Maintenance Technician (Experienced) - 3rd Shift

CTI Foods; Owingsville (KY); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

CTI Foods is a customer-focused custom manufacturer of quality food products with seven state-of-the-art facilities and over 1,800 employees. The Maintenance Technician inspects equipment, performs preventive maintenance, and ensures operational integrity across the plant.

You will read mechanical and electrical schematics, troubleshoot interlocks, and operate equipment to support daily production while reporting findings to supervision.

Qualifications

• 3 yrs of previous experience in maintenance.
• Associate Degree in Industrial Maintenance Preferred.
• Read, write, and understand English at a technical level.
• Able to read and understand mechanical & electrical schematics.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate integrity of equipment and determine potential or actual failure.
• Perform preventative maintenance on all facility equipment and machinery including office auxiliary equipment.
• Identify worn mechanical parts (sprockets, bearing shafts, chain, gearboxes) and replacements.
• Understand and troubleshoot controls and equipment interlocks.
• Understand and perform electrical shutdown procedures.
• Understand the fire system operation and valve locations.
• Operate and setup all equipment in the plant for Pre-Operational maintenance.
• Report concerns to the maintenance lead or manager.
• Perform preventive maintenance repairs as needed.
• Maintain operational integrity of all machinery and lubricate as necessary.
• Understand pneumatics, hydraulic basic controls, pumps and general operations.
• Operate conveyors, augers, pumps, etc. for Pre-Operational maintenance.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Technical English

Basic math

Schematics reading

Education

Associate Degree in Industrial Maintenance Preferred

Job description

We are a customer focused custom manufacturer of quality food products to exacting standards that delight our customer and their consumers.

The people of CTI Foods are our #1 ingredient that drive us to be the best custom food and culinary solutions team that has seven state-of-the‑art food processing facilities and over 1,800 employees from, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, and Texas.

We are a company that “Thinks Big and Acts Small.” Employees are treated like family. In order to succeed, it takes every person working together, being nimble, and executing at the highest levels. It is our responsibility to provide you every opportunity and resource to achieve that success.

Make an impact from day ONE at CTI Foods!

Job Overview

Responsible for routinely inspecting equipment and performing basic preventative maintenance duties as necessary or scheduled

Responsibilities

Routinely inspect equipment

• Evaluate integrity of equipment and determine potential equipment failure or actual equipment failure.
• Perform preventative maintenance on all facility equipment and machinery including office auxiliary equipment.
• Identify when mechanical parts (e.g. sprockets, bearing shafts, chain, gearboxes) are worn and need to be replaced.
• Understand and troubleshoot controls and equipment interlocks.
• Understand and perform electrical shutdown procedures.
• Understand the fire system operation and where the valves are located.
• Able to operate and setup all equipment in the plant.
• Report concerns or problems to the maintenance lead and/or manager.
• Perform preventive maintenance repairs as needed.

Perform basic maintenance duties as necessary

• Maintain operational ability and integrity of all machinery.
• Lubricate all equipment as necessary and verify that the equipment or parts accepts lubrication properly
• Understand pneumatics, hydraulic basic controls, pumps and general operations.

Operate Equipment

• Operate all equipment (e.g. conveyors, augers, pumps, etc.) in order to perform necessary Pre-Operational maintenance procedures.

All other duties as assigned by Supervisor

Qualifications

• Lift up to 50lbs
• Frequently move between warm and cold environments
• Read, write, and understand English at a technical level
• Complete basic math problems
• Able to read and understand mechanical & electrical schematics
• 3 yrs of previous experience in maintenance
• Associate Degree in Industrial Maintenance Preferred