Maintenance Technician - Night Shift - Gaylord II

Overview

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that’s First in Food.

Michael Foods, Inc. located in Gaylord, Minnesota is Minnesota's Healthy Heartland! Gaylord is located in south central Minnesota about an hour west of the Twin Cities and 35 minutes from Mankato, Hutchinson, and New Ulm. As the County Seat, Gaylord is the "Hub of Sibley County." Our location produces liquid egg, hardcook egg, and precooked egg such as scrambled, patties and omelets.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participate with reliability and maintenance team members to ensure personal safety, quality, delivery, and cost, are continuously being improved to achieve company objectives. Be an active member who contributes to the advancement of the MFI & ARM culture.
• Execute and champion Precision Maintenance techniques ensuring procedural compliance and that job tolerances are met
• Execute boiler and refrigeration systems operations duties with-in regulatory guidelines.
• Execute technical troubleshooting tasks working with experienced maintenance personnel
• Actively participate in maintenance training for maintenance personnel
• Actively participate in following reliability procedures for critical spares and parts
• Actively participate in implementing quality commissioning procedures for rebuilt or new equipment
• Actively participate and assist maintenance craftsman during precision maintenance assignments

• Utilize MFI approved CMMS to manage, document, and support reliability reporting and decision making. This will be accomplished through the guidance of MFI ARM standards.

• Keep accurate and up-to-date records as required.
• Provides input for root cause analysis (RCA) and Reliability Centered Maintenance to create an environment of continuous asset reliability improvement.
• Promote, and foster Michael Foods culture, values, and principles.
• Act as a role model by demonstrating safe work behaviors. Assumes personal responsibility to ensure safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety policies and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks.

• Adheres to Quality work practices, follows GMP’s, maintains sanitary conditions and ensures that product quality is maintained. Reports on any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality.
• Always ensure required regulatory compliance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

SHIFT
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This role is a 6:00pm-6:00am 12 hour night shift at the Gaylord 2 Michael Foods facility.

Education and Experience

Required:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent
• Associate's degree or two-year technical certificate, or experience which demonstrates technical aptitude preferred.
• 1 to 2 years of experience as a maintenance technician preferred
• Holds a MN State “Special” boiler operations license or higher or is able to acquire this within four (4) months of hire date.
• Trained and competent in MFI MTL1 skills preferred
• Ability to read and decipher mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and P& preferred
• Prior experience in SAP preferred.
• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent administrative and follow up skills

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and listen. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee will be exposed to a noisy environment that varies from hot to cold in temperature. 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.