Electronics & Inst Tech II

About the role

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that’s First in Food.

This position is located in Norwalk, Iowa, a southern suburb in the Des Moines metropolitan area known for its strong community and quality of life. The Norwalk facility produces high quality precooked egg patties as well as various French Toast products.

Responsibilities

The Maintenance Electrician/Electrical & Instrumentation Level 2 (MEL2) provides both Electrical Maintenance and Reliability services within the plant, executing with excellence and assisting critical electrical/instrumentation asset health improvement efforts. The MEL2 will ensure results while partnering with the MFI ARM team, plant maintenance team personnel, plant operational team, equipment suppliers, and all other plant support teams for success.

The MEL2 focus responsibilities are assistance, development, and execution of electrical/instrumentation PM, PDM, RCM, Precision CM, and Operator Care Programs. Other duties include electrical/instrumentation equipment installation, troubleshooting adjustments, startups, and process improvement projects.

This position is responsible for:

• Participating with electrical/instrumentation maintenance team members to ensure personal safety, quality, delivery, and cost are continuously improved to achieve company objectives
• Developing, implementing, and championing Precision Maintenance® techniques ensuring procedural compliance and that job tolerances are met
• Identifying, developing, and implementing critical electrical/instrumentation maintenance and performance improvement projects
• Working with the Corporate Reliability Team to develop, implement, and review real-time condition assessment data for all critical electrical/instrumentation equipment
• Actively participating in critical electrical/instrumentation equipment maintenance training for maintenance personnel
• Following reliability procedures for critical electrical/instrumentation spares and parts
• Following quality commissioning procedures for critical rebuilt or new electrical/instrumentation equipment
• Working with vendors to address critical electrical/instrumentation issues identified through root cause and condition-based maintenance programs
• Assisting craftsman during critical electrical/instrumentation maintenance assignments
• Participating in electrical/instrumentation troubleshooting tasks while assisting other plant personnel in a teaching environment
• Utilizing MFI-approved CMMS to manage, document, and support electrical/instrumentation reliability reporting and decision making in accordance with MFI ARM standards
• Keeping accurate and up-to-date records (e.g., SAP data, critical equipment, regulatory documentation)
• Providing input for root cause analysis (RCA) and Reliability Centered Maintenance to create an environment of continuous asset reliability improvement
• Maintaining regulatory required licensure related to electrical/instrumentation (e.g., Journeyman or Maintenance Electrician) and performing required duties to statutory expectations
• Understanding NEC code to a journeyman level and demonstrating accordingly
• Promoting and fostering Michael Foods culture, values, and principles
• Acting as a role model by demonstrating safe work behaviors and assuming personal responsibility to ensure a safe and healthy workplace
• Adhering to all safety policies and procedures and incorporating safety and health in all jobs and tasks
• Adhering to quality work practices, following GMPs, maintaining sanitary conditions, and ensuring product quality is maintained
• Reporting conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality
• Ensuring required regulatory compliance

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED or equivalent
• Associate’s degree, two-year technical certificate, or relevant combination of experience demonstrating electrical/instrumentation technical and leadership aptitude preferred
• 3 to 5 years of experience as a maintenance electrician with an emphasis on industry or manufacturing preferred
• Trained and competent in MFI MEL1 skills preferred
• Electrical license or electrical/instrumentation certification required per regional or national regulations
• Trained in NEC code to a journeyman level preferred
• Journeyman understanding of mechanical and/or electrical schematics and blueprints including equipment-specific electronics diagrams
• Understanding of PLC and equipment automation preferred
• Prior experience in SAP preferred
• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent administrative and follow-up skills to achieve successful maintenance and repair programs

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and listen. The employee often is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The employee will be exposed to a noisy environment that varies from hot to cold in temperature.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.