Maintenance Technician Manager

Job Details
Level: Management
Job Location: Oishii Farm Corporation 190 - Phillipsburg, NJ
Position Type: Full Time
Salary Range: Undisclosed
Travel Percentage: None
Job Shift: Overnight
Job Category: Engineering
Description
Maintenance Technician Manager (Overnight)
Oishii is seeking a Maintenance Technician Manager (Overnight) to join us in growing the world's BEST tasting strawberries!
As an essential part of the Engineering team, Maintenance Teams ensure Oishii's innovative indoor vertical farming technologies experience 100% uptime, operate at peak efficiency, and guarantee plant and worker safety. You will be responsible for executing standard operating procedures for systems maintenance and work on broad and diverse plumbing, electrical, mechanical, electro-mechanical and automation systems. You will collaborate cross functionally with farm operations, engineering, and plant science to drive key initiatives in our new state of the art facility.
As a Maintenance Technician Manager, you will:

• Lead and coordinate daily maintenance operations overnight.
• Develop, implement, and refine maintenance systems & operating procedures.
• Execute standard operating procedures for all key equipment and systems.
• Conduct equipment repair activities and facilitate contractor support.
• Ensure system compliance for all relevant regulatory authorities.
• Rapidly respond to all systems-related maintenance problems
• Support facility commissioning.
• Document facility issues for improvement
• Expected to understand, implement, and enforce food safety policies, including worker hygiene, sanitation, and maintaining proper documentation.
• Additional projects as assigned.

Who will love this job: Individuals who identify with our Core Values and exhibit skills within those values will thrive at Oishii.
One Team, One Fight!

• Meticulous, dependable, and self-motivated team player eager to tackle complex projects.
• Able to work flexible hours and be part of the on-call rotation.
• Able to respond to system emergencies on nights and weekends.
• Strong communication skills.

Focus.

• Ability to remove obstacles in order to prioritize which could include problem solving, working through ambiguity and using fact based or sound judgment.
• Thrives working hands-on with plumbing, electrical, mechanical, or automation systems.
• Passionate about rapid prototyping and familiar with power tools.
• Excellent troubleshooting and diagnostic skills.
• Impeccable track record for safety.

GSD (Get Sh** Done!)

• A bias for action! Ability to hold yourself accountable and take ownership of driving results that impact company outcomes.
• You have an ownership mentality, and won't quit until you've driven a project to full completion.
• You're passionate about rapid prototyping and familiar with power tools.

Qualifications
Qualifications for a Maintenance Technician Manager:

• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• Associates Degree or equivalent in Trade / Technical Training or Degree
• 2+ years leading teams
• 3+ years leading projects
• Available on at least one weekend day per week
• Extensive electrical, plumbing, mechanical, controls, or facility maintenance experience
• CMMS Software experience
• Safety Certification (OSHA 10/30)

Perks at Oishii:

• Competitive Salary & Bonus
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Medical, Dental, vision and other ancillary benefits
• Paid Parental leave
• Office social events including happy hours, parties, and community service projects
• Employee activity groups for basketball players, Yoga Enthusiasts, runners, etc...

About Oishii:
At Oishii, we grow the best fruit in the world by deploying ground-breaking vertical farming technology that pushes the boundaries of agriculture. We're the first in the WORLD to grow fruit in an indoor vertical farm at commercial scale. We started with strawberries, which we debuted at Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare, the three star Michelin restaurant considered by critics to be among the best in the world. Since then, we have supplied our strawberries to food-loving consumers, world-class restaurants, and specialty retailers across NYC. Our proprietary technology enables us to grow the very best produce year-round, at the same high level of quality, all without using any pesticides.
Oishii has been profiled in Eater, NPR, Time Magazine, and Fortune. Oishi was also one of the Fast Companies Most Innovative Companies of 2022.
At Oishii, everything we do works toward accomplishing our mission of transforming agriculture sustainably while bringing produce that truly delights people everywhere. This requires farmers, engineers, scientists, product managers, and members of many other backgrounds to work together day-in and day-out to innovate, while operating increasingly large farms. We have an amazing mission-driven team of highly motivated and engaged members.
Learn More https://oishii.com/