Maintenance Worker 1

About the role

The Maintenance Worker performs preventive and corrective maintenance in the plant under management supervision.

Responsibilities

• Assists in the installation of new equipment.
• Assists the Maintenance Supervisor and/or other personnel on special fabrication and construction projects.
• Follows preventative maintenance schedule.
• If above level 1 maintenance, you will train Level 1 Maintenance personnel.
• Performs machine repair and installation such as replacing motors, rebuilding gear boxes, running threaded piping, running weld piping, overhauling pumps, replacing packing shaft seals on cookers and pumps, welding and using cutting torch.
• Conducts daily greasing and oiling of plant equipment.
• Diagnosis and replacement of equipment parts with little or no direction.
• Ability to diagnose and repair control circuits and VFD installation.
• Maintains clean, neat, and orderly work area at all times.
• Responsible for using assigned personal protective equipment and required safety equipment; responsible for being familiar with and observing all Company safety rules and regulations.
• Attends regularly scheduled safety meetings and may be asked to serve on Safety Committee.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Experience in operating a forklift.
• Experience in welding, electrical, and mechanicals.
• Physical demands: frequently required to push, pull, move or lift up to 100 lbs; frequently required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crawl, and crouch; regularly required to reach with hands and arms.
• Work environment: bakery processing facility with tolerance for wet or slippery floors and high heat or cold temperatures.

Qualifications

• Vocational school training preferred.
• 2 years experience with similar equipment preferred.
• Basic knowledge of general maintenance and equipment operations.
• Welding proficiency in MIG and Stick as well as vertical and overhead.
• Proficiency in control power electric.
• General mechanical aptitude; able to diagnose and repair problems with motors and other equipment.
• Good math skills; add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.

Schedule

Will need to work rotating 12 hour night shift with every other weekend scheduled; available "on call" as needed.