We offer HEALTH & DENTAL BENEFITS DAY 1 OF HIRE! Blommer understands that our employees are our biggest assets. With this in mind we offer a generous benefits package, tuition reimbursement, and 10 pounds of free chocolate for your birthday! Blommer has been providing delicious, high quality chocolate and cocoa products to customers since 1939. Built as a family business, we are continuing to grow and are looking for motivated and reliable associates to help in our mission of Bringing Chocolate to Life! 

Available Shifts:

6am-6pm
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, every other Wednesday

OR

6am-6pm
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, every other Wednesday

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Daily Production

• Plan, assign, coordinate, set priorities and evaluate work of the maintenance staff; providing direction regarding repairs, preventative maintenance, and trouble shooting of equipment.
• Identify areas for equipment, process or work procedure improvement and communicate with manager.
• Ensure staff adherence to all company policies and procedures including safety, HAACP, GMP; address any violations through coaching; utilize support from human resources as necessary..
• Utilize CMMS program to manage all work orders, evaluate effectiveness and efficiency of the department and to identify areas for improvement.
• Ensure operations and scheduling is kept informed of down time durations and repair status.
• Communicate between areas and shifts to ensure people understand status of repairs, equipment downtime and priorities
• Complete incident paperwork as necessary for all food and/or safety incidents; work with quality and safety regarding any investigation.
• Conduct accident investigations and complete incident paperwork as necessary
• Inspect department for general housekeeping and equipment repair, request work orders as necessary
• Work closely with the production management team to ensure operations are functioning efficiently with goal of meeting commitments made to customers.

Employee Relations

• Demonstrate positive leadership practices including setting clear goals with employees and providing regular feedback.
• Ensure implementation and effectiveness of new hire training, cross training, training on revised SOP procedures or transfer training for assigned area.
• Identify areas of need for hiring and cross-training to ensure staff qualified to meet the needs of the department and internal customers; develop career plans and training opportunities for staff
• Conduct routine crew meetings to review departmental goals, address opportunities for improvement and discuss projects.
• Address performance issues through coaching, mentoring.

Will be required to perform other duties as requested, assigned, and directed.

QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS:

• Two-year Technical Degree or journeyman experience
• Five years maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment with heavy process equipment and supervisory experience
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as procedure manuals, safety rules, operating instructions and drawings
• Proficient in current computer software - Microsoft Office, Excel; experience with CMMS software preferably Infor EAM or MP2

Blommer Chocolate Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.