Maintenance Technician

About the role

The Maintenance Technician performs preventive maintenance and repairs on equipment and systems, evaluates and recommends equipment improvements, and prepares technical reports.

Responsibilities

• Review production schedules by farm, systems in place, process and workflows, computer programs, and other information to understand activities that take place in farms and how they are performed by staff
• Create and implement action plans to ensure the achievement of the maintenance department on a weekly, monthly and annual basis
• Aid in the development and delivery of the agreed-upon budget area of responsibility which includes: ordering parts and supplies, maintaining inventory levels of commonly used parts and supplies, and assisting with CapEx projects
• Maintain record keeping within all software platforms to ensure records are fully updated on a weekly basis
• Provide technical maintenance support and guidance to employees and farm management, including but not limited to: assembly and installation of feeders, assist with a complete demolition and renovation of required barns, replace full tin roofs on the barns, participate in a full renovation of finisher penning, replace current pvc feed line with stainless steel feed line, develop control systems to decrease resource waste due to systems malfunctions including feed and water, manage seasonal rodent control, remove weeds, and perform snow removal with heavy machinery if inclement weather arises
• Safely and effectively operate small hand tools and hand power tools, and farm machinery such as ATV’s, Skid Steers, or Tractors with various attachments for but not limited to renovation projects, mowing, roof repairs, or general groundskeeping tasks

Requirements

• A university degree in a relevant maintenance discipline, including but not limited to Agro-Industrial Engineering, Agronomy Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Sustainable Development and Engineering
• Bachelor degrees under the Engineer and Agriculturist professions
• A minimum of one year of maintenance experience working in an agriculture or manufacturing facility
• Must shower in and out of the facility daily
• Must work outside of normal business hours, including weekends, evenings, holidays, and emergency situations as needed