Maintenance Technician - 10hr Evening & Overnight Shift

ZipRecruiter; Batavia (IL); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading dairy food processing cooperative as a Maintenance Technician, responsible for repairing and troubleshooting high-speed processing equipment. You'll ensure that production runs smoothly while adhering to safety standards, participate in preventative maintenance, and work in a dynamic team environment. Ideal candidates have the required technical skills, a strong focus on team efficiency, and a commitment to operational excellence.

Benefits

Group health and dental insurance

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Holidays

Qualifications

• Minimum of a twelfth-grade education in math and reading.
• Completion of Maintenance Skills Evaluation required.

Responsibilities

• Repairing and troubleshooting high-speed processing equipment.
• Performing preventative maintenance and installing systems.
• Ensuring safe operating practices and supporting operational urgency.

Skills

Industrial Electrical 480V

AC/DC Theory

Hydraulics

Pneumatics

Mechanical Maintenance

Digital Electronics

Print Reading

Control Circuits

Education

Associate's degree or equivalent

High School Diploma

Job description

Job Description

As employees of a farmer-owned cooperative, we come to work every day trying to honor the tireless effort and care these farming families put in every day, all day, 365 days a year. Our farmer-owners tend to think in generations, with some farms being run by the same families for over a century. We carry this approach into our business, knowing that each of us makes a difference in continuing these traditions, taking pride in nourishing friends, neighbors, the nation, and even the world with healthy and delicious dairy products. Our products include milk, flavored milk, yogurt, dip, sour cream, cottage cheese, and ice cream mix marketed under the Upstate Farms, Bison, Milk for Life, and Intense Milk brands.

Job Summary:

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for repairing and troubleshooting high-speed processing and packaging equipment, performing preventative maintenance, and installing systems and utilities within a 24/7 continuous dairy food processing facility. Must be a team player ensuring line efficiency goals are met. Work schedule is a 10-hour shift with rotating work days, from 2:00 pm to 12:30 am or 10:00 pm to 8:30 am. Multiple openings are available.

Responsibilities include:

• Troubleshooting and correcting issues using skills in industrial electrical 480V, AC/DC theory, hydraulics, pneumatics, pumps, mechanical maintenance, motors, digital electronics, print reading, control circuits, power supplies, power distribution, test instruments, and computers.
• Supporting operational urgency and production requirements.
• Ensuring safe operating practices for oneself and others.
• Using established preventative maintenance programs to maintain systems.
• Repairing and replacing defective parts.
• Adjusting functional parts of devices and control instruments.
• Repairing electrical instrumentation and control equipment.
• Collaborating with maintenance, engineering, and operators with good communication skills.
• Boiler operation and ammonia experience are a plus.
• Minimum of a twelfth-grade education in math and reading.
• Completion of Maintenance Skills Evaluation required.

Experience & Education Requirements:

• Associate's degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school, or one year of related mechanical maintenance experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must be at least 18 years old.

Work Environment:

Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. Occasional exposure to wet/humid conditions, high places, fumes, airborne particles, toxic chemicals, outdoor weather, extreme cold, and heat. The noise level is usually very loud.

Pay rate: $26.23-$36.23/hr.

*The hourly rate is as per the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The posted pay rate is one component of our total rewards package, which may include group health and dental insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and holidays.

Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, veteran status, genetic information, or other protected characteristics.