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About LiDestri Food and Drink

LiDestri Food and Drink has grown from our roots as a pasta sauce and salsa manufacturer to become an R&D engine, formulating and producing innovative food and beverage products for our national and retailer brand partners. A family-run company based in Rochester, NY, LiDestri employs over 1,200 people across five U.S. locations. We have decades-long partnerships with some of the most respected consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and the most highly inventive retailer brands.

Excellent Pay and Benefits:

• Great career-pathing

• Professional development, including unlimited online training courses

• Health insurance with premium contributions

• Dental, vision, HSA

• 100% company paid life insurance and long-term disability

• 401k – with employer match

• Paid time off to include- vacation, sick pay, wellness time off, and 10 holidays

• Company bonuses

• And many more….

POSITION SUMMARY:

• Improve work force productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning and coordination of work force, parts and materials, as well as equipment access.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Safety must always be a top priority of job planning and scheduling;

• Arranges for necessary safety inspections, fire watches, and stand-by positions associated with ladder safety, vessel entry, scissor and boom lift watch, etc.;

• Describe what is to be accomplished and can estimate how many-hours will be required;

• Principal contact and liaison person between Maintenance and Production for scheduling maintenance activities;

• Responsible for long-range as well as short range planning;

• Receives all requests for maintenance work, reviews for accuracy and circulates to the Maintenance Management;

• Examines the job to be performed and determines the best way to accomplish the work – consulting with the requester and/or the Maintenance Management staff as appropriate;

• Visits the job site and analyzes the job in the field;

• Prepare sketches or take digital video and/or photographs to clarify intent of the work order for assigned trade’s personnel or simply as reference for self during detailed planning;

• Determines and sequences the job by specific and logical tasks or steps;

• Determines resource requirements;

• Determines what items are in stock and reserves them accordingly;

• Determines equipment and external resource needs;

• Assembles the planned job package;

• Holds the planned job package for necessary procurements;

• Maintains computerized backlog file of work orders waiting scheduling;

• Negotiates for down time windows during which selected maintenance can be performed;

• Coordinates with Production Planning and Scheduling;

• Prepare bi-weekly/daily schedules in accord with established importance and issues final schedule;

• Checks preparedness for each day of the weekly master schedule;

• Plans and schedules both major and minor shut downs and prepares appropriate reports;

• Maintains and utilizes the CMMS/EAM;

• Utilizes CMMS/EAM for all upcoming work scheduling and asset preventive maintenance activities;

• Maintains essential records and files from which accurate and meaningful reports are generated;

• Assists in the interpretation and provisions of historical equipment cost information;

• Participates in budgetary preparation, tracking, and analysis;

• Assists the Maintenance and Production Managers in periodic analysis of cost trends with recommendations for continual improvement;

• Maintains filing system to support all AIB, federal, state and local requirements.

• Acquires all Maintenance mail for distribution;

• Assure all maintenance team members of all work schedule changes through posting and personal notifications;

• Review, correct and make new HECP’s for all equipment;

• Report food safety & quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Associate’s degree in a technical area plus a minimum of three years of maintenance experience or five years of experience in maintenance as a trades person or technician;

• Measurement, analysis and follow-up of maintenance execution;

• Understanding maintenance and reliability operations;

• Intimate plant process and processing/packaging equipment knowledge;

• Scheduling programs and organizational skills for work orders;

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills including developing and conducting professional presentations to all levels of company employees;

• Computer Skills (MS Excel, CMMS (Champs), MS Word, MiniTab, MS Visio, AutoCAD LT, MS Project, and MS PowerPoint);

• Familiarity with Food Manufacturing policies and procedures including HAACP, SQF and AIB;

• Good communication skills for interacting with all levels of the organization;

• Possess a strong problem solving and continuous improvement mindset;

• Green Black Belt or willing to become certified;

• Ability to read and interpret documents;

• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence;

• Effective written and oral communication and interpersonal skills;

• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written or oral, diagram or schedule form.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Continuous exposure to high noise levels in manufacturing and warehouse areas;

• Manufacturing areas can be wet, slippery and have continuous forklift traffic;

• Required to walk, bend, climb, use hands to handle or feel objects, tool or controls, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel and crouch;

• Occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds;

• Vision abilities require close vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus;

• Occasionally works in outdoor conditions with both electrical current and moving mechanical parts;

• Personal Protective Equipment (Bump cap, ear plugs, safety glasses, hair net, beard net, non-slip shoes with hard leather top) must be warn at all times when in the manufacturing and warehouse areas.

DISCLAIMER: The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed and is not an inclusive summary of job duties and responsibilities. The omission of specific statements of duties or responsibilities does not exclude them from the position. This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and the employee and is subject to change by the Company as the needs of the Company and requirements of the job change.

 

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Ability to work in a manufacturing environment with exposure to:

• Long periods of standing/moving, working around moving mechanical parts/conveyors

• Loud environment, hot/cold, wet/dry conditions

• Lifting/carrying <50 pounds

• Frequent reaching/pulling/climbing stairs/stooping/kneeling/bending

Employee Value Proposition

Our purpose and our promise is to actively nourish at every touchpoint; this starts with nourishing our workforce and extends to nourishing our many communities. We provide a safe and respectful environment, meaningful careers, awesome benefits, a world class wellness program… all of which inspire unity and collaboration amongst our LiDestri “family”.