Maintenance Technician I

Maintenance Partner

As a Maintenance Partner, you'll function in a team environment, reporting to the Maintenance Team Leader with direct responsibilities to the Production Team Leader and Team. You'll provide technical support to ensure a safe environment, producing safe, high-quality product, in a timely manner, at the best cost possible.

Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions:

• Maintains manufacturing processes and equipment in optimum condition; integrates several process techniques focused on achieving high levels of overall process effectiveness (TPO)
• Applies fundamental understanding of team in development and active participation in a team environment through Division and Plant team orientation, and safety and quality training
• Operates firefighting equipment, meters and test equipment, computers / desktop programs and related tools, shop equipment, including grinders, saws, threaders; adjusts set points and machine controls; shop equipment Repair & Replacement
• Regenerates PM / clean condenser units for chill water, glycol, holding freezer, and production cooling units; drains / changes oil filters on screw air compressor; replaces lamps; repairs wall and floor surface cracks
• Installs conduits
• Changes parts
• Replaces cylinders, valves, and pumps; rebuilds spare hydraulic cylinder; sets correct pressures on hydraulic system (for pie press)
• Replaces various shafts and bearings, filters, belts, chains, sprockets, and sheaves (using instruction manuals and parts lists)
• Replaces air cylinders, valves, and pumps
• Prepares surface; performs basic welding functions; may fill out OSHA-required Hot Work permit
• Monitors system pressures and temperatures; compares to standards; inspects systems for leaks; monitors fluid levels including glycol levels proper ratios
• Applies training and team skills to all safety-related areas (e.g., hazardous communication, lock-out / tag-out, fire prevention, confined spaces, hearing conservation, PPE, emergency action plan, drug-free workplace, powered MHE, blood-borne pathogens, storm water)

Qualifications & Key Requirements:

• Work Experience: 2+ years of experience in maintenance - Required
• Experience in electrical / mechanical / equipment (for building & process) repair - Required
• Ability to read, understand, and apply basic electrical and mechanical schematics, concepts, and principles - Required
• Understanding of building systems, including plumbing, electrical, lighting, foundation, plant air / cooling systems - Required
• Ability to identify entire sanitary drain system throughout the plan and locate the grease trap(s) - Required
• Ability to identify water distribution system and its individual components - Required
• Knowledge of locations and operations of power isolation devices in branch circuits - Required
• Knowledge of how to replace fuses, lamps, breakers, and switches - Required
• Knowledge of installing conduit - Required
• Understanding of basic AC / DC theory, including single and three phases - Required
• Understanding of basic wiring and electrical theory - Required
• Understanding of computers - Required
• Ability to work in desktop programs (MP2, e-mail, Word, and Excel spreadsheets) - Required
• Ability to change out electronic parts - Required
• Ability to demonstrate proper use of tools - Required
• Knowledge of how to replace cylinders, valves, and pumps - Required
• Knowledge of how to rebuild hydraulic cylinders - Required
• Knowledge of how to correct pressures - Required
• Knowledge of how to operate shop equipment (grinders, drills, saws, threaders, etc.) - Required
• Knowledge of how to replace various shafts and bearings, filters, belts, chains, sprockets, and sheaves (using instruction manuals and parts lists) - Required
• Ability to identify problems with gearboxes, pumps, valves, and other basic system components - Required
• Knowledge of how to replace air cylinders, valves, and pumps - Required
• Knowledge of how to PM and clean condenser and evaporator units - Required
• Understanding of refrigeration theory - Required
• Understanding of proper ratios (glycol levels) - Required
• Ability to describe all emergency HAZMAT equipment, its use, and location - Required
• Understanding of why acetylene bottles should never be used laying down - Required
• Education: HS Diploma or GED - Required

Physical Demands & Working Conditions:

• Travel by car or plane with overnight stays
• Regularly lift up to 20 lbs
• Occasionally lift 20 lbs or more
• Work extended hours
• Work rotating schedules
• Maneuver through the facility and perform functions of the job, with or without accommodation (standing, stooping, bending, etc.)
• Work in wet, cold, or hot environments, depending on Plant location, where temperatures are:
• Snacks: temperature-controlled environment ranging from 80-100 degrees F
• Floral: temperature-controlled environment ranging from 32-42 degrees F
• Meat: routinely 30-45 degrees F in a cold and wet environment, occasionally (-)20 or 85 degrees F in certain areas
• Milk: routinely 60-80 degrees F in a wet environment, occasionally 38 degrees F in certain areas, 110 degrees in others
• Ice Cream: (-)40 to 80 degrees F, certain areas in a wet environment
• Bakery: 80-100 degrees F
• Tortilla: 80-100 degrees F