Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.

• Job ID:
• Date:10/28/2008
• Location:Jonesboro
• State:Arkansas
• Degree:B.S./B.A.
• Major:Business, Engineering or related
• Salary:Not Specified   Why?

Job Types:

Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Planning/Scheduling

Ralcorp, headquartered in St. Louis, MO, is the leading producer of a variety of value brand and store brand foods sold under the individual labels of various grocery, mass merchandise and drugstore retailers, and frozen bakery products sold to in-store bakeries, restaurants and other foodservice customers. Through a recent merger with Post Cereals, Ralcorp is now also a leading producer of branded cereals. Ralcorp's diversified product mix includes: ready-to-eat and hot cereals; nutritional and cereal bars; snack mixes, corn-based chips and corn snack products; crackers and cookies; snack nuts; chocolate candy; salad dressings; mayonnaise; peanut butter; jams and jellies; syrups; sauces; frozen griddle products; frozen biscuits and other frozen pre-baked products.

We have emerged as a solid and powerful organization focusing on newly energized and highly motivated teams. Today we also emerge with a heightened commitment to expand our presence through new product development and through the acquisition of allied store brand businesses. Through operations in over thirty plants within the United States and Canada we employ about 9,000 people with sales boasting of $3 billion. Every location offers an environment that values each of its employees!

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Maintenance Resource is responsible for providing maintenance leadership through organizing, planning and implementing programs which will support preventative and corrective maintenance and continuous improvement. Serves as direct liaison between 3rd party maintenance and Post for process maintenance.

Responsibilities include:

• Budget, service contracts and purchasing accountability as well as driving improvement of asset productivity, implementation of best practices while ensuring safe operations at all levels.
• Provides leadership in the high performance work culture with technicians and 3rd party maintenance in existing and new job processes.
• Engage technicians in decision making.
• Foster a learning environment that requires involvement and personal accountability.
• Lead efforts with Operations to measure impact of planning on OEE/ DT/ Performance of packaging and processing activity.
• Identify and track personal contribution towards plant productivity target.
• Adopt role of coach and share skills/talents with peers and co-workers utilizing documented development opportunities/plans.

  JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

  • BS or AA/AS in Business, Engineering or related field preferred
  • Minimum 3 yrs of demonstrated leadership / management experience
  • Minimum 5 yrs experience in maintenance field
  • Knowledge of maintenance computer systems
  • Knowledge of PLC/PCs
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Proficient with all Microsoft Office applications
  • Ability to organize and prioritize workflow to accommodate multiple tasks and responsibilities within a fast paced, team environment.

  To apply, please visit www.ralcorp.com. Ralcorp is an equal opportunity employer.

  
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