At Leprino Foods, we strive to be the WORLD's BEST dairy food and ingredient company. Leprino Foods is the world's largest supplier of mozzarella cheese and one of the largest suppliers of premium dairy nutrition ingredients. Our customers and business partners span the globe and include many of the world's largest food companies, restaurant chains and distributors. The Maintenance Technician is responsible for installing, disassembling, repairing, and maintaining equipment. The Maintenance Technician is also responsible for the safe repair and troubleshooting of malfunctioning mechanical, electrical, or instrumentation systems, the calibration of instruments, and performing mechanical, preventive, and predictive maintenance. This position participates on the hazmat response team (which requires candidate to be clean-shaven for the respirator to fit properly). Schedule:
- This position is Nights 7pm-7:30am.
- Leprino Foods is a 24/7 operating facility, and the employee must be willing and able to work weekends, holidays, and other shifts as necessary.
Pay Rate:
- $0.75 Evening Pay Differential for every evening hourworked between 6:00pm-6:00am
- $1.00 Weekend Pay Differential for every hourworked Saturday & Sunday
Responsibilities:
- Perform mechanical duties such as maintaining/re-building pumps, valves, conveyors, sprockets, gearboxes, etc.
- Complete preventive maintenance work orders.
- Work with industrial electricity (motor controls) to troubleshoot and repair electrical components and machinery including all three phase 480, 240 and other plant systems.
- Calibrate all plant instrumentation in a wide variety of makes and types specifications (i.e., temperature, flow, pH, vacuum, pressure, Foxboro, Honeywell, Micromotion, Fischer, Anderson, etc.).
- Perform work in a safe manner by following safety procedures and policies, critical safety rules, and expected standard conduct.
- Follow company's good manufacturing and safety policies and procedures. Maintain housekeeping in area (i.e., toolboxes).
- Communicate effectively with co-workers, team leads, and supervisors.
Requirements:
- Must be a minimum of 18 years old.
- At least two (2) years prior maintenance mechanic experience in manufacturing environment.
- Ability to pass a physical abilities test to assess ability to bend, reach, lift, pull, and climb stairs/ladders as required for the position.
Preferred skills:
- Mechanical repairs including rebuilding of gearboxes and process equipment.
- Experience with troubleshooting, installation, and repair of industrial controls (PLC 5, Control Logix, Devicenet, etc) experience.
- Prior experience with electrical background in a manufacturing facility.
- Experience with AC frequency drives and instrumentation.
- Prior Dairy/Food Manufacturing experience.
- Prior experience of utility systems, electrical controls, and schematic reading.
Physical Demands & Environment:
- This position will be exposed to working in a wet/slippery environment with loud noise in varying degrees of temperature. Must be able to withstand high heat and humidity.
- Specific vision may be required for this position, including close vision, distance vision, color and depth perception, and the ability to read computer screens for extended time periods.
- Ability to pass a physical abilities test to assess ability to bend, reach, lift, pull, and climb stairs/ladders.
- Must be able to lift up-to 50 lbs. hourly, climb a ladder, and walk up/downstairs regularly.
Leprino Foods Company supports a drug-free workplace and is an EEO / Affirmative Action EmployerM / F / Disability / Veteran Leprino Foods Company utilizes the services of Psychemedics to perform our Hair Follicle Drug Testing. Additional information about this process can be obtained atwww.psychemedics.com
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