Lief Labs is a premier formulation and product development innovator and manufacturer of dietary supplements. Our in-house Product Development and R&D team create the best-tasting and most cutting-edge formulations of supplements. Lief also houses a state-of-the-art, full-service Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) manufacturing facility, which offers custom solutions for a multitude of supplement categories. Lief collaborates with entrepreneurial firms to help them build premier brands. Our turnkey solutions allow us to engage in seamless partnerships that help brands with scalability and sustainable growth. The company is based in Valencia, CA.
Summary
The Maintenance Technician II is responsible for the support of production equipment and other facility assets. This Technician must be able to perform preventative maintenance, troubleshoot, maintain and repair operating equipment during production and breakdowns. In addition, the Maintenance Technician will work with others to achieve plant business objectives of safety, productivity, customer service, quality, cost and environmental protection.
Responsibilities
•Troubleshoots production equipment and mechanical failures, repairs and performs preventive maintenance (PM) as required to ensure equipment reliability.
•Assists Operations, Quality and Engineering teams with root cause analysis for 5 Why's, change management, Incident Management, and Non-Conformances to identify reasons for incident causes.
•Works with operators and support production and transfer skills to other technicians
•Supports the daily operations of Planned Maintenance, Corrective Maintenance, and Preventive Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance standards while working with teams, focus priority, and plant directives.
•Accurately and fully completes all regulatory and compliance related documentation and procedures.
•Work with teams to fabricate machine parts as needed and responsible for shop cleaning and 5S.
•Ensures completion of work orders as scheduled and document in the CMMS in a timely manner.
•Reviews equipment instructions, blueprints, electrical, and pneumatic schematics to ascertain test specifications, procedures, objectives, test equipment, nature of technical problem, and possible solutions such as part redesign, substitution of material or parts, or re-engineering of parts or subassemblies.
•Participates and lead work groups or team activities related to plant performance improvement.
Supervisory Responsibilities
None
Work Environment:
The office is clean, orderly, properly lighted, and ventilated. Noise levels are considered low to moderate. Field conditions vary. Exposed to various raw materials, including allergens (i.e., milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nut, peanuts, wheat, soy).
Minimum Qualifications
Knowledge
High School Diploma or GED Equivalent
Skills/ Abilities

• Strong commitment to safety and quality processes, including but not limited to Lockout Tag Out (LOTO).
• Ability to analyze, troubleshoot and perform repairs.
• Understands electrical, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
• Understand Ohms law, voltage availability.
• Understand electrical; 460 VAC 3-phase and 110 VAC control sources as far as determining power.
• Knowledge of controls and PLC troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated ability to perform electronic, mechanical and hydraulic repairs used in electrical and mechanical maintenance technician work assignments.
• Must be able to use basic hand tools and specialized tools as appropriate.
• Basic Microsoft Office knowledge and/or Computerized Maintenance Management System knowledge desired.
• Excellent verbal/written communication and customer service skills.
• Problem Solving
• Planning & organizing
• Team player attitude that is a highly disciplined, problem-solver with a strong work ethic.
• Flexibility/ adaptability/ multi-tasking

Work Environment
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may regularly require to talk, hear and grasp items. This position is active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day.
Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, strong fumes, loud noises, and occasionally extreme temperatures.
The employee must frequently grasp, lift and/or move items 10 pounds and occasionally grasp, lift and/or move items 33lbs.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Additional Information
The Salary Range for this position at Lief Labs is $23.00-$30.00 hourly (USD). Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to market demands, experience, training, skills, and education. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, wellness benefits, education reimbursement program, and PTO. This position is bonus eligible.
Lief is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career center as a result of your disability. To request accommodation, contact the Lief Human Resources department.
Lief will consider employment-qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.
Lief uses E-Verify to confirm work eligibility in the United States. E-Verify compares the information on your Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to official government records.