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Predictive Maintenance Technician - Hazleton Plant

The Hershey Company · Hazle, PA · Yesterday
Management$38.66/hrFull-time

Location: Hazle Township, PA | Position Type: Hourly

About the role

The Hershey Company, Hazleton Plant in Hazle Township, PA is a Union plant manufacturing products such as Cadbury Caramello Bars, Cadbury Mini Eggs, Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars, Hershey's Milk Chocolate with Almonds Bars, Hershey's Special Dark Bars, Hershey's Candy-Coated Eggs, and Kit Kat in a high-speed complex environment. As a Predictive Maintenance Technician, you will work to minimize equipment downtime and life cycle costs. You will use predictive maintenance technologies to identify equipment failures in early stages and evaluate the quality of repairs and installations. These technologies include vibration collection and analysis, thermography, dynamic balancing, ultrasonic testing, thickness testing, shaft alignment, etc. This is a 1st shift position, but you must be flexible on all shifts and weekend work.

The Predictive Maintenance Technician will be self-motivated, able to work with minimum supervision, detail-oriented, and capable of self-managing workloads including providing input to planning and scheduling.

Responsibilities

  • Follow all safety instructions and procedures
  • Follow quality control standards, regulations, and standard operational methods and procedures
  • Establish and monitor programs for critical equipment analysis and condition monitoring techniques
  • Review deficiencies noted during corrective maintenance
  • Provide technical guidance for the TA teams and PM process
  • Provide guidance for stock quantities and risk-based stock requirements
  • Promote equipment standardization
  • Consult with maintenance trades on technical operational reliability and high-priority breakdown problems
  • Provide technical guidance for preventative and predictive maintenance practices
  • Benchmark related industry activities in predictive maintenance practices
  • Serve as the focal point for monitoring performance indicators for maintenance leadership
  • Support optimizing maintenance strategies
  • Analyze equipment operating data
  • Complete route-based data collection using predictive technologies and techniques
  • Support oil analysis, steam trap monitoring, vibration monitoring, and other predictive programs
  • Dynamically balance rotating equipment
  • Perform precision shaft alignment
  • Support troubleshooting complex problems when predictive measures trigger
  • Ensure compliance with established standards in food quality & safety and employee safety
  • Identify and implement opportunities for improvement
  • Ensure compliance with administrative and reporting procedures while complying with overtime and provisions of the handbook
  • Document notification requests in SAP/S4 Hana PM; follow up and prioritize with maintenance team across shifts
  • Input data into SAP/S4 Hana and other computer-based systems
  • Analyze information and follow-up on exceptions and opportunities
  • Foster a continuous improvement mindset, elevating new ideas and executing plans to positively impact plant operations and goals
  • Engage with 3rd party support and monitoring equipment including AVEVA PI

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in manufacturing or in a high-speed, complex environment
  • Experience in maintaining manufacturing equipment
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Suite
  • Food manufacturing experience preferred
  • SAP/S4 Hana experience preferred
  • Must be English and/or bilingual speaking
  • Strong change management skills, driving and implementing changes to optimize the business focusing on safety, quality, and costs
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Problem-solving and decision-making abilities
  • Ability to work with and relate to all levels of personnel

Physical Demands

  • Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs
  • Regularly required to work around operating equipment, stand, reach, stoop, crawl, bend, and climb stairs/steps
  • Repetitive use of hands, wrists, and forearms

Working Conditions

  • Work will be performed within a food manufacturing facility
  • The use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is required, including but not limited to safety toe shoes/boots, ear plugs, safety glasses/goggles, hard hats, hair nets, hooded hair restraints, and gloves
  • Wearing company-issued uniforms is required

Assessment Requirements

To ensure the highest standards of maintenance proficiency, all applicants must successfully complete a maintenance-specific skills assessment. This assessment is required for further consideration for the position.

Pay

Starting Pay Rate: $38.66/hour
Overtime Potential
Manufacturing Incentive Plan Eligible

Benefits

  • Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, & Vision) - Starting Day 1
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan – with generous company match
  • Hershey Employee Stock Purchase Program
  • Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability

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