Maintenance Lead, Maintenance Technician ​/ Mechanic

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• Starting Rate: $40.89 hourly
• Two pay increases within a year, up to $1.00
• Sunday Double Time
• Competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package focusing on your physical, financial, and emotional health to include the following perks as well as the standard benefit offerings:
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short and Long-term Disability Insurance
  • 401(k) with up to 7% company contributions
  • 3 Weeks PTO on day 1
  • Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays
  • Paid parental leave
  • Advancement Opportunities
  • Healthy work/life balance

• Regularly review the operation of plant equipment and systems, to minimize unplanned downtime, anticipate solve problems in a timely manner, and to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Effectively communicate with crew from previous shift and with the crew of the following shift.
• Prioritize daily workload and assign work to Technicians as needed; following-up on rush requests.
• Work with Maintenance Manger on daily duties, expectations, and carrying out job plans.
• Work with Maintenance Planner on issuing daily PMs to technicians.
• Work closely with Production Supervisors, Production Leads, and production crews.
• Oversee all aspects of the Preventive Maintenance program including scheduling, assigning and tracking progress/completion. (Little Chute only)
• Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of equipment during production.
• Perform mechanic duties; including but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic troubleshooting, and repair of packaging and production machines.
• Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
• Diagnose problems, replace or repair parts, test, and make adjustments as needed.
• Complete and maintain records and logs in an accurate and timely manner.
• Perform buildings and grounds maintenance and up-keep as needed; [including snow removal (Little Chute only)], changing light bulbs and filters, etc.
• Train and mentor new Maintenance Technicians as needed, [keeping training documents updated (Little Chute only)].
• Perform all duties in accordance with safety rules and requirements.
• Responsible for food safety and quality.
• Act as back up for Maintenance Manager related to food safety and quality.

• Regular contact with suppliers and vendors as well as occasional contact with regulatory agencies for inspections.
• Stay current in field and utilize that information where practical.
• Operate equipment including but not limited to the following: welders, drills, saws, grinders, wrenches and screwdrivers, punches and presses, rollers, hoists, jacks, cars, forklifts, man lifts, ladders, testers, chemical test kits, plant-specific machinery.
• Understand and adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Safety Protocol
  • Stop any observed unsafe acts and obey facility safety rules and procedures.
  • Correct or report any observed safety hazards.
  • Support safety policies and programs.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time.

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Technical School Degree or coursework in boiler, welding, electrical and HVAC preferred.
• Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.

• Minimum six (6) years of maintenance experience in a food manufacturing environment preferred.
• Mechanical and electrical aptitude required.
• Experience reading and understanding electrical prints and troubleshooting electrical circuits required.
• Experience with three phase motors, transformers, and control circuits required.
• Experience in a fluid processing environment preferred.
• Experience with reading electrical and PID drawings preferred.
• Experience with basic welding, including stainless steel welding preferred.

• Forklift Certification preferred.

• Results driven, bottom-line oriented, strive to exceed goals, and motivate self and others to achieve positive outcomes.
• Demonstrate leadership as part of a cross-functional plant management team.
• Accurately scopes out length and difficult of tasks and projects, sets objectives and goals, breaks down work into the process steps, develops schedules and assignments, anticipates, and adjusts for problems or roadblocks, measures performance against goals, evaluates results.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision, adapt to a changing environment quickly, and think independently.
• Decisions administered soundly and consistently with policies and in compliance with appropriate laws and regulations.
• Able to exchange basic informational data (fill out forms/checklists, copy data from one record to another, etc.); interview to gather information;…