What are the responsibilities and job description for the Swine Maintenance Technician position at Summit Agricultural Group?
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Description
Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:
Complete repairs in swine facilities related to plumbing, carpentry, electrical, hardware / gating, heating and cooling systems Plumbing Carpentry Electrical Hardware/Gating Welding
Description
Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:
- Toilets
- Showers
- Bathroom
- Water heater
- Water lines for swine facilities
- Heating and cooling systems
- Framing
- Roofing
- Concrete
- 120 and 240 voltages
- Light switches, outlets
- Wiring fan and feed line motors
- Curtain machines
- Bolts
- Gate feet (bolting gates to concrete slats)
- Repair of feeders and gates
- Fabrication of materials
- Manage tools and parts inventories in service vehicles to enable timely completion of work orders
- Prioritize work orders to ensure high priority items are repaired first
- Safely work with hand and power tools to complete work orders
- Adhere to pig owners strict bio-security and animal well-being standards
- Perform duties in a safe manner and follow all safety policies
- Maintain positive relationships with clients, vendors, visitors, neighbors, and co-worker
- All other duties assigned by Manager
- Must be mechanical minded
- Ability to trouble shoot and utilize resources to problem solve issues
- Welding ability is not required, but preferred
- Comfortable working around livestock
- Work with limited or no supervision
- Required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel, crouch.
- The employee must be able to continuously repeat necessary movements such as bending, lifting and different hand movements as needed to complete tasks.
- Ability to lift or move up to 10 pounds frequently and occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to climb up ladders and over gates.
- Ability to climb on and off livestock trailers that can be as short as 40 inches in height.
- This position is performed inside swine facilities with the occasional need for some tasks to be performed in outside weather conditions.
- As times, exposure to loud noises along with dust and fumes particularly in Winter months.
- This position is full time that will typically work 50 hours per week Monday-Friday with the occasional weekend work with the additional availability during weather and staffing challenges.
- Working knowledge of three to six months of general maintenance
- Valid driver’s license with acceptable Motor Vehicle Record
- Valid, Unrestricted Class A Commercial Driver’s License, preferred, not required