Operations Maintenance Specialist - Post Consumer Brands

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. 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 LinkedIn for the latest news.

Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we’re growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That’s where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets.

The Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania facility is 1,120,845 square feet and home to about 470 hard working team members who are proud to produce iconic pet food brands like Kibbles 'n Bits® and 9Lives®. This location has a cannery that produces wet dog food and there is also a Distribution Center on-site. Bloomsburg is home to Bloomsburg University, a municipal airport, a landmark Town Park with many acres of recreational activities, and has one of the largest and longest running fairs in the country. With so much to do and see, Bloomsburg is a great place to live, work and play! 

JOB FUNCTION 

The Operations Maintenance Specialist role is the liaison between the Operations and Maintenance departments. The OMC is responsible for the maintenance activities required for maintaining and ensuring the reliability of operating assets for the operations department. The OMC is responsible for prioritizing work, managing backlogs, and planning/scheduling shutdowns.  The position’s customers include production 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 work prioritization related to EAM. OMC must utilize strong operational knowledge to resolve any conflicting information, organizational priorities to determine final work schedule/prioritization.
• Develop and mature new 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 need dates.
• 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, timeliness, and safety of maintenance job executions.
• Maintain an awareness of all equipment maintenance needs and activities in area of responsibility.
• 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.
• Manage the area maintenance budget.
• 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.

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.
• Familiar with statistical process control.
• 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 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
• Microsoft Office

Work Structure:

• Works under general guidance of the Operations Management staff.

Travel:

• Typically, travel is minimal, 15% or less.