Maintenance Technician I - 2nd Shift

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flex spending accounts
• Short- and long-term disability
• Paid holidays and vacation
• Bonus opportunities (referral, production, etc.)

Schedule

Monday through Thursday, 2nd Shift: 3:00 PM – 2:00 AM (+ $1.00 shift differential)

Responsibilities

• Inspect, repair, modify, paint, clean, and maintain all areas of facility and grounds following Good Manufacturing Practices and food safety requirements to ensure production of safe, quality products and a clean, safe environment for plant operation
• Assist with production equipment maintenance, preventative maintenance, parts ordering, and troubleshooting
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain all equipment including refrigeration, production equipment, and building equipment
• Assist in training employees on operation of equipment
• Provide continual support to production, assembly, packaging, and warehouse
• Maintain a preventative maintenance (PM) program with supporting documentation
• Familiar with Continuous Improvement; continually improve operations and eliminate downtime
• Develop and implement improvements to daily operations
• 100% on-floor time (includes production floor, shop, outside of building, etc.)
• Work safely at all times and use GMPs
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• High school degree required; 1 to 3 years plant maintenance experience
• 2-year trades degree preferred
• Electrical print reading, motor controls experience, and welding/fabrication experience necessary
• Experience with food/USDA facilities a plus
• Basic math skills
• Attention to detail
• Legible record-keeping and data entry skills using a computer
• Highly motivated, flexible, with creative problem-solving abilities
• Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously

Qualifications

• Read, write, and speak English; bilingual capabilities a plus
• Able to communicate and take direction from direct supervisor and/or production supervisor

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, crouch, and work at heights from floor level to 30 feet above floor (includes ladders and lift equipment)
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 60 pounds with hoist, pallet-jack, or cart
• Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts
• Multi-shift production operations may be expansive, noisy, wet/humid, and vary in temperature from refrigerated to ambient or warm in summer months
• Required to work shift work and weekends

Sponsorship for work authorization is not available for this position. Candidates must ensure they are legally authorized to work in the location to which they apply.