Maintenance Technician - 1st Shift (6am - 2:30pm Mon-Fri)

POSITION TITLE: Maintenance Technician

POSITION STATUS: Full-Time, Permanent

LOCATION: Hazelwood, MO

DEPARTMENT: Maintenance

REPORT TO: Director of Maintenance and Engineering

Position Profile

Cérélia's newly established Frozen Breakfast Business Unit – US Waffle - is driving an ambitious growth strategy, backed by two manufacturing facilities, Liberty, SC, and Hazelwood, MO. To effectively support the rapid scaling of operations at our state-of-the-art Hazelwood facility, US Waffle is seeking a dynamic and skilled Maintenance Technician to join our team in Hazelwood, MO.

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing electrical and mechanical equipment in a food processing environment while meeting objectives for safety, quality, production/delivery, and cost. This position requires proficiency in multiple skill clusters, such as electrical controls, fluid power, mechanical systems, welding, fabrication, and manufacturing processes. This person will perform medium to high-level machine systems troubleshooting and repair and provide technical support for all phases of the operation. This work will be of average to considerable difficulty in the accomplishment of a variety of mechanical maintenance actions.

This strategic position will report directly to the Maintenance Manager.

Primary Responsibilities

• Receives work order/request, reviews to determine tools, equipment, time, manpower, parts, and supplies needed.
• When responding to crisis calls will always arrive at the scene with basic tools and equipment necessary to perform work.
• Read blueprints, schematics (including electrical), wiring diagrams, technical manuals, etc.
• Maintains various activity records and logs.
• Observe equipment or machinery while in operation to detect malfunctions.
• Disassemble mechanical equipment, identify faulty/worn parts, replace, reassemble, and test.
• Test major subsystems or components to localize problems using specialized equipment.
• Fabricate replacement parts which may require welding, cutting, or sheet metal work.
• Perform preventive maintenance on various mechanical systems and equipment. Install new equipment/appliances including utilities (i.e., electrical, water, gas, or drain lines).
• Responsibilities include installing, trouble shooting, and maintaining, mechanical equipment, piping systems, electrical controls/components in accordance with manufacturer’s specification, local regulations, and US Waffle food safety and safety policies.
• Performs preventive and predictive maintenance schedules on mechanical equipment such as pumps, packaging and slicing equipment, harvest and cutting equipment used in manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge and skills in operating a variety of small hand tools and devices used in general mechanical maintenance operations.
• Have a working knowledge of OSHA, GFSI, QF, USDA and FDA
  • Adhere to all FDA and USDA, Local Authority and GFSI food safety and quality policies and procedures, reporting any nonconformity.
  • Adhere to all OSHA safety policies and procedures, reporting any nonconformity.
  • Adhere to all GMP policies and procedures, reporting any nonconformity.
  • Knowledge of Lock-Out Tag-Out guidelines and adherence to Lock-Out Tag-Out practices while performing machine maintenance.
• On-Call availability 24/7

• Actively participate in plant programs and procedures:
  • Observe safety regulations, wear all required safety equipment, encourage safe working practices, correct obvious hazards immediately or report them to management.
  • Maintains progress report of work orders.
  • Aid in QA investigations into customer complaints where applicable.
  • Maintain a Master Preventative Maintenance Schedule
  • Assure customer needs are met by executing all repairs etc. in a timely manner.
  • Support the Emergency Evacuation Plan.
  • Support and maintain all management directives.
  • Actively participate in continuous improvement initiatives (i.e., 5S, Kaizen, lean tools etc.)
• Monitor and operate the wastewater equipment to ensure that the plant effluent is maintained at acceptable levels that meet regulatory requirements.
• Clean and maintain work area after mechanical work has been performed daily.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and 2+ years of related experience and/or training in an industrial mechanical maintenance or food manufacturing environment; or 4 years’ direct experience in an industrial mechanical maintenance or food manufacturing maintenance environment.
• Vocational Diploma, Technical Diploma or associate degree from a technical maintenance or vocational school. (Preferred).
• Possess the ability to function effectively in a team environment and interact productively with all levels of team personnel and outside contractors.
• Ability to handle stressful situations and remain calm.
• An organized problem solver, able to prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to operate a forklift, genie lift or scissor lift or other powered industrial trucks (PIT).
• Experience with High-Sped Packaging Machinery and industrial electrical PLC.
• Familiarity with Sanitary Environments is desired.
• Mechanical, Hydraulic, Pneumatic systems and Control System knowledge is an asset.
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication with an excellent command of the English language.
• Positive, proactive, and self-motivated with leadership qualities.
• Previous experience with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word) an asset.
• Experience working with CMMS software.
• Ability to read and execute work order, write daily reports, and translate equipment manuals.

POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK
This is a Full-Time Hourly position requiring 40 hours per week, and it may require working additional shift hours and weekends depending on the needs of the business.