Protein Maintenance Hourly - RE

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Perform routine, preventive, and corrective maintenance on protein conversion equipment to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic systems, responding effectively to emergency and unplanned equipment issues.
• Inspect, service, and maintain motors, gearboxes, belts, bearings, piping, and other critical operating components following established maintenance checklists.
• Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, manuals, and parts catalogs to determine proper repair methods and corrective actions.
• Use hand tools, power tools, precision measuring instruments, and electrical testing devices to complete repairs, fabrication, and installations.
• Work safely in demanding environments, including high heat or cold, elevated areas, and confined spaces, while meeting physical requirements such as lifting heavy objects and standing for extended periods.

What You’ll Need

• Education: High School Diploma or GED required. Technical school degree or certificate preferred.
• Experience: Poultry or food manufacturing experience is a plus.
• Skills: Ability to multitask and work quickly in a fast-paced environment, have good communication skills, ability to comprehend instructions and apply common sense, have strong attention to detail, and must be a team player.

Physical requirements

• Ability to work in warm temperatures and lift 50 lbs or more.

Why Work for Pilgrim’s?

• Schedule: 2, 2, 3
• Benefits: Vision, Medical, and Dental coverage begin after 60 days of employment; 401(k): company match begins after the first year of service and follows the company vesting schedule; Base hourly salary rate of $26.60 with a $1.00 shift differential for 3rd shift

About us

• Pilgrim’s is a leading global food company with more than 62,000 team members worldwide.
• The company processes, prepares, packages, and delivers fresh, frozen, and value-added food products for customers in more than 100 countries.
• Pilgrim’s operates protein processing plants and prepared foods facilities in 14 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico, the U.K., the Republic of Ireland and continental Europe.
• Our mission: To be the best in all that we do, completely focused on our business, ensuring the best products and services to our customers, a relationship of trust with our suppliers, profitability for our shareholders and the opportunity of a better future for all of our team members.
• Our core values are Availability, Determination, Discipline, Humility, Ownership, Simplicity, Sincerity