Maintenance Mechanic- Night Shift

Darigold; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 65,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Darigold in Boise, ID is seeking a Maintenance Mechanic to maintain all plant equipment and partner with the Operations Division. Schedule: Thu-Sat and every other Wed 6:00pm-6:30am. $2,000 sign on bonus. You will perform repairs and preventative maintenance, read schematics, and fabricate repair parts.

Must be proficient in PLCs, electrical controls, and instrumentation, with strong teamwork and communication skills. Sanitary welding and boiler/refrigeration experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Min. 3 yrs exp. in mechanical/electrical maintenance, or instrumentation certificate.
• Food background preferred, specifically dairy.
• Experience in a variety of manufacturing areas.

Responsibilities

• Ensures operation of machinery by completing preventive maintenance on engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyors, and production machines; troubleshoot malfunctions.
• Controls downtime by informing production workers of routine preventive maintenance techniques; monitoring compliance.
• Fabricates repair parts using machine shop instrumentation and equipment.
• Proficient in process instrumentation including troubleshooting, preventative maintenance and calibration.
• Read, understand and troubleshoot using electrical schematics.
• General electrical troubleshooting of 24V, 110V, 220V and 480V systems.
• Understand the theory behind process flow.

Skills

PLC troubleshooting

Electrical controls

Instrumentation

Blueprints & schematics

Team collaboration

Sanitary welding

Boiler/Refrigeration experience (pref)

Education

Instrumentation certificate

Tools

Machine shop instrumentation

Job description

The Maintenance Mechanic must possess the desire and ability to maintain all plant equipment. As a member of the Boise team the Maintenance Mechanic will be a partner in the Operations Division. The Maintenance Mechanic's role is to perform repairs and preventative maintenance on all plant equipment.

Schedule: Thursday-Saturday and every other Wednesday from 6:00pm-6:30am.

$2,000 sign on bonus!

What You Will Do

• Ensures operation of machinery and mechanical equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements on engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines; following diagrams, sketches, operations manuals, manufacturer's instructions, and engineering specifications; troubleshooting malfunctions
• Controls downtime by informing production workers of routine preventive maintenance techniques; monitoring compliance
• Fabricates repair parts by using machine shop instrumentation and equipment.
• Proficient in process instrumentation including troubleshooting, preventative maintenance and calibration
• Read, understand and troubleshoot using electrical schematics
• General electrical troubleshooting of 24v, 110v, 220v and 480v systems
• Understand the theory behind process flow

What You Bring:

• Highly proficient and experienced in troubleshooting, PLC s, electrical controls, instrumentation
• Knowledgeable in the areas of mechanical machinery, steam, boiler, pneumatic & hydraulic operations
• Read/understand blueprints, electrical schematics and equipment manuals
• Strong team, verbal, and written skills
• Sanitary welding experience required
• Boiler and/or Refrigeration experience preferred

Nice to Have's

• Min. 3 yrs. exp. in mechanical/electrical maintenance, or instrumentation certificate
• Food background preferred, specifically dairy
• Experience in a variety of manufacturing areas (production, logistics), within consumer products.

Benefits of Working at Darigold

We understand that as an employee, benefits that support you and your family in and out of work are important. We're proud to offer eligible positions a competitive total rewards package – that includes:

• Employer 401K contribution of up to 9%
• Employer paid life & disability coverage
• $1.50/hours night shift differential (where applicable)
• Paid time off and paid Holidays
• 8 weeks paid parental Leave
• Community giving through matching donations
• Access to great dairy products & participation in our employee butter purchase program
• OT Eligible

Our Commitment to Diversity

Achieving our vision to Lead Dairy Forward requires cultivating and supporting a team with varying backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We are committed to providing a workplace based on mutual respect where all employees feel included and can bring their best and authentic selves to work every day. We're proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affine Action Employer. We welcome all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, marital status, creed, religion, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. As a condition of employment applicants offered a role will be required to successfully pass our pre-employment background screen, receive a negative drug screen result & confirm eligibility to work in the U.S. We participate in E-Verify - please follow the links for details, English / Spanish & view our Right to Work Statement, English / Spanish.

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