Maintenance Technician II

About the role

As a Maintenance Partner, you'll function in a team environment, reporting to the Maintenance Team Leader with direct responsibilities to the Production Team Leader and Team. You'll provide technical support to ensure a safe environment, producing safe, high-quality product, in a timely manner, at the best cost possible.

Responsibilities

• Maintains manufacturing processes and equipment in optimum condition; integrates several process techniques focused on achieving high levels of overall process effectiveness (TPO)
• Applies fundamental understanding of team in development and active participation in a team environment through Division and Plant team orientation, safety and quality training, and Level I Team skills
• Operates the following equipment:
  • Electrical: Operates meters and testing equipment, programmers, and soldering tools (e.g., voltmeters, amp meters, micrometers, meggers, programmers, test instrumentation, dial indicators)
  • Electronics: Operates computers (desktop programs) and appropriate tools; adjusts set points and machine controls (e.g., digital volt ohmmeter, handheld amp probe and held voltage tester, logic probes, CRT equipment)
  • Hydraulic: Operates / sets up hydraulic pumps and 3-way piloted and 4-way valve systems
  • Mechanical: Operates shop equipment (e.g., grinders, drills, saws, threaders, lathe, mill); starts up processing equipment, building equipment, and refrigeration systems
  • Welding: Sets pressures on oxyacetylene equipment, arc welder, carbon arc welder, electrode welder, and tig welder
• Repair & Replacement:
  • Building Systems: Repairs plant equipment
  • Electrical: Installs conduits and voltage motors; repairs / replaces fuses, lamps, breakers, switches (e.g., wiring controls, power circuits); uses standard brand of limit, micro switches, starters, control devices
  • Electronics: Installs / repairs / replaces / calibrates 4-20 milliamp sensor circuits; programs PLC
  • Hydraulic: Replaces cylinders, valves, and pumps; performs preventative maintenance (e.g., 4-way / Vickers valves)
  • Mechanics: Replaces various shafts and bearings, filters, belts, chains, sprockets, and sheaves (using instruction manuals and parts lists); maintains / repairs processing equipment, building equipment, and refrigeration systems; sets mechanical functions on various tracking conveyors; assists in installation of new systems (including bearing)
  • Pneumatic: Replaces air cylinders, valves, and pumps; performs PM
  • Welding: Prepares surfaces; selects correct welding rod; cuts / welds (metals, stainless steel, copper pipe, silver solder, soft solder joints)
• Inspection:
  • Electrical: Inspects plant / OSHA-related items; generates work orders for repairs of loose connections
  • Hydraulic: Monitors system pressures; compares to standards
  • Mechanics: Monitors various system temperatures and pressures; performs OSHA inspections for compliance on guards, cylinders, and unsafe conditions
  • Pneumatic: Monitors system pressures; compares to standards; writes up repair / rebuild order
  • Refrigeration / HVAC: Monitors system pressures and temperatures; compares to standards; inspects systems for leaks; monitors fluid levels including glycol levels proper ratios
• Safety / Compliance: Performs preventative maintenance; applies proper lock-out / tag-out on all electrical equipment
• Troubleshooting:
  • Building Systems: Uses forklift and pallet jack manuals to troubleshoot plant equipment; troubleshoots low temperatures / pressures in hot water systems, lost power; isolates problems
  • Electrical: Troubleshoots all systems with / without schematics and photoelectric sensing equipment
  • Electronics: Controls power or programming fault, Modicon / Allen-Bradley PLCs, and PID control devices
  • Hydraulic: Troubleshoots hydraulic pump, receiver tank, and proper pressure settings
  • Mechanics: Identifies problems with gearboxes, pumps, valves, and other basic system components, including vacuum conveyor system
  • Pneumatic: Troubleshoots systems
  • Refrigeration / HVAC: Troubleshoots refrigeration systems (e.g., ammonia, glycol, freon); isolates problems
• Reads blueprints (electrical, mechanics, welding)
• Draws / designs blueprints to repair / modify / construct / make process changes (mechanics)
• Makes changes to system design (hydraulic, pneumatic)

Qualifications

• Work Experience:
  • Experience in maintenance – Required
  • Experience in electrical / mechanical / equipment (for building & process) repair – Required
  • Experience completely disassembling process equipment and repairing, improving, and reassembling for re-use – Required
• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
  • Strong working knowledge of all aspects of plant equipment maintenance operation (e.g., equipment troubleshooting, electrical, refrigeration, machine shop operation, welding, brazing soldering) – Required
  • Strong aptitude and abilities in industrial plant, mechanical, or electrical work – Required
  • Building Systems: Understanding of the theory of water distribution and its components, including heat exchangers, water softeners, and water heaters; understanding of electrical distribution system and how to identify its components
  • Electrical: Ability to identify standard brand of limit, micro switches, starters, and control devices; understanding of installation of 110V circuit for control voltage and how to identify appropriate use of such systems; knowledge of how to electrically install different voltage motors
  • Electronics: Knowledge of how to burn chips and program systems; understanding of ladder logic diagrams; knowledge of basic programming of a PLC
  • Equipment Operation: Skills using voltmeters, ammeters, meggers, calipers, dial indicators, refrigeration test instrument micrometers, electronic test equipment (e.g., programmers), machinist equipment and tools, hydraulic test equipment, hand and industrial power tools
  • Hydraulic: Knowledge of how to repair receiver tank; knowledge of how to troubleshoot hydraulic systems (Vickers valve, 4-way valve, pie press system); understanding of the difference between a larger diameter cylinder and a longer cylinder
  • Mechanics: Knowledge of how to operate, start up, troubleshoot, maintain, and repair some processing equipment, building equipment, and refrigeration systems; knowledge of OSHA compliance requirements for guards, cylinders, and unsafe conditions; understanding of how to install new equipment; understanding of vacuum conveyor systems; understanding of how to read and design blueprints to repair, modify, and construct equipment and make process changes
  • Pneumatic: Knowledge of how to troubleshoot pneumatic systems and 4-way air valves; understanding of application difference between hydraulic and pneumatic systems; understanding of how a rodless cylinder works
  • Refrigeration / HVAC: Knowledge of how to troubleshoot refrigerator systems and isolate problems (e.g., ammonia, glycol, freon systems)
  • Welding: Ability to read and understand blueprints; understanding of why welding rods are covered with flux
• Education: HS Diploma or GED – Required

Work environment & physical demands

• Travel by car or plane with overnight stays
• Regularly lift up to 20 lbs; occasionally lift 20 lbs or more
• Work extended hours
• Work rotating schedules
• Maneuver through the facility and perform functions of the job, with or without accommodation (standing, stooping, bending, etc.)
• Work in wet, cold, or hot environments, depending on Plant location, where temperatures are:
  • Snacks: temperature-controlled environment ranging from 80-100°F
  • Floral: temperature-controlled environment ranging from 32-42°F
  • Meat: routinely 30-45°F in a cold and wet environment, occasionally (-)20 or 85°F in certain areas
  • Milk: routinely 60-80°F in a wet environment, occasionally 38°F in certain areas, 110°F in others
  • Ice Cream: (-)40 to 80°F, certain areas in a wet environment
  • Bakery: 80-100°F
  • Tortilla: 80-100°F