Maintenance Technician

Essential Functions

• Perform highly diversified duties to install and maintain production machines and the plant facility's equipment.
• Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.
• Perform simple machinist duties and responsibilities.
• Perform mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting and repair of production machines.
• Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
• Detect faulty operations, defective material and report those and any unusual situations to proper supervision.
• Comply with safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work areas.

Competencies

• Technical Capacity.
• Ethical Conduct.
• Communication Proficiency.
• Results Driven.
• Initiative.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to talk and hear.
• Frequent lifting and/or moving items over 75 pounds.
• Regularly stand, walk, bend, kneel, stoop, crouch, crawl, and climb all day.

Required Education and Experience

• A high school diploma/GED and completion of a craft apprenticeship, or an equivalent number of years of education and production maintenance experience.
• 4+ years of manufacturing experience; strong hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical and industrial skills with some experience in HVAC.

Preferred Education and Experience

• 5 years' experience in mechanical, electrical or industrial maintenance.
• Oven and furnace experience.
• 5 years' experience with bag filling/sealing machines.
• Knowledge of food safety requirements.