Production Maintenance Tech III 2rd Shift - Nature's Touch Inc.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist Maintenance Manager with delegating duties (i.e. projects, unplanned maintenance) to Production Maintenance team
• Perform diversified duties to install and maintain production packaging equipment and facility equipment and systems
• Effective communication during regularly scheduled and unplanned meetings to escalate issues appropriately and accordingly
• Provide emergency and unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production runs
• Perform scheduled maintenance repairs of facility equipment and production equipment
• Mechanical repair to include, pneumatics, electrical, mechanical, robotics, and conveyer systems on production equipment and facility equipment
• Read and interpret equipment manuals and electrical blueprints
• Diagnose issues, repair and replace parts, test and make necessary adjustments
• Follow preventive maintenance schedule to keep facility equipment and production equipment at peak performance
• Perform a variety of fabrication duties, when necessary
• Troubleshoot and diagnose programmable logic controls (PLCs)
• Detect faulty parts or equipment before failure, when possible
• Effective entry of work orders in computerized maintenance management software (CMMS)
• Use a variety of hand tools, power tools, electric meters, and material handling equipment in performing duties
• Effective operation of computer, keyboard, mouse, tablet, HMI, and cameras
• Effectively communicate with members of staff at all levels in a professional manner
• Perpetuate a team-player attitude by sharing knowledge across job-titles
• Perform some training duties to production line workers and maintenance team members
• Actively participate in company safety meetings and be a proponent of employee safety
• Follow all GMPs and all other company quality and food safety programs as they relate to the maintenance department
• All other duties as assigned

Competencies:

• Generalist knowledge of fabrication, mechanical, electrical, and technical
• CMMS proficiency and inventory proficiency
• Excellent communication skills and leadership ability
• Results-driven
• Initiative

Position Type:

This is a full-time position. Hours of work are Monday-through Friday: as needed for PM, subject to business needs can work Saturday's.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities

Travel Requirements:

This position will require minimal travel, if any

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or G.E.D. and completion of at least 4 years' (or equivalent) experience in an industrial maintenance role with food manufacturing and packaging experience (form-fill-seal) preferred and highly desired
• Must have leadership experience
• Must have at least 3 years' mechanical experience (or equivalent) in an industrial maintenance role
• Must have at least 2 years' electrical or technical experience (or equivalent) in an industrial maintenance role

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Knowledge and Skills:

Outstanding written and verbal communications skills, bi-lingual English/Spanish a plus, but not essential. Must be able to operate a computer, tablet, HMI and cameras.

Work Environment and Physical Demands:

Approximately 90% of work is performed in a refrigerated or sub-zero environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, twisting, feeling, fingering, crouching, crawling and climbing during the entirety of shift. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 50 lbs. Vision abilities require close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus with or without corrective lenses. This position works with a variety of tools that vibrate.

The Employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Employer does not discriminate in employment and no question on this application is used for the purpose of limiting or excusing any applicant's consideration for employment on a basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law