Lead Maintenance Technician – Industrial Equipment

Foster Farms; Delhi (CA); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Foster Farms is seeking a Maintenance Technician to analyze and repair brood maintenance systems at our California facility. You will read blueprints, install and repair equipment, and manage parts reports and invoices.

Supervisory duties include guiding trainees and ensuring safety and sanitation standards. The role requires proficiency in wiring, pumps, boilers, and control devices, with after-hours availability and a valid California driver's license.

Qualifications

• Four years of training or formal schooling.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Ability to work from a ladder.
• California driver license with acceptable DMV record.
• Willing to take after-hours calls.
• Ability to lead and train junior mechanics.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and repair brood maintenance malfunctions.
• Work from blueprints/schematics to perform maintenance/repair or install equipment.
• Report materials and replacement parts needed for jobs; prepare invoices as required.
• Direct/instruct subordinate trainees (Brood Maintenance Mechanics).
• Wire and install motors, switches, fuses, lighting, relays and control devices; determine pipe sizes for water/gas.
• Inspect and perform preventative maintenance on pumps, motors, foggers, heaters, feed systems, vaporizers, injectors.
• Install, connect, adjust, and calibrate pneumatic gauges and meters.
• Troubleshoot and repair boilers.
• Maintain safety, housekeeping, sanitation and disease control requirements at job sites.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Safety awareness

Education

Four years of training or formal schooling

Job description

Foster Farms is seeking a Maintenance Technician to analyze and repair brood maintenance systems at our California facility. You will read blueprints, install and repair equipment, and manage parts reports and invoices.

Supervisory duties include guiding trainees and ensuring safety and sanitation standards. The role requires proficiency in wiring, pumps, boilers, and control devices, with after-hours availability and a valid California driver's license.