Production Technician III

** COMPENSATION*
* ** INFORMATION:
**** DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:
* Champions company and industry standard safety policies and procedures - OSHA, NEC, NFPA, USDA, FDA, etc. Recognize, escalate, and action unsafe work conditions and engages with co-workers to ensure conditions and behaviors comply with policies. Make suggestions to improve safe work practices and procedures as appropriate.
* Develop and execute inspections and preventive/predictive maintenance tasks on production and process utility equipment to increase quality, safety, and overall equipment reliability.
* Diagnose and repair production and process utility equipment deficiencies and failures; to include, but not limited to mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic equipment. May include facility repairs as needed.
* Use continuous improvements tools and methods to improve equipment reliability, may include root cause analysis (RCA), failure mode analysis (FMA) and make recommendations to prevent recurrence. Coach and train team members on RCA and FMA.
* Champion and lead production equipment rebuilds, line moves, installations, setups, and calibrations. Work with OEM's on emergency repairs as needed.
* Read and interpret equipment work orders, manuals, assembly diagrams, electrical schematics, and P&'s to perform required maintenance and service. Coach and train team members on reading and interpreting said technical documents.
* Responsible for effectively managing assigned planned work, unplanned failures, and work orders in a high-paced, fluid work environment.
* Responsible for accurately and concisely logging work orders in computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) to properly track maintenance and equipment performance metrics; to include labor, equipment uptime, preventive maintenance compliance, MTTR, MTBF, part usage, etc.
* 1 year experience in a leadership role
* Experience with the use of condition diagnostic techniques including vibration analysis, oil analysis, ultrasonic testing, and thermographic testing.
* Extensive knowledge of OSHA safety regulations
* Extensive knowledge of environmental and food safety regulations
* Moderate computer skills and knowledge
* Extensive knowledge and skill in Preventive Maintenance Inspections and repair
* Extensive knowledge and skill in diagnosis and repair of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems
* Extensive knowledge and skill with a multi-meter, infrared thermometer, and megohmmeter.
* Extensive knowledge of OSHA safety regulations
* Extensive knowledge of environmental and food safety regulations
* Moderate computer skills and knowledge
* Extensive knowledge and skill in Preventive Maintenance Inspections and repair
* Extensive knowledge and skill in diagnosis and repair of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems
* Extensive knowledge and skill with a multi-meter, infrared thermometer, and megohmmeter.
* The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job
* Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
* The employee is occasionally required to sit and must frequently lift heavy items.
* The employee is Repair work requires excellent hand and finger dexterity used for wrenches, hand tools and other shop equipment
* Ability to operate various pieces of equipment
* Ability to stand, sit, walk, bend, reach
* Ability to push/pull
* Ability to lift /carry
* Ability to grasp tools
* Ability to perform Repetitive motion: wrenches and hand tools
* Food processing temperatures of