Chief Engineer, Class A
- Mitchell, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
Ø Competitive Salary with annual incentives and bonuses
Ø Comprehensive benefits and matching Pension contributions
Ø Educational assistance and Employee and Family Assistance programs
Ø Great teammates and a collaborative work environmentWhat you’ll do:
- Accountable for the safety of our team! Must create a safe work environment ensuring all safety practices and procedures are followed
- Performs daily maintenance audits in the plant
- Management of Power House and Refrigeration Department Budget.
- Document and maintain standard operating procedures, user manuals and training materials.
- Ensure efficient operation of equipment and departmental services.
- Analyze current and future opportunities for cost savings.
- Ensure compliance with HACCP regulations.
- Ensure compliance with various government regulations and maintain all relevant documentation.
- Project management for operating improvements.
- Approve engineer work orders and make sure that the work done by team members complies with applicable codes, building regulations and standard operation procedures.
- Assist with the engineer budget and delegate workloads to their staff
- Collaborate with various third-party vendors or contractors in the development of products for their plans and project.
- Monitoring of cold chain temperatures
- Ordering and proper storage of approved chemicals and supplies.
- Monitor and ensure adequate supply of hot water during production and sanitation.
- Ensure refrigeration units are cleaned as per schedule.
- Ensure that PM and non-schedule maintenance are performed in a sanitary and timely manner.
- Responsible for uninterrupted service
- Monitor plant and equipment levels and proactively adjust to ensure output levels
- Correct operation of freshwater and wastewater when needed
- Provides strategic direction to direct reports and facilitates the technical development of the operating team
- Responsible for coaching, training and development, including ensuring that training needs are identified and that the expected results are realized.
- Ensures employees adhere to established operating and maintenance standards, policies and procedures through regular audits of logs, reports and checklists
- Operates within a complex day-to-day work environment with multiple competing priorities
- Monitors energy consumption each month and considers conversation techniques for plant adoption.
- Additional duties may be assigned from time to time as needed.
- Class A refrigeration license or 2nd class engineering
- Minimum of 4 years' experience in the engineering and maintenance or related professional area
- Technical training in HVAC-R/electrical/plumbing OR degree in related field
- Experience with having performed maintenance on refrigeration units
- Experience in the food processing industry is a significant asset
- Experience managing a maintenance staff in an industrial facility
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to work within a fast-paced environment, yet willing and able to work effectively with ambiguous circumstances;
- Demonstrated capability with competencies for the position;
- Must have knowledge of motor controls, A/C inverters, frequency drives and hazardous material handling and disposal procedures along with hydraulic and pneumatic repair skills;
- Must have knowledge and ability to read and understand electrical codes, electronic drawings, schematics, diagrams, blueprints and equipment manuals;
- Knowledge and experience with PLC’s and electromechanical systems;