Maintenance Technician

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats™, PEBBLES™, Grape-Nuts™ and Malt-O-Meal™ cereal and Peter Pan™ peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™ and 9Lives™ dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn or Facebook for the latest news.

Location Description

The Meadville, Pennsylvania facility is 135,000 square feet and home to about 290 hard working team members who are proud to produce iconic pet food brands like Rachael Ray® Nutrish®. Located along the banks of French Creek in Northwestern Pennsylvania and 45 minutes from Pittsburgh, Meadville is home to more than 13,000 full time residents and 2,000 Allegheny College students. Meadville is an active center for business, industry, education, the arts, recreation, service and tourism. Conneaut Lake, Pymatuning State Park and the Erie National Wildlife Refuge are wonderful places to appreciate the area's natural beauty.

Responsibilities

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES and ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Responsible for the maintenance and repair of all plant equipment
• Troubleshoots machines or equipment, replaces defective parts, orders parts not in stock, and adjusts equipment as necessary
• Diagnoses unusual sounds from machines or equipment to detect malfunctions and discusses machine operation variations with operators and other maintenance workers to correct problem or repair machine
• Performs mechanical and electrical troubleshooting and replaces parts as needed to existing systems
• Reads and interprets blueprints, program listings, schematics and mechanical and wiring diagrams
• Proactive in detecting and correcting machine performance problems
• Performs all preventative and scheduled maintenance as assigned
• Ensures that all safety devices are installed and operational
• Cleans and lubricates machine parts as required.
• Inspect and tests machinery and equipment as required.
• Installs equipment and completes work orders as assigned
• Prep the job by collecting all required tools and parts prior to shut down of equipment
• Work with Operations to plan start and stop of downtime in production
• Ensures that work is completed according to schedule
• Follow all lock out/tag out procedures
• Contacts appropriate person when questions arise
• Ensures that all Safety guidelines and procedures are followed
• Ensures that all SOPs are being followed
• Informs A-lead and Food Safety of any food safety concerns
• Adhere to all Standard Operating Procedures and job instructions
• Follow all GMPs
• Accesses needed parts and tracks what is used according to established methods
• Communicate with team members to convey status, bring up concerns, or point out roadblocks to getting the equipment back into production
  
  
  

Qualifications

JOB- RELATED COMPETENCIES

Education

• A post-secondary degree is preferred, consisting of a minimum 2 years vocational training in a maintenance or engineering related field.
• Certified Maintenance and Reliability Technician (CMRT) preferred
  
  
  

Experience

• Prefer five or more years of engineering or maintenance experience in a food processing plant environment.
• Thoroughly understand and follow all OSHA and Company safety regulations as they relate to the maintenance field (LOTO, CSE, PPE, etc.).
• Comprehensive understanding of Reliability Centered Maintenance.
• Able to achieve results while simultaneously executing multiple projects.
• Comprehensive understanding of CMMS and Microsoft Office programs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in a customer service environment.
• Able to work effectively in a team-based environment with multiple functional groups.
• Mechanical – Basic trouble-shooting skills with bearings, actuators, gearboxes, etc.
• PLCs- Able to call up screen and understand the logic
  
  
  

Physical Requirements

(Necessary to perform essential functions of job with or without an accommodation)

• Climb ladders and bins
• Maneuver in tight spaces
• Move items of 55-80 lbs. in weight from one place to another
• Stack repetitiously 60 lbs. or less
• Able to differentiate between colors
• Able to work in extreme temperature conditions (very hot or very cold)
  
  
  

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time