Ezekiel Sanchez

Over my 34 years in this position, as well as a multitude of other positions held, I have been responsible for supervising maintenance including predictive maintenance, equipment repair and rebuild, electrical, refrigeration, grounds, equipment noise control and maintenance training programs

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Supervises facility maintenance activities including predictive maintenance, floor maintenance diagnosis and repair, and emergency maintenance

Directs activities necessary for the cleaning and sanitizing of production, packaging, dry storage areas and production equipment in accordance with USDA (US Dept of Ag), SSOP (Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures), HACCP (Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Points), Preventive Controls (FSMA compliance), FDA (Food & Drug Administration), and overall good manufacturing practices.

• Leads resolution and remediation, utilizing plant and corporate resources, of customer, food safety, and product quality issues and requests.

• Maintains strong working relationship with appropriate personnel in each Schwan Business Units and provides support and maintains involvement with follow-up regarding quality and/or food safety issues noted by customers.

• Responsible for Food Safety of all products and processes (i.e. Hold management program, Corrective Action program, facility audits)

• Directs, trains and develops subordinates.

• Continuous Improvement Project Work

• Develops and implements food safety, regulatory, and quality strategic plan for site in concert with corporate strategic plan.

• Identify areas of need to drive greatest improvement in food safety, quality, and product consistency for the facility providing positive impact to plant driven metrics. Able to utilize and critically evaluate data from a variety of sources to identify root cause and lead teams towards resolution.

• Reported building issues to building management to reduce safety concerns.
• Coordinated with vendors and contractors to arrange services and repairs to be completed on time and to desired quality levels.
• Maintained inventory and ordered supplies to keep facility resources readily available.
• Oversaw all aspects of equipment installation, maintenance, and repair for both internal and external services.
• Supervised staff in day-to-day activities.
• Conducted inspections of facility grounds, external structure, systems and equipment.
• Evaluated facility operations and personnel for safety and health regulations compliance.
• Led facility management staff and consultants in producing business plan that focused on facility operations.
• Tracked and documented operational and financial records to perform analysis of performance and costs.
• Supervised ongoing daily production phases.
• Located and resolved problems with team production and performance to maintain consistent quality levels.
• Collaborated with other leaders and executives to direct workflow and support operations.
• Cultivated professional working relationships with peers and supervisors.
• Managed staff hiring, training and supervision.
• Troubleshot equipment to reduce service calls and downtime.