Maintenance Technician II/III 1st shift

Jobot

Chicago Heights, IL

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JOB DETAILS

SALARY

$30–$38 Per Hour

SKILLS

Control Systems, Conveyor Systems, Correctional Health, Distribution Control, Documentation, Electricity, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Failure Analysis, Food Production, Food Safety, Food and Beverage Industry, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), Government Regulations, HVAC, Human Machine Interface (HMI), Hydraulic Engineering, Identify Issues, Laptop PC, Leadership, Legal, Machining Operations, Maintenance - Electrical, Maintenance Services, Manufacturing Equipment, Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance, Manufacturing Operations, Motor Control Systems, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, Network Systems, Operational Support, Operations Management, Organic Food Production, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Preventative Maintenance, Problem Solving Skills, Procedure Development, Process Control Engineering, Product Safety, Production Control, Production Schedule, Production Systems, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Purchasing/Procurement, Quality Control, Quality Management, Record Keeping, Refrigeration, Root Cause Analysis, Safety/Work Safety, Sanitation, Servomechanism, Systems Administration/Management, Systems Maintenance, Team Player, Testing, Training/Teaching, Variable Speed Drive (VSD), Willing to Travel, Writing Skills

LOCATION

Chicago Heights, IL

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Today

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Salary: $30 - $38 per hour

A bit about us:

Founded decades ago and based in Chicago Heights, IL, with additional operations supporting large-scale food production, they are a leading food manufacturing and packaging organization focused on quality, safety, and operational excellence. They operate in a fast-paced, 24/7 production environment where collaboration across maintenance, production, and sanitation teams ensures consistent performance and reliability. They are committed to developing our people and maintaining best-in-class standards across our facilities.

Why join us?

Competitive Compensation: Strong hourly rate + overtime opportunities (DOE)
401(k) with company match
Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance
Generous PTO & Paid Holidays
Collaborative Work Environment: Partner across maintenance, production, and leadership teams
Career Growth: Opportunities to step into advanced maintenance leadership roles
Stable Environment: Established food manufacturing operation with consistent demand

Job Details

The Controls Technician 3 will maintain all of the plant and production electrical and control systems. This includes electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical and network sub-systems. The Technician will be responsible to train and to coordinate the efforts of Maintenance Technicians on all shifts and assist as necessary in troubleshooting and documentation of root cause failure analyses. Work by direction from the Maintenance Supervisor, Maintenance Planner and/or Maintenance Manager, ensuring that the maintenance and production schedules are adhered to.

Key Accountabilities

Inspecting, diagnosing, troubleshooting, repairing and maintaining food processing and packaging equipment in a food manufacturing production environment.
Must understand and comply with the company Allergen, Food Defense and HACCP policies
Must communicate with Supervision of any Food Safety and Equipment concerns
Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as necessary for task at hand
Report any unsafe work practices or injuries to your supervisor
Complete, legible and accurate documentation
Able to perform repairs, modifications and installations of automated production equipment.
Excellent mechanical aptitude.
Excellent safety aptitude.
Must demonstrate excellent trouble shooting skills.
Knowledge of VFDs, PLCs, PLC programming on multiple platforms including RS Logix and Factory Talk View programming.
Knowledge of servo drives, motor controls, pneumatics, hydraulics and power distribution.
Work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent verbal and written communication.
Regular and predictable attendance.

Responsibilities

Maintains troubleshoots, and repairs all manufacturing equipment such as wrappers, mixers, motors, conveyors, refrigeration systems.
Installs control and distribution apparatus such as switches, relays, and circuit-breakers panels.
Connects power cables to equipment, such as electric range or motor, and installs grounding leads.
Monitors and ensures that the equipment is in excellent condition for operation.
Performs preventive and corrective maintenance on the equipment.
Repairs faulty equipment or systems.
Installs powers on the new manufacturing equipment.
Visually inspects and tests machinery and equipment.
Listens for unusual sounds from machines or equipment to detect malfunction and discusses machine operation variations with supervisors or other maintenance workers to diagnose problem or repair machine.
Dismantles defective machines and equipment and installs new or repaired parts.
Cleans and lubricates shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.
Installs, modifies and maintains pipe systems and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, and repairs and replaces gauges, valves, SOVs, pressure regulators, and related equipment.
Repairs and maintains physical structure of facility.
Installs, programs, or repairs automated machinery and equipment such as robots and PLCs.
Maintain current documentation of all electrical and controls systems including device hardware and software.
Assist Mechanics in troubleshooting and repair of electrical or controls related failures.
Train and coordinate activities of Mechanics on all shifts as necessary.
Work from offsite locations occasionally to assist with equipment troubleshooting and repair.
Maintain production equipment while running on a product production schedule.
Perform electrical and mechanical inspection safely while equipment is in production.
During equipment down days the PLC Technician will coordinate work on the production lines taking care of any corrective, preventive or scheduled repairs in accordance with the company and/or machine vender specification.
In the event of an equipment breakdown the PLC Technician will oversee the Mechanical Technician to determine the cause of the trouble, repair and return the equipment back into production in the shortest time period.
Complete assigned tasks in accordance with government codes and regulations, GMP, safety, quality control, company programs and procedures.
Primarily performs preventive, scheduled or corrective repairs on batching and continuous process control systems, their networks, AC/DC and servo drives, pneumatics, hydraulics and mechanical components.
Maintain plant secondary systems for the supply of steam, hot and chilled water, pneumatic air, electrical power, refrigeration, HVAC and emissions control (oxidation).
Maintain work records in accordance with work orders, backlog and job assignment system.
May travel to various locations to purchase parts, attend training or for other duties.
Works to maintain and improve on the quality, legality and safety of each product and the processes used in their manufacture.
Responsible for keeping assigned work area clean and tidy at all times and reporting any potential contamination and suspicious activity to a Supervisor immediately.
Any other duties as assigned or volunteered for.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

CMMS
Must be able to create notifications and input time on work orders
Must supply feedback to update procedures and deficiencies noted in SAP
Must be able to write job specific procedures and establish job task frequencies
Must utilize all safety devices, comply with all safety policies and procedures at all times
Must exhibit semi-skilled mechanical and plumbing skills
Must display semi-skilled trouble shooting skills of processing equipment and packing equipment
Must have skilled electrical skills for 120V – 480V
Must exhibit skilled trouble shooting skills using laptop of PLC, VFD, HMI operations
Must be able to teach trouble shooting skills using laptop of PLC, VFD, HMI operations
Must have ability to read and interpret electrical, mechanical, instrumentation and control systems design documentation and vendor supplied documents
including Process &Instrument Drawings (PID), electrical single line drawings, instrument loop drawings, electrical cable, routing and termination ,
mechanical diagrams and machine layout drawings.
Must be able to fully incorporate programs utilizing Factory talk Veiw as well as software ladder logics.

Physical Requirements

Regularly required to climb, stand or walk for extended periods of time
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Able to stand up to a minimum of 8 hours
Able to work with product on moving conveyors

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions, wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and extreme cold.
The noise level in the work environment is often moderate to loud.

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COMPANY SIZE

100 to 499 employees

INDUSTRY

Staffing/Employment Agencies

FOUNDED

2018

WEBSITE

http://www.jobot.com