPARTMENT:                 Maintenance

LOCATION:Ottumwa

SALARY CLASS:Exempt

Our Company, Your Opportunity:  

JBS Prepared Foods is a company with an 80-year history of providing high quality, great tasting sliced meats, bacon, ham and ribs.  JBS Prepared Foods (formerly Swift Prepared Foods and Plumose) was acquired by JBS, the world’s leading provider of beef, chicken and pork, with a vision of building the company into a leader in Protein Centric Prepared Foods. The position will have both strategic and tactical elements and the person may wear different hats.  This is an opportunity for people who want to think Big, dream Big and work to make Big ideas a reality.

Our Mission:

To be THE BEST in all we do. We are completely focused on our business, ensuring the BEST products and services to our customers, a relationship of trust with our suppliers and profitability for our shareholders. All this, we do to provide an opportunity for a better future for all of our TEAM MEMBERS.

General Description:

The Automation Supervisor will oversee our Automation Technicians. Responsible for Automation, Electrical, Instrumentation and Reliability working with multiple skill sets and talents. Automation team design build, install, commission and optimization of systems, including plant network systems. Electrical team responsible for daily plant support, plant electrical systems testing, utilizing data to establish proactive additional testing, including large electrical main distribution systems redesign and replacement projects. Reliability team utilizing multiple predictive technologies to drive plant reliability. Including the planning team continuously improving and building job plans, PM's, spare parts recommendations, maintaining the CMMS and asset criticality. 

Principal Accountabilities:

• Coordinates supervisor responsibilities and oversees: Scale checks to ensure plant pay scales are within weight calibration specifications, Preventative Maintenance on scales, trolley readers, printers and alarms to ensure they are in working order and problems are caught before they cause downtime, Reactive Maintenance on Automated Systems and Instrumentation (basic troubleshooting, changing parts, follow-up to ensure problem is resolved & basic modifications to equipment to improve performance). 
• Manage team members & maintenance personnel to Reactive Maintenance calls to gain familiarity and troubleshooting techniques for the different automated equipment at the facility.
• Coordinates, assign, and oversee Automation Projects assigned by the Automation & Instrumentation Superintendent that are designed to improve a process within the facility and advance the employee’s skill set.
• Ensure startup of the facility’s Automated and Robotic equipment.
• Assign equipment specific job assignments that will be rotated once the employee is reasonably familiar with that piece of equipment.

Required:

• 5 or more years’ experience of proven food processing/manufacturing experience in electrical, electronics, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatics is required.
• Previous supervisory experience and/or ability to lead a team
• Quick Learner
• Ability to adapt
• Ability to problem solve
• Strong communication skills, verbal and written
• Strong attendance record (Internal employees with 3 or less points)

Preferred:

• Bachelor, Associates, or AAS Degree in related field
• Experience with PLC

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

JBS Prepared Foods offers a full range of benefits including health care, life insurance, and a 401 (K) plan.

JBS Prepared Foods is an equal opportunity employer.