Overnight Maintenance Supervisor Job at AAK AB in Louisville

Our story goes back more than 150 years, to the chilly southern coast of Scandinavia. From our early success in Sweden and Denmark, we’ve grown into the world’s leading specialist producer of plant-based oils, employing more than 4,000 people all across the globe.

We work with our customers to make the products you love even better. The oils we produce go into making your chocolate extra-creamy or putting the crunch into your croissant. And it’s not just food — we work across industries to make products that are higher quality, healthier and better for the planet.

Everything we do is about Making Better Happen.

Compensation Range: $82,147 - $117,525
Possible Bonus: 7.5%

Louisville, KY

About the role

The Facilities & Package Maintenance Supervisor is involved with the successful daily maintenance of the oil refining and packaging facility. The function of this position is to preserve assets so that they can safely and economically continue to provide benefit to the organization. The maintenance supervisor’s duty is to work efficiently to reduce and eliminate the need for maintenance. The maintenance supervisor will work continuously to improve maintenance service and assist in the continuous improvement of all processes within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Safety & Environmental Performance
  • Lead the safety effort by personal example.
  • Support full plant wide compliance with safety rules to further our goal of 0 accidents and encouragement of reporting and correcting near misses.
  • Support 0 contractor accidents during major construction or anytime maintenance contractors are on site.
  • Identify high-risk safety/productivity issues and help remedy them.
  • Adhere to SOPs and other work procedures as required to assure product quality and consistency to our customers.
• Work Requirements
  • Participate in projects development and project meetings.
  • Substitute for the Maintenance Manager in his absence at meetings regarding processing and control issues.
  • Specify new technologies and run trials to prove effectiveness.
  • Assist in the planning and direction of strategic improvements to keep plant process controls up to date using current best practice and latest technologies.
  • Work closely with vendors to specify, select and supervise inventory levels and organization.
  • Responsible for the scheduling of maintenance personnel and for the assigning of maintenance work.
  • Maintain and troubleshoot PLCs, wiring and field devices; program PLC logic for process changes and improvements.
  • Install, maintain and troubleshoot single and three phase industrial motors, VFDs, electrical distribution and protection circuits up to 480VAC.
  • Install, maintain and troubleshoot packaging equipment, conveyor systems, steam and condensate systems, pumps and piping systems, refrigeration systems.
  • Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, ladder logic and electrical schematics.
  • Maintain facilities (lighting, windows, doors, roofs, etc.).
  • Execute work safely and expediently according to priorities: emergency maintenance, capital/maintenance projects, preventative/predictive maintenance, routine corrective maintenance.
  • Provide practical solutions to operations/controls problems.
  • Scope, estimate and execute small capital/maintenance projects with the maintenance manager/project director/operations.
  • Provide training to other employees based on company needs.
  • Oversee work by contractors on site to assure safety, quality, efficiency and performance.
  • Seek opportunities to complete work safer, faster and more cost effectively.
  • Participate in company activities such as Safety Committee, Audit committees, employee task forces, etc.
  • Heavy lifting with vigorous physical activity in a hot and slippery environment; on-call 24 hrs as necessary.
• Cost Control
  • Contribute to controlling costs and minimizing downtime, scrap, poor quality, accidents, utility usage and reduced productivity in daily work.
  • Use predictive maintenance techniques to plan and budget major repairs.
  • Minimize carrying costs by analyzing need and quantity of spare parts.

About you

• Minimum of 5 years industrial maintenance experience
• High school diploma or GED
• Certification in welding (Preferred)
• Certification in electrical with emphasis on industrial (Preferred)
• General knowledge of automation, PLCs, ladder logic, etc… (Preferred)
• General knowledge of packaging equipment (Preferred)
• General knowledge of conveyor systems (Preferred)
• General knowledge of heating and air-conditioning
• Certification in refrigeration, both freon and ammonia (Preferred)
• General knowledge of plumbing and pipefitting (Preferred)

In return AAK offer

• Career paths, training and development, e-learning and tuition reimbursement programs offer potential for you to progress your future career
• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental and vision) starting date of hire
• Health Savings Account with AAK annual contribution of $1,000-$1,500
• We match 100% of the first 3% you contribute to your 401(k), and 50% of the next 3%
• Free Life and Disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Supplemental Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection and Legal Insurance Plans
• Discounts on travel, amusement parks, concerts, movies, and more
• Celebrations, events, and activities onsite and supporting our communities
• Recognition incentives for service and peer to peer recognition

About AAK

Everything AAK does is about Making Better Happen. We specialize in plant-based oils that are the value-adding ingredients in many of the products people love to consume. We make these products better tasting, healthier, and more sustainable. At the heart of AAK’s offer is Customer Co-Development, combining our desire to understand what better means for each customer, with the unique flexibility of our production assets, and a deep knowledge of many products and industries, including Chocolate & Confectionery, Bakery, Dairy, Plant-based Foods, Special Nutrition, Foodservice and Personal Care. Our 4,000 employees support our close collaboration with customers through 25 regional sales offices, 15 dedicated Customer Innovation Centers, and with the support of more than 20 production facilities. Listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and with our headquarters in Malmö, Sweden, AAK has been Making Better Happen for more than 150 years.

AAK prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, religion, veteran status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under state or federal law in any aspect of the access to, admission, or treatment of students in its programs and activities, or in employment and application for employment.