Maintenance Technician, Blue Buffalo

About the role

As a part of our manufacturing group, you will be responsible for preventative and reactive maintenance of processing and packaging equipment and providing technical support to improve and optimize within the manufacturing operations and processes.

Responsibilities

• Preventative and reactive maintenance of processing and packaging equipment
• Provide technical support to improve and optimize manufacturing operations and processes
• Work with high-level operators on experienced teams to pass down knowledge to workers
• Challenging yourself to get the job done right and gain skills to take with you to your next opportunity
• Support, create, integrate, troubleshoot, and improve a variety of processing/packaging controls systems including Wonderware, ArchestrA Systems, PLC
• Read and update electrical and control schematics, piping and instrumentation diagrams
• Provide technical support/skills for equipment troubleshooting and controls/equipment modifications
• Understand, initiate, and participate in Root Cause Analysis (Why, Why)
• Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance
• Assist in training new employees

Requirements

• Minimum of a high school diploma or GED
• Minimum 3 years of industrial maintenance or related industry experience
• Basic mechanical knowledge and understanding of PLC operation, electrical motors, gearbox and components along with systems troubleshooting, including use of a multimeter and specialized tools
• Experience in repairing and troubleshooting AC/DC electrical systems, reading schematics and using electrical testing equipment
• Basic shop equipment (mill, lathe, grinder, presses, etc.) preferred
• Experience in a manufacturing/production environment preferred

Qualifications

• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs
• Must be able to perform physical tasks for extended periods of time including standing, walking, climbing, bending, pushing, pulling and twisting over surfaces
• Ability to climb and/or work at heights while utilizing stairs, ladders, personnel lifts, or platforms
• Ability to wear protective clothing and equipment such as safety shoes, face masks, safety glasses, hearing protection, a hard hat, a hair/beard net and gloves when required
• Willing and able to adhere to all grooming requirements necessary for a food manufacturing environment
• Ability to work in hot, cold, noisy, dusty, wet environmental working conditions
• Willing to work around industrial high-speed moving machinery
• Willing to work with allergens that might be present in a food environment
• Willing to work in a tobacco-free environment

Skills

• Basic mechanical knowledge and understanding of PLC operation, electrical motors, gearbox and components along with systems troubleshooting, including use of a multimeter and specialized tools
• Experience in repairing and troubleshooting AC/DC electrical systems, reading schematics and using electrical testing equipment
• Basic shop equipment (mill, lathe, grinder, presses, etc.)
• Experience in a manufacturing/production environment

Benefits

• Up to 10 days (120 hours) of vacation a year and 11 paid company holidays
• Great paid time off benefits
• 401(k) match
• Health Insurance - includes medical, dental, vision and life
• Pet Parent Perks - includes pet insurance and pet adoption reimbursement
• And much more!

Pay

• Maintenance Tech I: $25.50 per hour
• Maintenance Tech II: $25.50 per hour or higher (internal pay advancement opportunities)
• Maintenance Tech III: $27.10 per hour or higher (internal pay advancement opportunities)

Schedule

• Shift Hours: 12-hour shifts - 3 on, 2 off, 2 on, 3 off
• Day Shift: 6:45 am to 7 pm
• Night Shift: 6:45 pm to 7 am