Maintenance Mechanic 2nd Shift - Fairfield, IL

Maintenance Technician

The Maintenance Technician, reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for performing highly diversified duties to install, maintain, and repair food processing and packaging equipment. Including packaging filling and sealing machines, bucket scales, conveyors, motors, robotics, hoists, sorters, labelers, scanners, roller beds, and utility equipment utilizing predictive maintenance systems and processes to support the achievement of the factory business goals and objectives.

Ways you will make a difference:

• Maintain and repair food processing and packaging equipment and associated components
• Installs and maintains gearboxes, shafts, bearings, bushings, sprockets, sheaves, belts, and general mechanical equipment.
• Performs equipment lubrication
• Installs and maintains electric motors, motor starters, sensors, switches, and general electric/electronic devices
• Troubleshoots and maintains pneumatic and hydraulic systems
• Analyzes mechanical operations of production equipment and initiates maintenance and repair actions as needed
• Uses Computerized Maintenance Management System to report completed work
• Generates parts requisitions using parts inventory control system
• Completes preventive maintenance routines as assigned
• Identifies root cause of problems. Proposes and implements solutions

Skills that will make you successful:

• Strong mechanical aptitude
• Ability to perform precision alignment of pumps, motors, gearboxes, sprockets, and sheaves
• Ability to perform basic electrical troubleshooting
• Ability to read schematics, blueprints, and equipment manuals
• Able to work with minimum supervision and be results driven, proactive, able to work effectively individually and within a team
• Excellent communication skills, able to clearly articulate issues, opportunities and risk
• Ability to analyze problems and error conditions, identify root causes, and implement viable long-term solutions
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry
• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations