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A bit about us:
Founded over 100 years ago and operating globally with facilities across multiple regions, we are a leading supplier of natural food and beverage ingredients serving manufacturers around the world. We combine deep agricultural roots with innovative processing technologies to deliver safe, high-quality, traceable ingredients while maintaining a strong commitment to food safety, sustainability, and operational excellence.
Why join us?
Global Industry Leader: Join a well-established organization supplying ingredients to top food and beverage manufacturers worldwide
Career Growth: Opportunities to develop technical expertise and advance within a large global organization
Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and retirement programs
Paid Time Off & Holidays
Impactful Role: Own critical foreign material prevention systems that directly support food safety and customer quality standards
Travel & Exposure: Work across multiple facilities with approximately 50% travel
Job Details
Key Responsibilities and Duties
Supervise maintenance personnel and coordinate repairs, equipment installations, and plant maintenance.
Maintain safe, reliable equipment operation while reducing downtime and improving asset and labor utilization.
Schedule corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance; define staffing and job requirements.
Develop and manage the maintenance budget with the Operations Manager.
Partner with engineering on capital projects and installation of new automated production equipment.
Maintain maintenance work orders and purchase orders; source parts, equipment, materials, and outside services.
Lead downtime reviews, reliability improvements, cost-reduction projects, and selected continuous improvement initiatives.
Create SOPs and standard work instructions; conduct process analysis and process mapping.
Coordinate sanitation activities and maintain housekeeping of the building and grounds.
Manage maintenance staff training, technical and safety competencies, attendance, and overtime.
Collaborate with operations, production, and quality teams, including participation in daily production meetings.
Support regulatory compliance, workplace safety, and food safety programs, including SQF, HACCP, GMP, QA/QC, sanitation, and hygiene.
High school diploma required; technical college certificate or diploma strongly preferred.
Minimum five years of progressive industrial maintenance experience.
Intermediate to advanced mechanical skills, including troubleshooting and maintaining production equipment.
Knowledge of workplace health and safety practices and food safety procedures.
Ability to identify and correct equipment or process issues that could interrupt production or affect product quality.
Basic computer proficiency, including Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Ability to prioritize work, communicate across departments, and lead direct reports.
Ability to perform frequent lifting and bending and occasionally lift 35 pounds.
Local residence or a manageable commute to Lenoir City; no relocation assistance.
Preferred:
Previous maintenance leadership experience.
Food manufacturing or consumer packaged goods experience; coffee roasting experience is especially valuable.
Packaging machinery, automated production equipment, and pneumatic systems experience.
Welding and fabrication skills.
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Numbers & Facts
Location
Lenoir City, TN
Industry
Staffing/Employment Agencies
Salary
$75,000–$85,000 Per Hour
Company Size
100 to 499 employees
Year Founded
2018
Website
http://www.jobot.com
About Company
Jobot is on a mission to connect good people with good jobs. By combining AI-powered technology with the expertise of Jobot Pros, our experienced recruiters, we help you find career opportunities that align with your goals and values.
Founded in 2018 and employee-owned since 2024, Jobot is committed to fostering a culture of kindness, respect, innovation, and connection. As an industry leader, we’ve been recognized as a top workplace by Forbes, Fortune, USA Today, and Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA).
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Skills
Agricultureunmatched
Auditingunmatched
Budget Managementunmatched
Capital Projectunmatched
Computer Skillsunmatched
Consumer Packaged Goodsunmatched
Continuous Improvementunmatched
Cost Controlunmatched
Establish Prioritiesunmatched
Food Productionunmatched
Food Safetyunmatched
Food and Beverage Industryunmatched
GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)unmatched
High School Diplomaunmatched
Housekeeping/Cleaningunmatched
Identify Issuesunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Legalunmatched
Life Insuranceunmatched
Lift/Move 35 Poundsunmatched
Maintenance Servicesunmatched
Manufacturingunmatched
Manufacturing Equipment Maintenanceunmatched
Microsoft Excelunmatched
Microsoft Outlookunmatched
Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
Operations Managementunmatched
People Managementunmatched
Preventative Maintenanceunmatched
Process Analysisunmatched
Production Machiningunmatched
Program Evaluationunmatched
Purchase Ordersunmatched
Quality Assuranceunmatched
Quality Controlunmatched
Quality Metricsunmatched
Regulatory Complianceunmatched
Reliability Engineeringunmatched
Reporting Skillsunmatched
Safety Processunmatched
Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
Sanitationunmatched
Staff Trainingunmatched
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)unmatched
Standards Developmentunmatched
Sustainabilityunmatched
Technical Deliveryunmatched
Vision Planunmatched
Willing to Travelunmatched
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