Audit Metrics, Backlog Prioritization, Budgeting, Calculators, Calendar Management, Change Management, Communication Skills, Community Support, Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), Consumer Branding, Contingency Plans, Data Formats, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Establish Priorities, Facebook, Failure Analysis, Leadership, Maintain Compliance, Maintenance Services, Manufacturing, Metrics, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Multitasking, Operating Systems, Operational Audit, Operations Management, Organizational Skills, Performance Metrics, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Preventative Maintenance, Project Engineering, Risk, Root Cause Analysis, Staff Training, Time Management, Writing Skills
Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats, PEBBLES, Grape-Nuts and Malt-O-Meal cereal and Peter Pan peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish, Kibbles 'n Bits and 9Lives dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedInor Facebook for the latest news.
Location Description:
Post Consumer Brands in Battle Creek, Mich., the cereal capital of the U.S., is the company's largest manufacturing plant and home to about 600 team members. When you join the team here, you'll be helping to produce some of the most iconic cereal brands, including Honey Bunches of Oats, PEBBLES, and Grape-Nutscereal. The Battle Creek plant is also unique as it is home to the original barn where C.W. Post started the Postum cereal company in 1895. The Battle Creek team has deep community roots, supporting the city's Cereal Festival, The Post Foundation, and participating in several volunteer events throughout the year.
Responsibilities:
The Operations Maintenance Coordinator (OMC) role is the liaison between the Operations and Maintenance departments. The OMC is responsible for overall prioritization of the activities required for repairing equipment, and ensuring the reliability of operating assets. The OMC is responsible for prioritizing work, managing backlogs, and planning/scheduling shutdowns. The position’s customers include production, EH&S, and maintenance. The position will represent Operations’ interest in prioritizing maintenance work to achieve production output goals, and will represent Maintenance’s interest in minimizing emergency work and maximizing completion of planned and scheduled work.
JOB ACTIVITIES/DUTIES
- In partnership with Operations Manager, provide direction to Maintenance Manager, Operations Supervisor(s), Maintenance Supervisor(s) on maintenance work prioritization related to EAM. OMC must utilize strong operational knowledge to resolve any conflicting information, and to consider organizational priorities to determine final work schedule/prioritization.
- Support the development of the EAM maintenance operating systems (MOS). Establish tracking KPIs and other metrics to ensure plant is achieving maintenance operational metrics. Audit and provide feedback to plant and corporate leadership on adherence to EAM MOS.
- Facilitate the Daily Approval & Scheduling Meeting to review all new Work Requests and help establish realistic priorities and targeted completion
- Promptly review any new Work Requests for accuracy, completeness, and a clear description. Approve or reject Work Requests based on a judgement of value to the organization.
- Edit work order data fields to ensure accuracy.
- Monitor and assess the quality of maintenance job executions.
- Maintain an awareness of all equipment maintenance needs, and other activities in area of responsibility related to asset maintenance, repairs, PM’s, Emergent repairs and assessing the state of installed assets.
- Ensure preparatory activities (lockouts, cleaning, permitting, etc.) are completed in a timely fashion so that maintenance work can proceed without delay.
- Monitor the work order backlog on a consistent basis. Communicate priorities to both Maintenance and Operations.
- Follow up on completed "Expedited” and "Urgent” Work Orders in area of responsibility.
- Use the Risk Rank calculator to determine if work is emergency, urgent, or routine work.
- Participate in the turnover of projects from Engineering to Maintenance to ensure adherence to the Work Management process.
- Manage execution of the Basic Equipment Care (BEC) program.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Education:
- Four-year degree (or the equivalent work experience) in Engineering, Maintenance, Manufacturing, or related fields.
Experience:
- Fundamental understanding of plant production and packaging processes.
- Extensive experience with MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Project.
- 4 years using EAM/CMMS systems. Infor EAM experience is desirable.
- Knowledge of maintenance management principles including but not limited to precision maintenance, preventive maintenance, root cause failure analysis, shutdown and contingency planning; desire to work with maintenance disciplines as a team.
Skills:
- Must be self-driven, organized and be able to work in a fast-paced team environment.
- Ability to influence broadly across location to drive results
- Ability to adapt to changes and manage moderate scope change initiatives
- Proven written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work with multiple priorities and prioritize work.
- Ability to teach and train new employees.
- Responsible for accurate and timely completion of assigned work