Maintenance Tech

Business Unit 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's Norfolk, Nebraska location is northwest of Omaha. The area is known for its manufacturing, farming (both livestock and grain), education, retailing, and wholesaling. Well‑known as the home of Johnny Carson. Our location produces powdered and dehydrated meat and poultry products, for use in products such as seasonings, soups, and instant meals.

The Maintenance Technician L1 (MTL1) provides both Maintenance and Reliability services within the plant, executing with excellence and assisting with asset health improvement efforts. The MTL1 will ensure results while partnering with the plant maintenance team personnel, plant operational team, and all other plant support teams members for success. The MTL1 focuses on executional excellence of facility preventive and corrective maintenance programs, technical troubleshooting, equipment installation, adjustments, startups, and process improvement projects.

Candidates must be a self‑starter willing to accept maintenance and process responsibility and KPI results. This position has the responsibility to comply with safety work rules at all times and reinforce Safety as a Core Value. The role must be available to work scheduled work times, weekends, and holidays as necessary.

• Participate with reliability and maintenance team members to ensure personal safety, quality, delivery, and cost are continuously being improved to achieve company objectives and be an active member who contributes to the advancement of the MFI & ARM culture.
• Learn, execute, and champion Precision Maintenance® techniques ensuring procedural compliance and that job tolerances are met.
• 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 and assist maintenance craftsmen during precision maintenance assignments.
• Utilize MFI approved CMMS to manage, document, and support reliability reporting and decision making.
• Keep accurate and up‑to‑date records as required.
• Provide 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 and create a safe and healthy workplace for everyone.
• Adhere to quality work practices, follow GMPs, maintain sanitary conditions, and ensure product quality.
• Report conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality.
• Always ensure required regulatory compliance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Associate's degree or two-year technical certificate, or experience that demonstrates technical aptitude preferred.
• One year of experience as an industrial maintenance technician preferred.
• Ability to read and decipher mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and P&.
• Prior experience in SAP preferred.
• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and listen, stand and walk, and may be 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 may occasionally lift or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The employee will be exposed to a noisy environment that varies from hot to cold in temperature. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.