Maintenance Technician - 2nd Shift Hilbert - $5,000 Sign On Bonus

About the role

Primary focus is to maintain manufacturing equipment to ensure safety, quality, and production standards are met. Provide preventative and predictive maintenance, including electrical, mechanical, troubleshooting, repair, rebuild, and replace-in-kind of components and parts. Additional details of related skills needed at pre-defined maintenance tech levels can be found in the Maintenance Technician Skills Matrix.

Sargento is a family-owned company with over 2,400 employees and nearly $1.8 billion in net sales, leading the cheese industry for more than 70 years. Based in Plymouth, Wisconsin, Sargento manufactures and markets shredded, sliced, and snack natural cheese products, as well as ingredients and sauces. The company created the world's first successful pre-packaged sliced and shredded natural cheeses and is known for exceptional product quality and innovations in product design, packaging, and merchandising.

Culture stems from a simple premise: hire good people and treat them like family. Employees are encouraged to make decisions based on how they affect people and the long-term health of the company, make a meaningful difference in the community, and grow their careers with diverse experiences and development tools.

Schedule

2nd Shift: 2:00 pm – 10:00 pm, Monday through Friday.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and promote a safe working environment, taking appropriate safety precautions and measures.
• Always maintain GMP knowledge and execute GMP practices.
• Maintain strict housekeeping (including tool reconciliation) of all work areas throughout the facility.
• Take pride and ownership in tasks performed while ensuring operational safety, plant performance, and line uptime are optimized.
• Follow established maintenance processes and required standards of excellence.
• Utilize predictive maintenance diagnostic tools and procedures, interpreting and documenting results and taking appropriate measures to prevent failure.
• Maintain, systematically troubleshoot, repair, and replace in-kind mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic parts primarily for manufacturing equipment.
• Perform job task assignments through the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
• Complete work order assignments within the directed time frame; report any need for deviation through proper channels.
• Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives and Root Cause Analysis; research and suggest improvements based on repetitive failures, substandard manufacturing practices, or environmental compatibility.
• Optimize and refine preventive maintenance (PMs) based on findings such as frequency and task lists.
• Provide support for opposing shifts, maintenance-related activities, or projects.
• Interact daily with the production team on related items as needed.
• Share newly learned discoveries pertinent to repair or troubleshooting techniques to help the team respond more efficiently and safely.
• Assist in the training of Maintenance Apprentices, Machine Specialists, and other Sargento employees, including validating work performed as required.
• Communicate professionally and technically with maintenance, operations, engineering, and other resources to solve machine-related issues and keep equipment in peak operational condition.
• Maintain minimum proficiency levels as defined by the Maintenance Technician Skills Matrix.
• Rotate and understand all equipment functions of the plant.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor and/or plant engineer.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 3+ years of direct manufacturing experience in electrical and mechanical maintenance, or an associate's degree in a related technical discipline.

Qualifications

• High level of proficiency and mental as well as physical alertness.
• Ability to work independently with resourcefulness, originality, and initiative.
• Understanding of functional criteria for control systems, power systems, and electronic device selection.
• Strong soft skills: positive reinforcement, teamwork, "we not me" attitude, highly cooperative, attentive, leading by example.
• Skills and competencies further defined in the attached functional expectations for this position.
• To maintain and stay current with State of Wisconsin license criteria for Industrial Electrician, Journeymen Maintenance Technicians must attend specified hours in relevant and accepted CEUs for electrical codes and safety.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical including Fertility and Adoption benefits
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Onsite Health & Wellness Center
• Employer 401K contribution in the top 1% of the nation
• Tuition Assistance
• Access to Employee Store