Carthage Plant (Choctaw) - Maintenance Generalist - 1st Shift

About the Role

This position is responsible for troubleshooting, maintaining, and repairing all equipment and company assets while maintaining a safe work environment and adhering to Tyson policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Preventively maintains, troubleshoots, repairs, replaces, and alters defective equipment.
• Provides maintenance on complex production equipment.
• Responsible for controlling inventory and requisitioning appropriate parts.
• Performs maintenance checks on buildings and equipment.
• Maintains electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
• Operates industrial equipment (skyjack, forklift, boomlift).
• Complies with company safety and sanitation guidelines.
• Performs general equipment repair and installation of safety equipment when necessary.
• Teams with production staff to encourage proper use and care of all equipment.
• Maintains appropriate maintenance and repair logs.
• Maintains a clean, sanitary, and safe work area.
• Follows all required work safe practices, including lockout-tag out requirements and wearing of all required PPE in designated areas, confined space safety, safe chemical handling, fall restraints, etc.
• Reports any food safety and food quality related issues to management immediately.
• Complies with all safety, food safety, GMP, and SQF requirements.
• Must be willing to frequently lift up to 50 pounds and push up to 100 pounds.
• Effectively works in a team environment.
• Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Performs any other work as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

• Must have 1 year of maintenance experience within the immediate past 2 years.
• Ability to inspect equipment, recognize potential problems, and independently take appropriate corrective action to prevent component failures or equipment downtime.
• Must be willing to work flexible hours including overtime, weekends, and holidays.
• This facility accepts rehires after 365 days and only if the applicant has not worked more than two previous times for Tyson.

Certain roles at Tyson require background checks. The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Schedule

1st Shift

Benefits

• Paid time off
• 401(k) plans
• Affordable health, life, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefits