Maintenance Technician

Responsible for ensuring that assigned equipment is operating and maintained and performs building/facility maintenance. Ensures that all tasks and functions of position are performed in a safe manner and that all procedures and requirements are properly followed to accomplish assigned tasks.

Key Accountabilities and Deliverables:

· Responsible for assigned equipment to meet/exceed operating standards in areas of quality, cost, safety, customer satisfaction and productivity as well as minimizing downtime

· Support Production and operators to ensure equipment runs as scheduled

· Perform PM’s on assigned machines to ensure that they run at their maximum capacity through cleaning, lubricating, belt replacement, changing filters, bearings, etc

· Make routine repairs to electrical, pneumatic, and servo driven equipment

· Participate on special projects as required

· Complete all paperwork neatly, correctly, on time and in accordance with Company guidelines

· Communicates with employees, including the proper and safe utilization of equipment 

· Able to work alone or as a team member

· Follows all GMP and safety rules and procedures

Skills and Experience:

· 5-10 years of maintenance experience in industrial manufacturing

· Ability to troubleshoot electrical, pneumatic, and mechanical breakdowns in industrial machinery

· 3-phase electrical experience

· Experience with VFD, PLC, and servo motors

· Facility maintenance, including plumbing and electrical work

· Experience with conveyor systems, scales, and packaging equipment

· Working with common hand and power tools

· Working with precision measuring instruments, electrical testing devices

· Time management

· Microsoft Office and Outlook

· Logging work electronically in CMMS system

Desirable Criteria:

· Have personal tools for work including rolling toolbox/cart. Some special tools will be furnished.

· Understanding of Lock Out Tag Out procedures

· Experience in rebuilding centrifugal and positive displacement pumps

· Able to read electrical schematics and blueprints

· TIG Welding

· Machining – mill/lathe

Education:

· High School diploma or equivalent

· HACCP (Food Safety) and Food Quality (desirable but not required)

Personal Attributes:

· Strong communicator

· Able to build interpersonal relationships with production machine operators and staff