Maintenance Mechanic - 1st shift

Job Description

We create the products and brands that people trust to clean, sanitize, and protect their homes and pools. When you join KIK Consumer Products, you’re joining a team that cares about the work we do and also about each other. We bring exceptional brands and products to consumers that help them protect the health and wellness of their families and the cleanliness of their homes and pools.

We are committed to building a culture of performance driven by accountability, collaboration, and agility that enables timely fact-based decision-making and exceptional execution with unwavering ethics. As one of North America’s largest independent manufacturers of consumer products, KIK helps a large portfolio of brands and retailers bring their products to life.

As a Maintenance Mechanic, you'll play a key role in keeping our production equipment operating safely and efficiently. You'll perform preventive maintenance, troubleshoot and repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems, and respond to equipment issues to minimize downtime. You'll inspect, test, and service a variety of manufacturing equipment while helping drive safety, reliability, and continuous improvement throughout the plant. If you enjoy solving mechanical problems and working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, this is an excellent opportunity to grow your career.

• Independently identify and repair equipment issues within assigned area with minimal supervision
• Diagnose and troubleshoot pneumatic and hydraulic systems
• Experience with troubleshooting bottling, filling equipment and gantry palletizers
• Diagnose mechanical problems, provide quick & innovative solutions for mechanical equipment breakdowns by applying proven skills in the principles of mechanics, fitting, plumbing, basic welding, metal fabrication, machining, troubleshooting, and analytical problem solving
• Promptly respond to equipment related issues with customer-oriented manner
• Perform general electrical repairs including wire connections, relays, photo-eyes, solenoids, working with 120v-480v, diagnose and wire up motors and troubleshoot variable speed drives. Must be able to properly use multimeter and read schematics
• Perform preventative maintenance, and safety inspections
• Modify, repair, install and troubleshoot various conveyor systems including but not limited to roller, belt, intralox, gravity, chain plate type
• Diagnose, rebuild, troubleshoot and replace various pump types
• Experience with using CMMS (MaintainX) and documenting emergency and planned work and good communication skills
• Modify, repair, install, maintain, improve, and troubleshoot various types of machinery, equipment and facilities in the processing & packaging departments
• Setup, takedown, and relocation of Process and Packaging equipment
• Frequently modify packaging & process equipment for new products
• Provide solutions to routine or unique equipment problems.
• Experience with general shop tools and fabrication including use of grinders, saws, presses, lathes and mills
• Lifting, twisting, carrying up to 45 lbs. is a requirement of the position
• Working in non-temperature and temperature-controlled environments
• Possibility of working around high noise levels, depending on location
• Be able to wear full face respirator as necessary
• Must be able to work in accordance with Health and Safety and GMP regulations

• 2 or more years’ mechanical experience in a…