Maintenance Technician I

Position: Maintenance Technician I

Pay: $19.32- $23.00 per hour

3rd shift: 8:00pm-4:30am Monday-Friday with overtime as needed

Shift differential: for 2nd and 3rd shift of $1.50 per hour Sign-On Bonus of $500 and performance incentives. 

SUMMARY

The primary role of the Industrial Maintenance Mechanic is to provide competent & effective Electrical and Mechanical Maintenance support to the Plant and Facility operations in a SAFE manner. The Maintenance Mechanic will be responsible for maintaining, adjusting and repairing of plant machinery to meet industry standards while ensuring compliance with all regulatory agencies, including but not limited to USDA, OSHA, FDA, EPA, SQF and Local Governments. The position will require a flexible schedule focusing on preventive maintenance and production support. This role reports to the maintenance manager.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
•    The duties and responsibilities of a Industrial Maintenance Mechanic include maintaining operations equipment following LOTO, GMP and food safety practices in a quick efficient manner. Also included the following.
•    Install and/or troubleshoot manufacturing equipment such as conveyors, formers, case erectors, wrappers, x-ray units, metal detectors, mixers and industrial sized oven.
•        Follow work instructions and OSHA safety rules, including the use of all PPE and other safety equipment in an industrial environment.
•    Must be able to work safely with electricity and have experience with single and 3 phase circuits. Working with 480V is required as well.
•        Must be able to read and use blueprints, schematics, maintenance manuals, required tools, and various types of standard testing equipment with the ability to fabricate metal to some acceptable level.
•    Diagnose problems, replace and repair parts, detect and replace defective items, test and make final adjustments for high speed production equipment.
•    Must be able to maintain equipment in accordance with diagrams and manufacturer's specifications while following preventative maintenance, work orders and scheduled PM’s in a CMMS program.
•    Maintain a clean and efficient parts inventory while notifying of stock depletion for reorder in CMMS.
•    Be able to use Lathes, mills, bandsaw, drill press, etc. as required to repair parts or fabricate parts as needed.
•    Complete PMs efficiently and thoroughly.
•    Able to operate equipment such as forklifts, scissors lift, and other appropriate equipment.
•    Maintain current GMP, SQF, Food Safety practices.
•    Other duties as assigned.
 
QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The following list that follows is representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required:
•    3+ years of experience working as an experienced level Industrial Production Mechanic, Food production a plus.
•    Willing to work 2nd or 3rd shift if required and flexibility to work overtime and weekends on business need requirements.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
A high school diploma or its equivalent is required. Complete working knowledge of the manufacturing process, typically resulting from a minimum of 3 year of experience in related jobs.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read and interpret quality documents, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, and energized equipment. The noise level in the work environment varies depending on tasks.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50-75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

OTHER DUTIES
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK
This is a Full Time Non-Exempt position 40 hour per week, and it may require working additional hours depending on business need requirements.
 

TRAVEL
No travel is expected for this position.

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