Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

The Line Maintenance Technician's responsibility is to perform mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electronic repair and preventive maintenance on all plant equipment and structure of the facility. Key accountabilities and outcomes include observing all OSHA and facility safety rules and regulations, troubleshooting, diagnosis, and repair of mechanical and electrical failures, and ensuring preventive maintenance program is conducted on all plant equipment.

Work orders are completed using SAP-based CMMS. Candidates must be comfortable using a computer/tablet documenting their work. This type of work requires a high attention to detail and the ability to recognize and correct a mechanical or electrical issue before it becomes a problem. Provides emergency unscheduled repairs of production equipment using mechanical and electrical skills/experience to execute repairs in a timely manner to minimize downtime.

Perform welding, cutting, and soldering using electric and gas equipment. MIG and TIG welding experience on mild and stainless steel is desired. Reads and interprets equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service using existing documentation to execute repairs. This would include hard wire and PLC electrical drawings and mechanical blueprints. Duties may involve pipe fitting; boiler making;

insulating; welding; machining; carpentry; installing; aligning; and balancing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, freezers, or stairs. Employee regularly requires standing, reaching, bending, and moving about the facility. Vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. Hearing ability to meet manufacturing facility safety requirements. Knowledge, skills, and experience include high school diploma or GED required, technical school diploma with concentration in mechatronics and industrial instrumentation preferred, ability to troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair mechanical and electrical failures, ability to read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders, ability to read and understand related diagrams and symbols, ability to install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain industrial drives, ability to troubleshoot, repair, and maintain low voltage control loops, ability to install and wire instrumentation, high degree of judgment with the ability to look beyond the basic task list on the work order, ability to communicate in a professional manner with all employee levels at the plant, aptitude and willingness to keep pace with an ever-changing environment, three or more years of experience in food manufacturing maintenance environment preferred, experience in completing light machining and metal fabrication is a plus, experience in performing welding, cutting, and soldering using electric and gas equipment.

MIG and TIG welding equipment on mild and stainless steel is a plus.

Compensation:
In accordance with state law, the rate or range provided is a reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower, based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, shift differential, and location. Hourly Rate $40.00 - $49.00

As a family-owned company, caring for our associates—their whole selves—is a top priority. That's why we provide benefits and tools to help our people balance the integration of work and life: competitive compensation, health & financial benefits, paid time off, parental leave, family planning support, flexible work policy, associate resource groups, volunteering & community impact opportunities, holiday gatherings, in-house taste tests (we are a…