Manufacturing Maintenance Technician - M-F 2nd Shift

Manufacturing Maintenance Technician

Bel Brands USA is part of an international family company, which has led an ambitious growth strategy for 150 years and is today the world's third largest branded cheese company. If like our 12,000 employees globally, you want to have an impact in an entrepreneurial and demanding company, and share smiles around the world, dare to live the Bel experience! Be you. Be ambitious. Be Bel.

Bel Brands USA has been named Chicago's "101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For" for 10 years in a row. The company is headquartered in Chicago and operates three manufacturing plants in Little Chute, WI, Leitchfield, KY, and Brookings, SD.

Maintenance Techs are responsible for disassembling, reassembling and replacing worn and broken parts on all mechanical equipment, this may also include installation of new equipment. All electrical duties must be under the direct supervision of a qualified Maintenance Journeyman or higher.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Complete preventative maintenance and safety inspection programs for facilities and equipment as scheduled and assigned.
• Assist with maintenance on select plant production and packaging machinery and associated equipment.
• Responsible for providing facility maintenance services.
• Assist with diagnosing malfunctions in machinery and equipment.
• Accurately completes all maintenance documentation, work orders and paperwork.
• Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities.
• Uses effective approaches for choosing course of action and/or development of solutions.
• Knows how and when to apply technical skills or procedures and performs complex tasks in area of expertise.
• All other duties as assigned.

Safety, Environmental and Quality:

• Follows all safety rules and procedures by working safely and ensuring safety of others.
• Follows all environmental protocols as applicable to the job.
• Follows all Good Manufacturing Practices as stated within the policy.
• Follow all food safety procedures.
• Maintains a sanitary and safe work area; performs housekeeping duties as necessary and/or required.
• Detects potentially hazardous conditions and problems and takes appropriate action to report and/or correct.

Knowledge and Experience Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent with a minimum of 2 years of work experience in mechanical maintenance is required.
• Technical diploma or higher in electrical, mechanical, fabrication or other maintenance related field with at least 2 years work experience in a mechanical maintenance position is preferred.
• Mechanical: rebuilding of equipment, gearing, general repair, and troubleshooting equipment, is preferred.
• Fabrication: Some experience with sheet metal fabrication, to include welding, filing and machining where needed, is preferred.
• Plumbing and Pipe Fitting : pipe fitting, water, gas and air, along with sanitary lines and valving, is preferred.
• Refrigeration: refrigeration systems, ammonia and freezers, is preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge and ability to read and work from drawings.
• Demonstrated knowledge of safety and environmental practices, including emergency procedures.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience utilizing Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Experience with a maintenance work management system also required, preferably with SAP TEMPO.
• Must be reliable, resourceful, and conscientious and be effective in written and verbal communications.
• Must process good work habits and practice plant safety.
• Must be able to work any shift.
• Must provide own tools.

Competencies and Abilities:

• Ability to communicate and develop good working relationships with team members.
• Must be able to accurately and efficiently perform all job duties with a sense of urgency.
• Exhibit Bel's core values of: CARE, DARE, COMMIT.

Physical requirements:

• Stand/Walk: None
• Sit: None
• Drive Forklift Prime Mover: None
• Repetitive Hand Motion: Simple Grasping: 5% Fine Manipulation: 5% Pushing and Pulling: 5%
• Bend: X
• Squat: X
• Climb: X
• Twist Body: X
• Environmental Conditions: Hot, Cold Temperature, Wet, Dusty, Noisy
• Lifting Requirement: Sedentary Work Lifting 10 pounds maximum and occasionally lifting and/or carrying articles as dockets, ledgers, and small tools.

Bel Brands is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Bel Brands also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also Bel Brand's policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. Bel Brands is committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting people with disabilities and veterans.