Maintenance Technician - 4th Shift Kiel

Sargento Foods Inc.; Kiel (WI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical including Fertility and Adoption benefits

Onsite Health & Wellness Center

Employer 401K contribution in the top 1% of the nation

Tuition Assistance

Access to Employee Store

Job summary

Sargento Foods Inc. in Kiel, Wisconsin is seeking a Maintenance Technician to perform preventative and predictive maintenance on manufacturing equipment. This role requires a focus on safety, quality, and ensuring production standards are met.

The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of manufacturing experience, strong troubleshooting skills, and the ability to work both independently and in a team environment. A comprehensive benefits package includes a $5,000 sign-on bonus, medical, dental, vision insurance, and a 401K contribution.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of direct manufacturing experience required.
• High level of proficiency and mental alertness needed.
• Understanding of control systems and power systems is essential.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventative and predictive maintenance on equipment.
• Maintain a safe working environment and GMP practices.
• Utilize maintenance diagnostic tools for troubleshooting.
• Assist in training Maintenance Apprentices and other staff.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Mechanical maintenance

Troubleshooting

Pneumatic systems

Hydraulic systems

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

3+ years of manufacturing experience or associate's degree

Job description

Provide preventative, predictive maintenance. Electrical, mechanical, troubleshooting, repair, rebuild, replace in‑kind components and parts. Additional details of related skills needed at pre‑defined maintenance tech levels can be found in the Maintenance Technician Skills Matrix. Primary focus is to maintain manufacturing equipment to ensure safety, quality and production standards are met.

Kiel Plant | 4th Shift - 10pm-6am Sunday-Thursday + Weekend based on business needs

$5,000 sign on bonus

Benefits that set us apart.

• Comprehensive medical including Fertility, Adoption benefits, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Onsite Health & Wellness Center
• Employer 401K contribution in the top 1% of the nation
• Tuition Assistance
• Access to Employee Store

What You Do.

• Maintain and promote a safe working environment taking appropriate safety precautions and measures.
• Always maintain GMP knowledge and execute GMP practices. Strict housekeeping (including tool reconciliation) of all work areas essential throughout facility.
• Take pride and ownership in task and job performed while ensuring operational safety, plant performance and line uptime are optimized.
• Follow established maintenance processes and required standards of excellence.
• Utilize the predictive maintenance diagnostic tools and procedures provided, interpreting and documenting results. Taking appropriate measures to prevent failure.
• Maintain, systematically troubleshoot, repair, and replace in‑kind, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic parts primarily for manufacturing equipment.
• Job task assignments and tasks will be performed through the computerized maintenance management system.
• Complete work order assignments within the given amount of time directed. Report any need for deviation through proper channels.
• Involvement in Continuous Improvement initiatives and Root Cause Analysis is essential. Research and suggest improvements based on recognized repetitive failure or substandard manufacturing practices, environment compatibility, etc. are expected.
• Optimize and refine PMs based on findings, such as frequency, task list, etc.
• Provide support for opposing shifts, maintenance related activity or projects.
• Daily interaction with production team related items as needed.
• Share any newly learned discoveries pertinent to repair or troubleshooting techniques that will assist team to respond more efficiently and safely.
• Assist in the training of Maintenance Apprentices, Machine Specialists, and other Sargento employees including validating work performed as required.
• Communicating and conversing professionally and technically with maintenance, operations, engineering, and other resources to solving machine related issues and taking appropriate steps keeping equipment in peak operational condition.
• Expected to maintain minimum level of proficiency as defined by skills listed and evaluated for this job responsibility on the Maintenance Technician Skills Matrix.
• Expected to rotate and understand all equipment functions of the plant.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor and/or plant engineer.

Your Education and Experience.

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 3+ years of direct manufacturing experience in electrical and mechanical maintenance or an associate's degree in a related technical discipline.

Your Qualifications.

• Requires a high level of proficiency and mental as well as physical alertness.
• Ability to work independently with resourcefulness, originality, and initiative.
• Understanding of functional criteria for control systems, power systems, and electronic device selection.
• Soft skills, interacting, positive reinforcement, teamwork, we not me attitude, highly cooperative, attentive, leading by example, etc.
• Skills and competencies further defined in attached functional expectations for this position.
• To maintain and stay current, as well as comply with State of Wisconsin license criteria, Maintenance Technicians roles must attend specified training in relevant and accepted classes.

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