Maintenance Technician

Equipment Maintenance Technician

Performs a variety of duties relating to equipment maintenance, repair, and optimization in a facility specializing in sauces, dressings, marinades, and other fluid consumable goods. These duties include but are not limited to maintenance and optimization of current equipment, maintenance of overall plant and building infrastructure, provide technical support to other departments (i.e. sales, production, QA, and R&D), managing spare parts inventory and associated vendors, and overseeing work order execution, completion, and inspection when performed by outside contractors while adhering to all policies & procedures established by Signature Sauces, FDA, USDA, and/or any outside auditing programs/companies and maintaining a safe and ergonomic working environment. Mandatory Saturday work may be required from time to time based on production needs.

Benefits include a $1,000 sign on bonus, 401(k) matching, dental insurance, disability insurance, employee discount at our sister company Stancato's Italian Restaurant, health insurance, health savings account, company paid life insurance, 5 days paid time off, 2 paid sick days, paid holidays, paid down maintenance days, retirement plan, vision insurance, free catered lunch every shift, company provided lockers & lock, and free laundered uniforms.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Able to operate, start up, shut down, assemble, tear down, and change over all production equipment.
• Able to troubleshoot equipment breakdowns and develop corrective actions to avoid future downtime.
• Maintain and execute preventative maintenance schedule for all production and warehouse equipment.
• Maintenance and troubleshooting of basic electrical systems utilizing VFD's, potentiometers, e-stops (and associated hardware), and overload protection (thermal & magnetic) that may or may not interface with a PLC or other HMI.
• Maintenance and troubleshooting of basic pneumatic systems utilizing regulators, pneumatic-> electric converters, lubrication applicators, actuators, 4-way manifolds, solenoids, and needle valves that may or may not interface with a PLC or other HMI.
• Responsible for collecting and analyzing data relating to equipment performance, breakdowns, repairs, and utility usage.
• Assist in training new line operators or cross training current production staff and supervisors.
• Ability to operate an electric tow motor, electric pallet jack, and scissor lift
• Ability to read and interpret equipment operation & service manuals.
• Knowledge and understanding of GMP's, SSOP's, Lock Out/Tag Out, USDA regulations, and FDA regulations.
• Must have excellent communication skills and be able to work in a team oriented environment.

Education and/or experience: Two to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. This position requires a well-organized individual that is self motivated and takes charge, is dependable and responsible, enjoys new opportunities and challenges, enjoys working with and developing people, deals with criticism calmly and effectively, is attentive to detail and is thorough in completing tasks as assigned and on time, is flexible and open to change. Must be knowledgeable in pneumatic, electric, & steam systems & their associated components, liquid pumps (PD & centrifugal), PLC's, HMI's, electric motors, and gearboxes.

Language skills: Able to read, analyze, and interpret equipment manuals, blueprints, electric and pneumatic schematics, general business periodicals, and or governmental regulations. Able to effectively present information and respond to questions from customers, staff and managers.

Mathematical skills: Ability to work with mathematical and mechanical concepts such as probability, electricity, pneumatics, steam, and weights and measures.

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is required to regularly stand, stoop, kneel and walk. The employee must frequently lift 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 80 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. The work environment is quick paced in close quarters. Exposure to heat from equipment and products is frequent. Exposure to cool temperatures form coolers/freezers is occasional.