Facilities Specialist - Plant 3

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Facilities Specialist to support our Plant 3 manufacturing and processing operations by driving equipment reliability, optimizing preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting complex technical issues. This role requires strong analytical skills, a proactive mindset, and the ability to work cross-functionally with production, scheduling, safety, and other engineering teams to ensure maximum equipment uptime and operational efficiency with an emphasis on delivery.

Job Roles 

• Systems thinker--sees the business and its operation holistically; understands actions and reactions; considers multiple pathways of potential effect before decisions; thinks strategically about interventions with an eye toward scale
• Optimizer--constantly challenging the organization to work smarter; supports others to ensure they have what they need to do their work successfully
• Anticipation--looks ahead to minimize potential issues and maximize advantages; prepares others for what comes next
• Operational accelerator--drives continuous improvement; understands ramifications of automation and other advances; advocates for safety, ergonomics and scalable solutions
• Organization and structure--works within existing structures while striving to improve and standardize them; provides accurate information; galvanizes others toward common goals
• Influence--leverages knowledge, relationship, data and perspective to persuade, educate and navigate; gains buy in and adoption of ideas and practices at scale; interacts with a variety of stakeholders
• Data informed--focused on things that drive quantifiable business outcomes; evaluates based on quantitative feedback; knows and explains the “why” behind actions
• Prioritized reaction--handles the unexpected without losing sight of important objectives; reacts where greatest leverage points exist
• Relationship--connects individually and with teams across shifts and practices; builds rapport and commonality; creates a “win together” ethic; serves as liaison between shop floor and engineering; keeps the pulse of the floor; helps people feel heard

Responsibilities

• Plant equipment and building maintenance as well as project planning and implementation, plant equipment layouts, and troubleshooting equipment problems for assigned plants within one or more facilities
• Analyzes engineering proposals, process requirements, and related technical data pertaining to industrial machinery and equipment design
• Determines feasibility of designing new plant equipment or modifying existing facilities considering costs, available space, time limitations, company planning, and other technical and economic factors
• Provides technical information concerning manufacturing or processing techniques, materials, properties, and process advantages, and limitations which affect long range plant and product engineering planning
• Directs the operation of the physical facility functions including equipment installations and service functions for facility (includes safety and outside contractors)
• Plans, formulates and administers various engineering programs
• Designs and facilitate capital projects within the facility
• May supervise departmental and/or maintenance employees
• Develops, trains and motivates; make job assignments, and follows contract and/or company policies
• Interprets company policies to workers and enforces safety regulations
• Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists workers in solving work problems
• Tests newly installed machines and equipment to ensure fulfillment of contract specifications
• Oversees maintenance of facility and equipment
• Performs equipment and project design
• Plans and supervises project work
• Provides manufacturing support to business centers
• Performs cost estimating
• Troubleshoots equipment
• Initiates purchase for equipment and maintenance supplies
• Reports on maintenance and engineering activities to management

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

• Associate’s degree with 4 years of experience in maintenance/facilities OR High School Diploma or GED with