Job Summary:
Responsible for performing complex maintenance and repair of electrical and mechanical equipment in a food manufacturing plant.
Compensation:
- Compensation up to $35.00/hour, based on skills, experience, qualifications and testing
- Premium healthcare benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement savings account
- Company paid life insurance, vacation, holidays and sick days
- Full-time, 40-hour work week plus overtime opportunities
Responsibilities:
- Troubleshoots electrical controls and power components and circuits wired in automated equipment within the food manufacturing plant.
- Operates, troubleshoots, repairs, modifies and installs programmable logic controllers and associated networks.
- Performs complex diagnostic testing on all equipment within the food manufacturing plant.
- Dismantles, adjusts, repairs and assembles equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, operating or repair manuals, rough sketches or drawings.
- Fabricates parts and welds as required.
- Interfaces with production supervisors and workers to solicit information about problems, and performance issues.
- Maintains a clean and well organized work area that promotes safety and efficiency.
- Ensures compliance with applicable quality system standards and the unit’s food safety and security programs in support of essential manufacturing strategies and practices.
- Serves as alternate to Maintenance Mechanics to ensure effective coverage of the Safe Quality Food responsibilities pertaining to that position.
Qualifications:
- Associate’s degree in electrical and/or mechanical field or equivalent trade knowledge in a formal registered training program preferred and 4+ years maintenance experience in similar environment. Knowledge and experience may be substituted for degree.
- Must pass Ramsey PLC Basics Test.
- Demonstrated ability to work with computer work station used to program and debug process control systems.
- Proven proficiency working with basic tool room equipment, hydraulic systems, programmable logic controllers and ladder logic.
- Experience with electrical/controls circuits and troubleshooting.
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints, maintenance manuals and sketches, perform basic math and handbook formulas, and use a variety of measuring instruments.
- Ability to work independently; normally receives no instruction on routine work, general instruction on new assignments.
- Advanced electrical, mechanical and welding skills a must.
- Works on assignments that are complex in nature where judgment is required in performing maintenance and repair.
- Strong verbal and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to maintain a clean and organized work area that promotes safety and efficiency.
- Ability to work varied shifts, including weekends.