MFG Building Facilities Technician

MFG Building Facilities Technician

Northgate Gonzalez Market has grown from one store in Anaheim in 1980 to over 40 locations across Southern California, and we're looking for passionate, customer-focused team members to join our family. We offer flexible schedules, opportunities for growth, and an associate discount of up to 20% for you and your householdall in a positive and fun work environment where you'll feel valued and appreciated. If you're enthusiastic, team-oriented, and ready to build a career with us, we'd love to meet you.

Position Summary:

Building facilities maintenance involves managing and preserving a property's physical structure, grounds, and core mechanical systems. Key responsibilities include executing routine preventative maintenance, ensuring health and safety code compliance, overseeing structural and aesthetic upkeep, and coordinating emergency repairs to minimize operational downtime. The role requires performing ongoing preventive maintenance, immediate troubleshooting, and repairs on building structure, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC systems. Works in conjunction and follows direction from FSQA Manager in the implementation of the Food Safety program. Works closely with Sanitation and Production departments to prevent water and operator damage to processing equipment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for his/her own safety.
• Tests, troubleshoots and corrects malfunctions of all processing and infrastructure equipment.
• Ensures that disciplined processes are followed in repairing and maintaining equipment. Refers to equipment manuals to evaluate maintenance requirements ensuring that manufacturing specifications are followed.
• Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts.
• Installs and adjusts/calibrates functional equipment parts.
• Executes and maintains proper lubrication in all processing and infrastructure equipment.
• Tests and run equipment to evaluate performance.
• Performs basic mechanical tasks.
• Performs basic electrical skills to assist in the repair of equipment.
• Works very closely with production, QA and Sanitation departments to troubleshoot every processing equipment in plant on a need basis and keeps it working as per operating manual.
• Assures that all mechanical and electrical equipment conforms and complies with all safety and operational regulations and requirements.
• Actively support plant safety and loss prevention activities including employee training, enforcement of safety procedures, accident investigations and timely implementation of safety and related repairs and improvements as needed.
• Performs carpentry, drywall patching, painting, and door lock repairs.
• Ensures full compliance with facility and department safety rules, HACCP, SSOP's & GMP's according to Company's Food Safety guidelines, and Lockout Tagout Procedures.
• Assists in the cross training of other Team Members to deliver the highest quality to Operations.
• Ensures proper safety Personal protective Equipment, (PPE) is always worn.
• Performs other duties as directed.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintains all equipment in optimum operational conditions.
• Executes all maintenance activities on utility systems to provide continuous supply of heat, steam, electric power, gas, or air required for operations.
• Inspects operating machines and equipment for conformance with operational standards.
• Follows the Safety program of the Plant and leads by example.
• Conducts daily throughout the day, visual inspections on all processing equipment.
• Perform high-quality MIG and TIG welding on various materials including aluminum, stainless steel, and carbon steel in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.

Position Requirements and Conditions:

Education/Experience/Skills:

• Minimum 1-2 years of hands-on experience in commercial facility maintenance, or industrial maintenance.
• Must have a strong background in electricity, plumbing, and mechanical troubleshooting.
• Must have basic Electrical skills.
• High school diploma required.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to think strategically and constructively in a team setting.
• Basic written, verbal, communication, interpersonal, and relationship building skills.
• Must have a solid attendance record.

Physical Demands and Conditions:

• (Occasionally 1-33%; Frequently 34-66%; Continuously 67-100%)
• Must be able to lift to 10 Lbs. (Continuously)
• Must be able to lift to 30 Lbs. (Frequently) and exert force up to 40 Lbs. (Occasionally)
• Stand (Frequently)
• Walking (Frequently)
• Sitting (Frequently)
• Use hands to finger, handle or feel (Continuously)
• Reach with hands and arms (Continuously)
• Climb or balance (Occasionally)
• Stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl (Occasionally)
• Talk or hear (Continuously)
• Taste or smell (Occasionally)

Work Environment:

• Warehouse environments may be subject to extreme temperatures with exposure to hot and cold environments, noise, and some chemicals.
• Frequent Office Environment
• Work near moving mechanical parts (continuously)
• Vibration (Frequently)
• Moderate noise (Continuously)

(The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

Hourly Range: $26.2500 - $30.28 USD

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