Maintenance Technician I

About the role

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. As a Maintenance Technician for our Emporia, Kansas manufacturing facility, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability of production and utility equipment.

Responsibilities

• Understands and follows all Quality, GMP’s, AIB and Micro (C&S Guidelines), EOHS, and safety standards and guidelines.
• Troubleshoots, repairs, and conducts preventive maintenance for production and utility equipment as required, including mechanical failures, electrical issues up to 480V, and PLC issues.
• Reviews project instructions, blueprints, electrical, and pneumatic schematics to ascertain test specifications, procedures, objectives, test equipment, nature of technical problem, and possible solutions.
• Aids Maintenance Reliability Team Leader and Plant Engineers with root cause analysis to identify reasons for equipment failures and breakdowns.
• Records test procedures and results, numerical and graphical data, and makes recommendations for changes in product or test method.
• Fabricates machine parts as needed to perform repairs, including welding and machining, and changes to electrical and power transmission systems.
• Participates in structured group or team activities related to line/area performance improvement, such as autonomous maintenance, housekeeping, shop sanitation, problem solving, shift transition meetings, etc.
• Maintains spare parts inventory and restocks inventory for the plant as needed.
• Completes all regulatory and compliance-related documentation and procedures accurately.
• Works with teams and focuses resources to assure correct Preventive Maintenance (PM) records are in SAP, including auditing work order completion and effectiveness.
• Supports production and transfers knowledge skills to operation technicians.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent – required.
• Required either: 1+ year of industrial maintenance experience working in a manufacturing plant OR Vocational/technical degree in an industrial maintenance program (or equivalent) and successful completion of industrial maintenance internship OR Vocational/technical degree in industrial maintenance program (or equivalent) and 3+ years of general manufacturing experience.
• Ability to work an 2-2-3 off-shift work schedule that includes weekends – required.
• Basic math skills – required.
• Computer skills – required.
• 1+ years manufacturing experience in food, pet food, or pharmaceuticals – preferred.
• Ability to bend, climb, crawl, and work in confined spaces, and work in hazardous condition spaces for up to twelve hours per day – required.
• Ability to use hazardous materials – required.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs, repeatedly – required.
• Complete tasks that require working with hands overhead – required.
• Use a stand-up or sit-down forklift, intermittently for up to twelve hours per day – required.
• Type, using a computer keyboard, intermittently for up to twelve hours per day – required.
• Frequently walk unlimited distances each day – required.
• Frequently bend at waist 90 degrees and flex at knees 120 degrees – required.
• Wear required personal protective equipment, including hearing, eye, foot and dust protection – required.
• Perceive visual and audible alarms and telephones while wearing hearing protection – required.
• Receive and transmit information in person and by telephone communications – required.

Compensation and Benefits

Salary Range: $31.70 - USD
Pay is determined based on experience, qualifications, and location. Salaried employees may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing, and long-term incentives for Executive-level roles.
Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements. Additional benefits include a minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days (hourly employees receive a minimum of 120 hours) and 13 paid holidays (vacation days are prorated based on the employee's hire date within the calendar year). Paid sick leave is adjusted based on role and location in accordance with local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation. For additional Colgate terms and conditions, please click here.