Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature.
Together, with our customers, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances, natural colours and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with.
At Sense Colour we develop, market and produce a wide array of colour solutions from our 17 colour manufacturing sites globally. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every colour sale enhances the visual appeal for food and beverages. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.
Our comprehensive knowledge of natural colours, global footprint and strategic insights ensure close partnerships with our customers. With a customized approach to product creation, recent strategic alignment, and the launch of our 2025 strategy, the Sense Colour Taste and Wellbeing Division is a powerhouse of knowledge, innovation, and creativity equipped to surprise customers and consumers with fresh, unique ideas and solutions. We create natural colour experiences that touch emotions across segments including beverages, sweet goods, savory and snacks, and food service.
Responsible to lead continuous improvement efforts to achieve significant savings each year with a strong focus on energy utilization, production yield/waste, production cycle time, reliability centered maintenance, safety and environmental compliance, and associate utilization.
You?
- Located in Louisville, KY.
- Monitor the Preventative Maintenance system to ensure work orders are prioritized and completed on time
- Provide technical expertise to maintenance team
- Create and maintain valve/actuator repair and replacement interval plan
- Create and maintain pump repair/replacement program
- Strategize maintenance planning with maintenance lead
- Analyze downtime events and complete RCA’s
- Minimize plant downtime
- Quickly mobilize maintenance team to recover from downtime events
- Manage program of mass meter calibrations/Temperature transmitters and pressure sensors
- Utilize 5S strategy for operation of an organized maintenance shop
- Track critical spares (ex. Mechanical seals) and create stock system
- Daily plant inspections – walk the production lines and check in with Maintenance Lead
- Proper work ethic including being at work when scheduled, arriving to work on time, and being ready to work at the start of the workday or shift.
- Monitor the Preventative Maintenance system to ensure work orders are prioritized and completed on time.
- Provide technical expertise to maintenance team
- Create and maintain valve / actuator repair and replacement interval plan
- Create and maintain pump repair / replacement program
- Strategize maintenance planning with maintenance lead
- Analyze downtime events and complete RCA’s
- Minimize plant downtime
- Quickly mobilize maintenance team to recover from downtime events
- Manage program of mass meter calibrations / Temperature transmitters and pressure sensors
- Utilize 5S strategy for operation of an organized maintenance shop
- Track critical spares (ex. Mechanical seals) and create stock system
- Daily plant inspections – walk the production lines and check in with Maintenance Lead
- Analyze Process Flow – Review P&ID’s and work with Plant Engineer for updates – add process measurements where needed to collect data
- Ensure that all work is done safely, on time, with high quality results, effective cost management, and in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices.
- Lead the Continuous Improvement/Sustainability Programs for cost savings, energy utilization, and maintenance.
- Troubleshooting abilities with PLC’s
- Coordinate with Controls Contractors – installation, process improvements and troubleshooting
- Ability to use process meters and diagnose complex issues utilizing data
- Manage new equipment installations – utilizing MOC
- Ensure that corrective actions address root causes and are completed in a timely and customer responsive manner.
- Ensures that facilities are maintained and improved as required, including good housekeeping, general appearance, landscaping, and that routine maintenance is completed as required.
- Direct reporting responsibility for maintenance lead, as well as any contractors.
- Ensure environmental compliance PM’s are completed and signed off.
- Participate in the plant safety program and attend safety team meetings.
- Works with Plant Manager to ensure that environmental, safety, and Security systems, and Preventive Maintenance standards are consistently met.
- Ensure that the safety coordinator is completing all safety PMs, safety team meetings, safety inspections, and other safety coordinator responsibilities as required.
- Other duties as assigned
Benefits include health, dental, vision, paid holidays, vacation, 401K, paid life insurance, short term medical, long term medical, and tuition assistance.
At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful colour, taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.
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