Utilities Maintenance Technician

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Joining Nestlé means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements. No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk-taking, and pioneer new ideas. Our supportive and collaborative environment encourages bold ambitions and continuous learning so that everyone can grow and thrive.
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Multi-skilled individual conducts a variety of utilities operations and maintenance activities following the maintenance work process to optimize utility equipment operations and provide ongoing preventive maintenance and improvement support to a pre-determined maintenance plan, while ensuring the continuous supply of quality services needed to produce ready to drink Beverage products.

Shift: Day shift. 6:00am-6:30pm

Schedule:

2/2/3

• • Starts, stops, operates, monitors, and maintains all utilities and operational support systems
  • Plans & completes all preventive and corrective maintenance of all facility and office equipment to include but not limited to the following:
    
    Boiler water treatment, Boiler steam and condensate systems, Ammonia refrigeration system (chillers, rooftop units, cooling towers, air handling units, etc.)
  • Maintain low-pressure and high-pressure air compression systems including air dryers

• Monitor and coordinate cooling tower water treatment and component repairs
• Maintain reverse osmosis (RO) system and components
• Maintain silo tank offload systems

• Monitor and control all wastewater recycling center equipment to control wastewater discharge
• Coordinate plan fire protection systems including sprinkler system, fire pump and alarms
• Coordinate maintenance and chemical treatment of cooling towers
• Coordination, monitoring, and administration of energy management systems
• Ability to manage work orders

• Assists in establishing daily checklists and preventive / predictive maintenance programs for utility equipment
• Identifies utility equipment problems and improvement opportunities and communicates to appropriate personnel
• Provides improvement project support as needed
• Maintain power distribution system
• Control systems – Basic Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) input/output hardware troubleshooting, motor, sensor, drives and basic electrical circuits, basic understanding of device communication networks

• Mechanical system – hydraulics, pneumatics and mechanical drive systems
• Troubleshooting and problem-solving skills to maintain, optimize and improve production equipment, with key plant indicators such as safety, quality, cost.
• Review maintenance plans and optimize to drive reliability of equipment.
• Use, validate, and redline engineering drawings (electrical and mechanical)

• Mechanical
  
  Skills:

• Hydraulic
• Pneumatic

• Mechanical drive systems
• Utility Systems (air, steam, refrigeration etc.)

• Electrical
  
  Skills:

• Knowledge and ability to interpret National Electrical Code
• Power Systems and Distribution

• Control Systems

• Basic PLC / hardwire logic circuits knowledge
• Motor Control Circuits
• Safety Circuits

• Instrumentation and Field Devices

• Analog and discrete devices
• Knowledge and use of test equipment (amp meter, megger, etc.)

• Other
  
  Skills:

• • • Familiar with Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and Production Workflow/Control systems

• Principle of operation

• Read and interpret machine, electrical and facility drawings
• Operate, troubleshoot, and diagnose industrial systems

• Other Technical Skills (as required):

• Welding, fabrication and machining skills
• May require internal & external certification such as sanitary welding, vibration, thermography, etc.