Maintenance Technician - 2nd Shift

About the role

Responsible for routinely inspecting equipment and performing basic preventative maintenance duties as necessary or scheduled.

Responsibilities

• Routinely inspect equipment
• Evaluate integrity of equipment and determine potential equipment failure or actual equipment failure
• Perform preventative maintenance on all facility equipment and machinery including office auxiliary equipment
• Identify when mechanical parts (e.g. sprockets, bearing shafts, chain, gearboxes) are worn and need to be replaced
• Understand and troubleshoot controls and equipment interlocks
• Understand and perform electrical shutdown procedures
• Understand the fire system operation and where the valves are located
• Able to operate and setup all equipment in the plant
• Report concerns or problems to the maintenance lead and/or manager
• Perform preventive maintenance repairs as needed
• Maintain operational ability and integrity of all machinery
• Lubricate all equipment as necessary and verify that the equipment or parts accepts lubrication properly
• Understand pneumatics, hydraulic basic controls, pumps and general operations
• Ability to identify visual defects and make correction as needed and identify and distinguish between colors
• Must be able to work in areas of varying temperatures
• Relieve other associates as necessary
• Maintain good housekeeping
• Regular attendance
• Promotes, adheres, and is responsible for Food Safety and Quality
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
• Operate all equipment (e.g. conveyors, augers, pumps, etc.) in order to perform necessary Pre-Operational maintenance procedures
• Keep work area clean and free of clutter and debris
• Follow all food safety (GMP) and general safety guidelines
• Complete other tasks as assigned by maintenance lead and/or manager
• Ability to read, write and interpret documents such as box markings, labels, schedules, safety rules, GMP's and general instructions
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of process and equipment
• Ability to work in a high paced environment
• Reliable attendance is an essential function of the job
• Follow all company Safety Rules and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's) and adhere to JSA guidelines
• Responsible for Food Safety and Quality Culture
• Follow daily set up and/or shutdown procedures
• Maintain accurate records
• Must be able to work any shift, overtime, weekends and/or holidays
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions

Qualifications

• Lift up to 50lbs
• Frequently move between warm and cold environments
• Read, write, and understand English at a technical level
• Complete basic math problems
• Able to read and understand mechanical & electrical schematics
• 3 yrs of previous experience in maintenance
• Associate Degree in Industrial Maintenance Preferred

Physical requirements

• Seeing – Near, Far, Color Vision
• Hearing – Ordinary & Other Sounds
• Touching
• Standing
• Walking
• Sitting
• Climbing
• Balancing
• Kneeling
• Lifting
• Carrying
• Reaching
• Handling
• Bending
• Crawling
• Twisting
• Pushing
• Pulling
• Talking
• Ability to Move Distances Within and Between Buildings
• Ability to Mount and Dismount Forklift or Truck
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; stoop, talk or hear
• The employee is occasionally required to sit and taste/smell; and frequently required to climb and must be able to reach all levels in the bay
• The employee will frequently lift and/or move up to 30 pounds and regularly lift to 50 pounds

Work environment

• Outside
• Inside
• Extreme Cold – 32 ° Fahrenheit
• Extreme Heat – 120 ° Fahrenheit
• Wet or Humid
• Noise
• Vibration
• Moving Objects
• High Places
• Fumes or Odors
• Hazardous Material
• Dirt or Dust
• Gases
• Poor Ventilation
• Mechanical Equipment
• Electrical Equipment
• Pressurized Equipment
• Work Alone
• Work With Other People
• Shift Work
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts
• The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles
• The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat and vibration
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud and requires that hearing protection be always worn in production areas at all times