Maintenance Technician II - Weekend Nights - Antigo, WI

About the role

The Maintenance Tech II performs equipment repairs and preventative maintenance throughout the facilities, including troubleshooting and repairs to electrical and electronic panels, components, controls, and monitoring utility systems. This is a developmental position intended to expand knowledge and skills toward a Maintenance Tech III role.

Responsibilities

• Maintains, troubleshoots, repairs, and completes all preventative maintenance of mechanical systems, pumps, process and sanitary piping, electrical, electronic, and related components.
• Completes and communicates work orders to plant and maintenance personnel and completes all required documentation.
• Maintains, adjusts, and performs troubleshooting of electronic components of PLC systems, AC & DC motor control systems, and electronic instrumentation.
• Operates refrigeration equipment, including startup, shutdown, and maintenance.
• Troubleshoots, repairs, and/or replaces electronic components such as RTDs, level sensors, controllers, AC & DC motors, switches, fuses, etc.
• Fabricates repair parts or components using machine shop equipment.
• Performs welding repairs to equipment and structural components.
• Maintains equipment, parts, and supplies inventories by checking stock, anticipating needs, and placing and expediting orders.
• Uses technical support documents and materials when needed.
• Maintains a clean work area in the maintenance shop and when completing work in food processing plants.
• Complies with all company safety and GMP policies.
• Immediately reports any food safety or quality issues to management or authorized personnel.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in maintenance or a related field with training certifications in the trades, or enrolled and pursuing a Maintenance Apprenticeship or Electro-Mechanical degree.
• Knowledge of maintenance software including WonderWare, Ladder Logic, and Allen Bradley software.
• Knowledge of welding techniques and equipment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of two-, three-, and four-digit numbers using units of weight measurement and counts, ratios, proportions, percentages, and geometry.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedural diagrams, wiring diagrams, layouts, ladder logic, and carry out work instructions.
• Ability to communicate information effectively and ensure understanding by other team members.
• Ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions and apply general rules to specific problems.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Valid driver’s license required for using company vehicles; must maintain a clean driving record to remain insurable under the company’s policy.
• Certified to operate forklifts (training and certification available on the job).

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear. The team member must regularly lift and/or move objects weighing 25 to 75 pounds and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; working in coolers at 40–45°F; extreme heat in areas such as the boiler room; risk of electrical shock; and vibration. Noise level is usually moderate to loud.

Tools & Equipment Used

Hand power tools, welders, cutting torches, presses, lathes, milling machines, grinders, calculators, measuring and calibrating tools, electrical and mechanical test instruments, motorized pallet trucks, and assorted hand tools.

PPE Required

• Safety goggles, rubber or latex gloves, lab coat, and hearing protection when working with hazardous materials or loud equipment.
• Recommended: face shield, chemical-resistant apron, and steel-toe shoes.