Electronics & Instrumentation Tech - Day Shift

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery, and potato products. Our Norwalk, Iowa location produces high-quality precooked egg patties and various French Toast products.

Responsibilities

• Provide Maintenance and Reliability services, focusing on electrical/instrumentation asset health improvement efforts.
• Execute electrical/instrumentation PM, PDM, RCM, Precision CM, and Operator Care Programs.
• Assist with electrical/instrumentation equipment installation, troubleshooting, adjustments, startups, and process improvement projects.
• Comply with Safety work rules and reinforce Safety as a Core Value.
• Ensure compliance with Food Safety & Quality policies, procedures, and activities to reduce product and process variability.
• Participate in electrical/instrumentation maintenance tasks to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Learn and champion Precision Maintenance® techniques, ensuring procedural compliance and meeting job tolerances.
• Participate in critical electrical/instrumentation equipment maintenance training for maintenance personnel.
• Follow reliability procedures for critical electrical/instrumentation spares and parts.
• Follow quality commissioning procedures for critical rebuilt or new electrical/instrumentation equipment.
• Utilize MFI approved CMMS to manage, document, and support electrical/instrumentation reliability reporting and decision-making.
• Provide input for root cause analysis (RCA) and Reliability Centered Maintenance to foster continuous asset reliability improvement.
• Promote and foster Michael Foods culture, values, and principles.
• Act as a role model by demonstrating safe work behaviors and ensuring a safe and healthy workplace.
• Adhere to all safety policies and procedures, incorporating safety and health in all jobs and tasks.
• Follow Quality work practices, GMPs, and maintain sanitary conditions to ensure product quality.
• Report conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality.
• Ensure required regulatory compliance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED, or equivalent.
• Associate’s degree, two-year technical certificate, and/or a relevant combination of experience demonstrating electrical/instrumentation technical aptitude.
• 2 years of experience as a maintenance electrician with an emphasis on industry or manufacturing.
• Electrical license or electrical/instrumentation certification preferred.
• E&I troubleshooting experience preferred.
• Understanding of mechanical and/or electrical schematics and blueprints, including equipment-specific electronics diagrams 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.

Schedule

Days (2-2-3 schedule).

Benefits

• Sign-on and annual bonus.
• Annual merit reviews.
• College reimbursement for college courses while employed.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to talk and listen.
• Frequently required to stand and walk.
• 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.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Exposure to a noisy environment with temperature variations from hot to cold.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.