Maintenance Lead BCOS(5D)

POSITION TITLE: BCOS Maintenance Lead

REPORTING TO: Cell Lead

LOCATION: St Albans, VT

About the role:

 Barry Callebaut is a global organization poised for growth; a company which has embraced the vision to delight its customers, while out-performing its competitors, a business which is committed to sustainability, has innovation in its DNA, is a leader in complex manufacturing and supply chain solutions and is focused on being a best-in-class employer. Barry Callebaut seeks diverse and passionate people who thrive in a dynamic environment, focused on continuous learning, living BC’s Values and of course loving chocolate. The Maintenance Lead is responsible for implementing, maintaining and continuously improving the maintenance planning and scheduling (MPS) and breakdown elimination (BDE) daily management system (DMS) for their area, to coach line teams to improve technical ability, and to provide a continuity link to other Progressive Maintenance (PM) systems. The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and that additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time; or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

SHIFT HOURS:  Monday - Friday 7:00am - 3:30pm.  This is a 24/7 facility. Candidates must have open availability and be able to work all shifts, including evenings, overnights, weekends and holidays as per the business needs.   

Key responsibilities include:

● Actively participating in line daily direction setting (DDS) meetings and in the execution of the daily plan, including reporting
● Planning and scheduling maintenance work
● Tracking and reporting maintenance indicator results and in-process measures
● Developing improvement plans
● Champion and lead the continuous improvement process
● Participating in Progressive Maintenance (PM) Pillar work as required, and owning a site PM system as required

About you:

• Technical experience in food industry min 3 years, required
• Mechanical and electrical experience, required
• Minimum Technical education, required
• Maintenance training and basic integrated work system (IWS) / high performance organization (HPO) training, a plus
• Strong organizational and technical skills, required
• Priority setting
• Strong communication / coaching / training skills
• Technical and practical equipment and tool skill
• Autonomous Maintenance (AM) Steps 0-4: can teach work point analysis (WPA) and understands line transformations, a plus
• Progressive Maintenance (PM) Steps 1-4, a plus
• Understanding of problem-solving processes
• Maintenance planning and scheduling (MPS) experience, preferred
• Breakdown elimination (BDE) experience, preferred
• Maintenance management information system knowledge and storeroom skills, preferred
• Basic PC skills, required
• Knowledge of AM and PM visual standards, a plus
• Ability to influence technicians, line leads, and process engineers, as required
• Ability to teach, coach, and develop others, required
• Have on-the-floor technical credibility with the people doing the work
• Have effective communication skills, including the ability to be an active listener, and also the ability to both positively confront and be assertive, when necessary
• Day shift with potential call-in, off-shift, weekend support, or flow to shift coverage as the business requires

What you can expect from Barry Callebaut:

● Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
● 12 paid holidays, generous PTO, plus your birthday off
● Environment that welcomes workplace flexibility
● An atmosphere where diversity is embraced, and inclusivity is second nature. We call it #OneBC! Just ask our champions with the Americas Women’s Forum and the Racial Equality Forum!
● Ability to grow personally and professionally within an organization that values development and internal career growth
● Be part of our mission in making sustainability the norm through Forever Chocolate with priorities centered around prospering farmers, zero child labor, carbon and forest positive, and creating 100% sustainable ingredients in all of our products.