Maintenance-Parts Coordinator

We are a customer focused custom manufacturer of quality food products to exacting standards that delight our customer and their consumers.

The people of CTI Foods are our #1 ingredient that drive us to be the best custom food and culinary solutions team that has seven state-of-the-art food processing facilities and over 1,800 employees from Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, and Texas.

We are a company that “Thinks Big and Acts Small.” Employees are treated like family. In order to succeed, it takes every person working together, being nimble, and executing at the highest levels. It is our responsibility to provide you every opportunity and resource to achieve that success.

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The Maintenance Parts Coordinator plays a key role in supporting uninterrupted manufacturing operations by ensuring timely and cost-effective replenishment of maintenance parts and supplies. This role manages inventory work order activities, oversees procurement processes, and ensures accuracy and organization of the room parts and consistently of maintaining inventory levels by utilizing prescribed minimum and maximum quantities.   Work order activities include the close out of reviewed maintenance work orders and generating the upcoming week’s work orders.  This role requires a combination of technical expertise, planning skills, attention to detail, storeroom organization, and the ability to work closely with the maintenance technicians

Duties and Essential Job Functions:

• Monitor and repot department metrics through visual management boards
• Manage full ordering cycle of stock and non-stop (consumable)parts using E-maintenance and other systems
• Reviewing and processing requisitions obtain vendor quotes, general purchasing order and track shipments.
• Receive incoming materials, verify documentation, perform visual inspections and update inventory in E-maintenance
• Conduct physical inventory counts as required
• Sourcing quality parts at the right price, must be able to identify and evaluate suppliers who can offer replacement parts that match the quality of the originals.
• Managing inventory based on the minimum and maximum quantities. Maintains stock at a level that enables repairs to be completed without delay.  Must also maintain accurate records of parts replaced under warranty and details of faulty parts.
• Track and report purchase order cost ensure compliance with GL coding and budget tracking in coordination with Finance
• Follow established procedures to add new parts in system in collaboration with vendors and the Master Data team.
• Coordinate with preferred vendor to ensure proper stock levels.
• Stage and organize parts for open work orders and maintenance projects.
• Receive all parts in the inventory control system and stock them in appropriate locations.
• Provides mechanical maintenance information by answering questions and requests.
• Promotes, adheres, and is responsible for Food Safety and Quality.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Support general maintenance operations with additional tasks as needed
• Any other duties assigned 

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent; associate’s degree or technical certification preferred.
• Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and HVAC systems in food manufacturing preferred.
• Two-year related experience and/or training

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to interact effectively with people in all departments and at all levels.
• An individual should have knowledge of CMMS systems, Microsoft Word, Spreadsheet, Excel, and Access.

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; stoop, talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and taste or smell. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Employees may also be required to work on platforms up to 20ft high for extended periods of time. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Work Enviornment 

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud and requires that hearing protection be worn in production areas at all times.
• Subject to work up to 7 days based on business needs.

CTI Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability or veteran status among other factors.