Maintenance Mechanic Grave Shift

Seneca Foods Corporation; Yakima (WA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

401K

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Seneca Foods Corporation is a leading provider of packaged fruits and vegetables with facilities across the United States. This maintenance technician role focuses on keeping raw fruit processing and packaging equipment in optimal running condition, troubleshooting hydraulics, and performing mechanical duties across shifts.

Applicants should read blueprints, interpret safety and operation manuals, and communicate effectively with supervisors and team members.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedural manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide all units in measure using whole numbers and decimals.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and schematics.
• Ability to operate a forklift.

Responsibilities

• Maintains and repairs all raw fruit processing equipment.
• Maintains and repairs packaging equipment.
• Rebuilds, repairs, and maintains equipment per specifications, pumps, gear boxes and various drives, augers and conveyors.
• Troubleshoot and repair hydraulic systems.
• Analyzes problems related to equipment.
• Sets up and starts equipment, lubricates machinery and parts, changes over equipment for product changes as required.
• Performs light machinist duties, plumbing functions - steam, water, air and hydraulics; maintains general housekeeping.
• Must exercise the ability to work with minimal supervision.

Skills

Reading documents

Report writing

Public speaking

Mathematics (measure)

Blueprint reading

Forklift operation

Equipment troubleshooting

Tools

Welder / Torch

Hand and power tools

Job description

Seneca Foods is one of North America's leading providers of packaged fruits and vegetables with facilities located throughout the United States. Our high quality products are primarily sourced from over 1,400 American farms. Seneca holds the largest share of the retail private label, food service, and export canned vegetable markets, distributing to over 90 countries. Products are also sold under the brands of Libby's®, Aunt Nellie's®, READ®, Seneca Farms®, Green Valley®, Green Giant (Shelf-Stable)®, CherryMan®, Paradise®, Pennant®, and Seneca labels, including Seneca snack chips. Seneca also provides vegetable products to other companies under various co-pack arrangements.

Seneca Foods offers an excellent benefit package including

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life insurance
• 401K
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Paid Time Off
• and more!

Help us make our Farm Fresh Goodness Great!

Pay rate: $23.50-$24.50

• Maintains and repairs all raw fruit processing equipment.
• Maintains and repairs packaging
  equipment.
• Rebuilds, repairs, and maintains equipment per specifications, pumps,
  gear boxes and varies drives, augers and conveyors.
• Troubleshoot and repair hydraulic systems.
• Analyzes problems related to equipment.
• Sets up and starts equipment, lubricates machinery and parts, changes over equipment for product changes as required.
• Performs light machinist duties, plumbing function - steam, water, air and hydraulics Also maintains general housekeeping
• Maintains and repairs all raw fruit processing equipment
• Must exercise the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must Conduct oneself in a professional and efficient manner and be capable of dealing with other employees, including Supervisors and Leads.

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 essential functions.

• Must be able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and Procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups Of customers or employees.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide all units in measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, volume, area, percent and draw / interpret graphs.
• Ability to use welder, torch, hand and power tools, etc.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and schematics.
• Ability to operate a forklift.

Seneca Foods Corporation is committed to providing equal opportunity for all, through a positive and continuing affirmative action program. No employee or applicant will be discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, military and/or veteran status or any other Federal or State legally protected classes. Seneca Foods Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and feel you need a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), please contact us at [e-mail] or call 585-495-4100.