Technical Resource (Plumbtree)

About the role

Mars Petcare is looking to hire a Technical Resource at our state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Aurora, Nebraska. Being a Mars Associate is all about opportunity – the opportunity to do challenging, interesting work that shapes the world’s best‑loved brands, to work with real purpose supported by talented, friendly people from different backgrounds, and to access the tools, training, and experience needed to impact the business, the planet positively, and most importantly, your career. Being a Mars associate is more than a job; it’s the opportunity to start your tomorrow today. The Technical Resource’s role is to provide production floor leadership with Progressive Maintenance (PM) capability (breakdown elimination) and technical support for delivering the team’s operational targets such as safety, quality, and efficiency results. This role must proactively identify and take action against risks to safety, food safety, quality, and production losses. Technical Resources must also lead and coach root‑cause problem‑solving with other technicians on the team, effectively communicate priorities, and escalate issues within their area and across shifts. Technical Resources have a thorough understanding and mastery of Manufacturing Reliability Fundamentals such as Integrated Work Systems (IWS) and the Factory Mars Operating System (FMOS/Daily Direction Setting DDS). This role will support the development and execution of Clean, Inspect, Lubricate (CIL), Center Line (CL), and Defect Management for their assigned area. The technical resource is responsible for maintaining standard running conditions of operating equipment in their area, plus the repair or replacement of failed components, the ability to troubleshoot unknown equipment issues, and the recommendation of adjustments to center line operational output of equipment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the culture development of Mars, 5 Principles and Engagement
• Coach Mars's safety standards, tools, and techniques
• Identify, evaluate, and eliminate safety risks using behavior-based safety programs and near miss reporting
• Perform mechanical and electrical preventative maintenance on various manufacturing equipment and electrical panels
• Complete work orders as assigned and proactively look at work orders to complete as time permits
• Document preventative maintenance and work orders using SAP Plant Maintenance
• Troubleshoot and repair routine electrical (such as motor starters, switches and sensors using multi-meters and amp probes) and mechanical (hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical drive systems at the component level) problems on all plant equipment
• Conduct equipment breakdown analysis
• Register parts and create/update PMs to improve the maintenance system
• Participate and sometimes lead Focused Improvement Teams to eliminate losses within functional area
• Develop/train technicians to: grow functional/technical skills, learn troubleshooting and repair skills to operate equipment more efficiently, understand Autonomous Maintenance activities
• Perform technical tasks such as fabrication, welding, machinist skills
• Drive delivery at or above target of following metrics: TRS, production reliability, stops reduction, mean time between failure, defects found and fixed, work order/PM completion rate
• Support spares storeroom process and suggest improvements on how to manage spare parts
• Use IWS tools to achieve zero losses, ensure follow up to outages and root cause identification
• Provide technical support to eliminate line top losses and team’s equipment ownership improvements
• 90% on production floor working with Technicians to deliver results, assisting in equipment setup and changeover
• Member of the Emergency Response Team (ERT)
• Flow to work as needed to meet the business need
• Other job duties as assigned by site leadership

Minimum Qualifications

• Previous maintenance experience or technical education
• High school diploma or