Senior Reliability Technician - Nights

Job Description:

Job: Senior Reliability Technician

Shift: Nights 6:00PM-6:30AM; 223 Rotating Shift $3 shift differential for nights

Location: Royal Canin (Fremont, NE)

Reliability Tech II should have the ability to troubleshoot various competencies: Advanced pneumatic, basic hydraulic, AC/DC electrical systems, automation (PLC and Instrumentation), automation, machining, and mechanical systems on all process and packaging equipment with minimal guidance. As part of a team, properly maintain and repair equipment in a fast paced, high production work environment, while prioritizing multiple mechanical/electrical and administrative tasks. Reliability Tech IIs will be able to train junior technicians on technical and administrative skills. They will also be a main escalation point on shift to ensure issues are resolved quickly and planned work is completed or passed on to next shift.

Key Accountabilities-

• Practice safety and support team safety awareness
• Assist with completion of team workload as scheduled
• Ensure information is entered in the CMMS to track utilization and feedback is given on all work completed during shift
• Coordinate and prioritize assigned daily workload.
• Ensure major issues are recorded and communicated to upper management.
• Ensure issues and temporary repairs are escalated to Area Maintenance Leads and oncoming shift to ensure plan to fully resolve is in process.
• Support team with positive motivation and team engagement.
• Mentor junior technicians on maintenance practices and all technical disciplines needed to be successful as a technician.
• Be a main point of contact for first escalations from operations to ensure these issues are resolved quickly.
• Suggest and work on continuous improvement initiatives to achieve zero losses due to equipment failures and technical issues.
• Participate in RCA on equipment and process failures to provide insight and suggest corrective actions.
• Audit PMs and task lists, giving feedback on improvement ideas and ensuring all parts listed are accurate.
• Give feedback to Area Maintenance Leads on scheduled work to ensure work is completed accurately and completely.
• Communicate effectively on shift and to the technical team to ensure any support requests are fulfilled.
• Basic MIG and TIG welding ability for repairs.
• Ensure storeroom processes are followed correctly to ensure inventory is accurate.
• Other duties as assigned by Area Maintenance Leads and Reliability Manager.
  
  

Key Critical Competencies-

• Ability to troubleshoot AC/DC Electrical components (up to 480VAC 3 Phase) including motor starters, switches and sensors found on all assigned equipment using basic test equipment such as multi-meters and amp probes
• Possess a fundamental understanding of electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic schematics and mechanical drawings in order to solve problems in a timely manner at the component level on all assigned equipment, i.e. sorting systems and palletizing robots
• Willingness to develop required technical skills
• Ability to train on technical skills applicable to role
• Significant troubleshooting capability
• Conflict management
• PLC/Instrumentation troubleshooting skills
• Ability to engage and work with vendors to complete projects
• Food safety, ISO, HACCP, Food processing and materials conversion
• Excellent technical problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Organizational and time management skills
  
  

Qualifications-

Minimum

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 5 years of experience as an Electro/Mechanical Technician in a manufacturing environment
  
  

Preferred

• Associates degree in a Technical discipline, preferably Industrial Maintenance Technology
• 6 years of experience as Electro/Mechanical Tech in manufacturing setting
  
  

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 140,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.