Get Fresh Produce started in 1982 as a retail produce store in Chicago, specializing in premium fresh fruit, vegetables, specialty foods, and dairy. Get Fresh is supported by an amazing team of sales, customer service, procurement, and operations professionals. Get Fresh Produce executes distribution of more than 13 million cases annually to 3,000 customers.

We base everything we do on ‘Fresh Thinking’. This means constantly seeking to work more efficiently, creatively, and meticulously to meet our customers’ needs. We work every day to drive consistency in the areas most important to our customers: Customer Service, Quality, Food, Safety, Reporting, Technology.

Essential Functions:

Lead the maintenance department, including maintenance technicians, mechanics, contractors, and outside service providers
Develop, implement, and sustain a formal preventive maintenance program using UpKeep or equivalent maintenance-tracking program
Build equipment asset lists, PM schedules, work orders processes, parts tracking, and maintenance history records
Partner with Operations, Sanitation, Quality, Food Safety, and Production leadership to schedule maintenance activities with minimal disruption to production
Ensure reliable operation of fresh-cut processing equipment, conveyors, packaging equipment, scales, metal detectors, refrigeration systems, compressors, pumps, motors, electrical panels, and facility utilities
Respond to equipment breakdowns, troubleshoot root causes, and implement corrective actions to reduce repeat failures
Manage maintenance priorities across production, sanitation windows, changeovers, facility repairs, and capital improvement projects
Support food safety, GMP, HACCP, SQF or GFSI-related programs by ensuring equipment and facility conditions meet regulatory and customer requirements
Maintain compliance with OSHA, lockout/tagout, confined space, electrical safety, machine guarding, and company safety policies
Manage spare parts, critical inventory, vendor relationships, contractor work, service agreements, and repair budgets
Train maintenance team members on troubleshooting, PM completion, documentation, safety procedures, and proper use of the maintenance-tracking program
Use maintenance data to track downtime, PM completion, work order backlog, repeat failures, repair costs, and equipment reliability trends
Recommend equipment upgrades, rebuilds, replacements, and capital projects that improve uptime, safety, sanitation, labor efficiency, and product quality

Competencies:

Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Complex problem-solving ability
Leadership and relationship-building skills
Resourceful, innovative, and safety-focused approach
Ability to prioritize in a fast-paced manufacturing environment

Education & Experience:

5+ years of industrial maintenance experience in food processing, fresh-cut produce, refrigerated food manufacturing, packaging, or a similar manufacturing environment
2+ years of maintenance leadership, supervisory, or management experience
Demonstrated experience implementing, improving, or managing a preventive maintenance program through UpKeep, MaintainX, Fiix, eMaint, SAP PM, MVP Plant, or an equivalent maintenance platform
Strong mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, conveyor, packaging, and troubleshooting knowledge
Working knowledge of food plant sanitation requirements, GMPs, allergen controls, equipment cleaning access, and hygienic equipment practices
Ability to read and interpret equipment manuals, electrical drawings, schematics, parts diagrams, and preventive maintenance instructions
Strong leadership, communication, planning, and follow-up skills
Ability to work in a refrigerated, wet, fast-paced production environment and respond to urgent equipment needs when required

Compensation:

$82,000 - $87,000/Year

Schedule:

Monday – Friday (5:00am – 2:00pm) Must be able to stay later as needed
Saturday (5:00am – 10:00am) Must be able to stay later as needed

Physical Demands:

Occasionally lift up to 50lbs
Stand or sit for long periods of time
Work in cold and wet cooler conditions for extended periods of time

Benefits:

Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, and Voluntary Life)
PTO (Personal and Vacation Days)
401k
Paid Holidays Career advancement opportunities

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

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