Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at homechef.com and in retail at more than 2,100 Kroger grocery stores, Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals, no matter how busy they are.
Similar to our recipes, we recognize that variety is the spice of life, and therefore, our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. We’re eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chef’s offerings.
Overview
The Facilities Maintenance Manager is responsible for managing the Maintenance Team to complete the preventative and corrective maintenance on all Home Chef equipment.
Responsibilities
Team Management:
Manages the maintenance team day to day to ensure operations have what they need and the facility is properly maintained
Manages the CMMS and ensures work orders are closed in a timely manner
Prioritizes emergency as well as planned work orders to keep operations running and the equipment running reliably
Project Management
Develops Preventative Maintenance tasks to keep equipment reliable for all existing and future equipment
Manages spare parts inventory for all equipment and maintenance needs
Conducts trends of work orders to understand which assets are bad actors
Acts as site point of contact for all capital improvement work and helps manage project progress when corporate project manager is not on site
Training, Planning & Execution
Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations from team members and contractors
Trains all maintenance team members on how to complete PMs
Assists CI Manager with overall training and development of members of the CI team
Plans day to day maintenance activities for the maintenance team and contractors
Ensures all planned work is executed for the maintenance team and contractors
Ensures all emergency work is prioritized and completed to prevent impact to operations
Food & Employee Safety
Ensures all equipment that is worked on is released to sanitation before returning to the operations team
Ensures all maintenance team members are trained and retrained on safe work practices (LOTO, elevated work, hot work, confined space, line breaks)
Enforces safety standards and safe work practices for all Home Chef employees and contractors working on site.
SOPs & Audits
Ensures maintenance SOPs are developed and maintained up to date
Ensures documentation on all maintenance tasks are compliant with Food Safety best practices to ensure we are audit ready
Communication & Leadership
Communicates with other plant leaders on required maintenance work that could impact operations or put team members at risk
Communicates expectations to the maintenance team and leads by example
Coaching & Development
Coaches maintenance team members on a daily basis
Coaches operations team on the work order process to ensure work is getting resolved in a timely manner
KPI Management
Manages work order completion on a daily basis
Manages equipment uptime and reliability to minimize production impact
Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, ability and/or other characteristics needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.
General Highschool Degree or Equivalent Required. Associate’s degree, bachelor’s degree or technical degree preferred.
Minimum of 10 years of facilities maintenance experience.
Minimum 5 years of demonstrated successful people management and supervisory experience.
Must have experience with ammonia cooling systems.
Must have a high level of electrical knowledge.
Excellent written, verbal communication and negotiation skills.
Experience managing budgets.
Proficient in Google Workspace, specifically Google Sheets (Excel).
Ability to be on-call and respond to facility needs after hours and/or during weekends
Experience being a safety leader for a team (specifically require LOTO, Confined Space, How Work, Elevated work, and Line Break training)
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Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available
Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time
401k program
Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses
How We Work Together
We are humble team players.
We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input.
We are pragmatic next-level thinkers.
We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking.
We take ownership.
We approach ambiguous problems, prepared to dive in, get curious, and learn more. We are results-driven, always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.
Be at Home at Home Chef
We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities, backgrounds, and perspectives. You can trust that you’ll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.
We welcome people of all races, colors, religions, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disabilities, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged/sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.
Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People team at hr@homechef.com .
Home Chef is an equal opportunity employer.
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Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Management and Manufacturing
Industries
Food and Beverage Services
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