Maintenance Mechanic - 2nd shift

About the role

Foods you love. Brands you trust. And a career that empowers you to grow. At Nestlé USA, we’re all working towards the same goal – to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to be there for every moment in our consumers’ lives. Joining Nestlé means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements.

Responsibilities

• Always work in a safety conscious manner.
• Aids in the cross training of Maintenance Team and other Team Members.
• Aids in preflight of systems to ensure efficient start-ups.
• Recommends improvements to reduce cost, production downtime and increase efficiency in area of responsibility. Implements improvements as approved.
• Consistently applies effective troubleshooting skills.
• Completes cost-effective repairs in a timely manner.
• Interprets and understands engineering drawings, manufacturer's instructions and plant maintenance procedures and specifications.
• Maintains a positive working relationship with fellow team members and other departments.
• Communicates with various levels of supervision and management in all departments in a timely and professional manner.
• Able to use and demonstrate proper care of tools and instruments required in job assignments.
• Ensures that all machinery is in safe working condition.
• Adheres to safety policies and procedures and fosters a safe work environment.
• Strictly adheres to proper Lockout/Tagout and Confined space procedures in all required situations.
• Adheres to GMP, operational policies and procedures & ensures that contractors in area follow same.
• Maintains compliance with factory attendance policies and procedures.
• Completes assigned work orders on a timely basis, including scheduled, emergency and preventative maintenance work orders. Enters required data into the Nestlé CMMS program completely and accurately.
• Recommends changes to PM program to improve productivity.
• Documents any modifications made to systems such as wiring, programming, and mechanical changes.
• Solves repetitive problems in area of responsibility and ensures implementation and documentation.
• Works with Maintenance Team leaders and Engineer to solve particularly challenging problems.
• Anticipates problems and takes appropriate action prior to a loss/downtime of facility/production equipment and systems.
• Follows-up to eliminate repetitive downtime.
• Assist in the organization and coordination of on-going training programs to increase departmental efficiency and effectiveness.
• Works with limited direct supervision.
• Team members shall understand and follow factory management systems for human safety, food safety and/or environmental management.
• Team members shall follow the factory rules, procedures, and/or practices related to management systems.
• Team members will report incidents and unsafe conditions immediately, maintain compliance with regulations, and refer to the appropriate management system on all related procedures and programs.
• Complete all other duties as assigned to include both essential and nonessential job functions.

Requirements

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent education preferred.
• Must have good general mechanical, maintenance and troubleshooting skills.
• Must be familiar with manufacturing equipment systems and operations.
• Must have basic electrical skills to include troubleshooting of motors and electrical control circuits on production and packaging equipment.
• Must be able to read electrical drawings and schematics for basic electrical circuits.
• Must have knowledge of Food Production Equipment.
• Must have knowledge of LOTO and Confined Space industry standards.
• Must have basic PC and keyboarding skills.
• Must have ability to safely and properly operate simple Machine Tools.
• Robotics knowledge and experience preferred.