Maintenance Mechanic DP0060 - Cherry (Swings)

Foster Farms; Fresno (CA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Foster Farms is seeking a seasoned maintenance technician for our Fresno area operations. You will troubleshoot, repair, and perform preventative maintenance on MDP grinding and packaging equipment, including Multivac, Ossid, Ishida scales, and spiral freezers.

Expect rotating shifts and weekend work as needed. Applicants must have five years of poultry maintenance experience, welding skills, ability to read blueprints, and strong English communication.

Qualifications

• Five years of experience in poultry processing maintenance or related field.
• Ability to troubleshoot and make on-the-spot corrections to emergencies.
• Weld, arc and heli-arc using cutting torch.
• Good written and oral communication in English.
• Self-motivated with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, repair, and perform preventative maintenance on all relevant equipment in the area.
• Generate work orders, store requisitions, and report deficiencies.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Welding

Blueprints

English comms

Lifting 50 lbs

Education

Five years poultry maintenance experience

Tools

MDP grinding

Multivac

Ossid Tray Pack

Ishida scales

Frigoscandia spiral freezer

Welding equipment

Job description

Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939. Since the founding days, Foster Farms has always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. Our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our valued team members will shine through in everything we do.

Foster Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms team. We offer the experience of a large organization, but operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage team members to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.

Job Description

Pay Rate: $21.00 - $30.00 per hour

(Additional $1.00 per hour for hours worked between 7:00pm and 11:59pm. Additional $2.00 per hour for hours worked between 12:00am-4:59am)

• 1. Troubleshoot, repair, and perform preventative maintenance on all MDP grinding operation equipment throughout the area, including, but not limited to: Multivac machines, Ossid Tray Pack equipment, Segment Line equipment, Wolftec Injectors, Brine mixers, Frigoscandia spiral freezer, Ishida scales and associated equipment, mechanical conveying equipment, electronic label printers, computers, vacuum packaging machines, Box making/sealing equipments, metal detectors, plumbing, pneumatics, welding, reading blue prints and schematics.
• 2. Generate work orders, store requisitions, report deficiencies.

Qualifications

• 1. Must have five years experience in poultry processing maintenance or related field.
• 2. Must be able to troubleshoot and make "on the spot" corrections to emergency situations.
• 3. Must be able to weld, arc and heli-arc, and use cutting torch.
• 4. Must have good written and oral communication skills, in English.
• 5. Must be self-motivated and able to work with a minimum of supervision.
• 6. Must be able to lift 50 pounds.
• 7. Must be able to work from ladder, safely.
• 8. Must be able to work rotating shifts, and weekends as required
• 9. Must be willing to cross train in processing maintenance area.
• 10. Must be able to stand for prolong period of time (8-10 hrs) on a concrete/metal grate floor.

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS:

• Other duties as assigned.

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