Utility Technician - Nights

About the Role

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry, specializing in egg products, refrigerated grocery, and potato products. The Lenox, Iowa facility primarily produces pre-cooked egg patties. This position focuses on repairing, installing, and troubleshooting boiler and refrigeration systems throughout the plant while ensuring compliance with safety, food safety, and quality standards.

The Utilities Maintenance Operator L1 (UMOL1) provides maintenance and reliability services, assisting with water, gas, and air systems asset health improvement efforts. This role partners with plant maintenance, operational teams, and support teams to ensure safe operation and maintenance of facility systems.

Responsibilities

• Participate in water, gas, and air systems maintenance and operations to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Contribute to the advancement of MFI & ARM culture.
• Learn and execute Precision Maintenance® techniques, ensuring procedural compliance and meeting job tolerances.
• Actively participate in critical water, gas, and air systems training for maintenance and operations personnel.
• Assist in implementing quality assurance and reliability procedures for critical systems spares and parts.
• Participate in quality commissioning procedures for rebuilt or new water, gas, and air systems equipment.
• Assist craftsmen during critical maintenance assignments and execute technical troubleshooting tasks.
• Utilize MFI-approved CMMS to manage, document, and support reliability reporting and decision-making.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records (e.g., SAP data, regulatory documentation).
• Provide input for root cause analysis (RCA) and Reliability Centered Maintenance to improve asset reliability.
• Promote and foster Michael Foods culture, values, and principles while demonstrating safe work behaviors.
• Adhere to all safety policies and procedures, ensuring a safe and healthy workplace.
• Follow quality work practices, GMPs, and maintain sanitary conditions to ensure product quality.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and report conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED (or equivalent).
• Associate's degree, two-year technical certificate, or equivalent experience demonstrating technical aptitude preferred.
• 1 year of experience in an industrial environment, preferably with an emphasis on steam or refrigeration.
• Ability to read and understand mechanical, piping, and/or electrical schematics and blueprints, including equipment-specific diagrams.
• Prior experience in SAP preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to talk and listen; frequently stand and walk.
• Occasionally required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Exposure to a noisy environment with temperature variations from hot to cold.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Location

Michael Foods, Inc. is located in Lenox, Iowa ("Pearl of the Prairie"), a small town in Taylor County with a population of around 1,400. Lenox offers a family-focused community with access to big-city amenities in Des Moines, Omaha, and Kansas City. The area features:

• A four-day rodeo every July.
• A 36-9 hole golf course.
• Fishing and boating lakes, great hunting, a city park with a swimming pool, and picnic parks.
• Beautiful and productive farmland, including corn and soybean fields.

Lenox is known for its friendly atmosphere, safe environment, and progressive spirit, making it a great place to live, work, and raise a family.