Maintenance Mechanic

About the role

At PURIS, we're dedicated to cultivating a better food system and making a positive impact. This is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to be part of a growing food industry. You'll work with state-of-the-art engineering and collaborate with your peers to build a better food future.

Responsibilities

• Perform highly diversified duties to install and maintain production machines and the plant facility’s equipment.
• Comply with safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work areas.
• Follows all established Good Manufacturing Practices; including an orderly and clean work area.
• Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.
• Perform mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting, welding, cutting, soldering, pipe fitting, insulating, carpentry, installing, repair of production machines and repair building issues.
• Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
• Discuss work orders, equipment malfunctions and job task coordination with co-workers.
• Reports all downtime.
• Absess whether designs meet technical specifications, performance requirements and regulations.
• Diagnose problems, replace or repair parts, test and make adjustments.
• Perform regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment and plant facilities.
• Detect faulty operations, defective material and report those and any unusual situations to proper supervision.
• Ability to utilize powered industrial equipment; to include forklifts, boom lifts and scissor lifts.
• On Call Maintenance rotation
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED required. Technical School graduate preferred.
• Must be able to read, write and speak English.
• A high degree of judgment is required for this position.
• Knowledge of power and hand tools.
• 7+ years of manufacturing experience preferred; strong pneumatic, mechanical and industrial skills with PLC experience is a plus.
• Experience with grain handling / processing equipment.
• Experience with maintenance type welding activities and air compressors.
• Experience with rigging equipment to pick and place machinery and parts, fit bearings, align gears and shafts, attach and align motors, connect coupling and belts.
• Ability to utilize powered industrial equipment; to include forklifts, boom lifts and scissor lifts.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs regularly, and occasionally more with assistance.
• Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination for handling tools and machinery.
• Ability to climb stairs and ladders as needed.
• Comfortable working in varying temperatures (hot, cold, humid).
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) including gloves, safety glasses, hard hats, hearing protection, and steel-toed boots.
• Visual and auditory ability to detect safety hazards and machine malfunctions.
• Ability to push, pull, squat, kneel, or twist as needed during shift.
• Ability to perform repetitive motions consistently and safely.

Benefits

• Medical plan options with competitive premiums, along with dental and vision coverage.
• All Team Members also receive free virtual health care and virtual counseling services.
• PURIS provides life insurance and short-term disability coverage at no cost to you.
• To support your long-term financial well-being, PURIS offers a 401(k) plan with a company contribution of 3.5% when you contribute up to 6%.
• You’ll also enjoy a healthy work-life balance with 80 hours of PTO accrued annually, eight paid holidays, and access to a variety of additional free resources.

Schedule

Details on the schedule will be provided upon employment.

Pay

Details on the pay structure will be provided upon employment.