Maintenance Mechanic

Job Purpose:

Perform preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance and make repairs to production equipment and facilities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Use manufacturer's manuals, drawings, and blueprints to perform maintenance and repairs to production equipment.
• Perform mechanical and light electrical maintenance and repair (56 volts and under) to production and facility related equipment. Basic welding experience is desirable but not a requirement.
• Complete daily work orders describing work completed, labor hours, and parts used using the CMMS.
• Understand and follow safety lockout / tag out procedures when performing equipment repairs.
• Use manufacturer's manuals, drawings, and blueprints to request spare parts and repair parts.
• Understand and use proper lubrication techniques, paying particular attention to food grade oils and greases in food processing areas.
• Assist the production departments in performing machinery setups and changeovers as required.
• Suggest ways to improve the processes.
• In daily walkthroughs, make CMMS corrective work orders as you discover corrective work to be planned.
• Assist in the creation or modification of preventive maintenance task lists to continually improve the process.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• A minimum of 5 years maintenance mechanic experience in a food manufacturing operation.
• Additional trade school course work is desirable but not a requirement.
• Experience troubleshooting basic electrical failures.
• A basic understanding of the operation and troubleshooting of a PLC.
• Troubleshooting, replacement/repair of mechanical drives and gear boxes.
• Experience with conveyors and material handling equipment.
• Experience with metal detector operation, calibration.
• Experience with combustion-based food processing equipment such as oil and dry roasters.
• Experience using manual or computerized maintenance work order systems.

Intangibles (Nice to Have):

• Should possess a cooperative and team-based mindset when problem solving.
• Possess the skills and the ability to do it "by the book" but also have the ability to be creative when necessary.

Language Ability:

• Must have the ability to read manufacturer's service manual, blueprints, and parts manuals.
• Ability to effectively communicate with department supervisors and engineering.
• Written skills in completing work orders, purchase requests and time sheets in English.

Reasoning Ability:

• Must have the ability to read manufacturer's service manual, blueprints, and parts manuals.
• Ability to effectively communicate with department supervisors and engineering.
• Written skills in completing work orders, purchase requests and time sheets in English.

Working Conditions:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather). The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance.

Intangibles

Should possess a cooperative and team based mindset when problem solving. Should possess the skills and the ability to do it "by the book" but also have the ability to be creative when necessary.