Primary Purpose: Repairs and maintains machinery, mechanical equipment, and plant facility

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs routine equipment inspections.

• Performs routine preventative maintenance.

• Responds quickly to equipment downtime by analyzing and identifying the problem.

• Performs complex non-routine and emergency repairs.

• Understands and follows all applicable safety policies, USDA requirements, GMPs, and industry standards.

• Keeps organized documentation of work tasks.

• Since this is a relatively specialized position and very few people can perform the tasks required for this position, regular attendance and punctuality are essential for the smooth operation of this department.

Non-Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Non-essential duties and responsibilities may be assigned to achieve the primary purpose or other purposes as determined by the company.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Advanced understanding of power tools, hand tools, and standard measurements.

• Speaks and understands English.

• Five years related experience in an industrial setting.

• Valid driver's license with acceptable driving record.

• Advanced (journeyman level) experience in one of the following: electric, hydraulic, pneumatic, TIG welding, millwright.

Physical Demands: *

• Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.

• Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell.

• Frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

• Must be able to use vision or hearing help diagnose mechanical problems.

Work Environment: *

• Regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts.

• Occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat and vibration.

• Regularly exposed to a noise level in the work environment that is loud.