Maintenance Technician I - (Nights)

The Mennel Milling Company; Caledonia (OH); On-site; USD 46,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

The Mennel Milling Company in Ohio is seeking a Maintenance Technician to support production, quality and warehouse by keeping plant equipment reliable and safe.

You will work 10-hour shifts, weekends every other, and overtime as required, while contributing to our food safety programs and continuous improvements in equipment reliability.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Must be able to work in high places and complete overhead work.
• Must be able to demonstrate the ability to use troubleshooting tools to include multi-meter and current meter.
• Must be able to weld including resistance, MIG and TIG welding.
• Basic electrical skills, troubleshooting basic motor control circuits and understanding electrical safety preferred.
• Familiarity with CMMS and machine shop equipment as well as the ability to accurately design, develop, document and fabricate machine parts.
• Must have solid interpersonal skills with the ability to listen well, and work in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Follow all food safety rules and regulations in respect to GMPs, OSHA, HACCP, the Global Food Safety Initiative, the US FDA FSMA and sanitation guidelines.
• Repair and maintain bearings, seals, lubrication systems, machine alignment and other complex systems.
• Transfer knowledge to operators regarding basic mechanical adjustments and repairs.
• Pass along knowledge to operators and report KPI’s.
• Attend required training sessions and continuously upgrade skills and knowledge.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Welding (R/MIG/TIG)

Electrical skills

CMMS familiarity

Reading/writing instructions

Documentation skills

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Multimeter

Current meter

CMMS

Job description

Title: Maintenance Technician

Department: Maintenance

Reports To: Refer to location organizational chart

Flip your Career

At Mennel, we believe in doing right and bringing our best to our people who are helping to feed the world. We promote teamwork and recognize the individual contributions everyone plays in the overall success of the company.

JOB SUMMARY: In this role, you will help sustain Mennel’s tradition of excellence established in 1886 as well as support our food safety programs and mission to reliably deliver superior quality, uniformity, and service. The purpose of this position is to support production, quality and warehouse through maintaining and improving the on-going reliability of the plant equipment and machinery. This position will sustain the Mission and Motto and Food Safety and Quality Statement of the Mennel Milling Company.

PRIMARY WORK SHIFT: Works shift as assigned and overtime as required.

This position works a 10-hour schedule that rotates days of the week. You must be able to work weekends (every other) and potentially some holidays.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Follow all food and personal safety rules and regulations in respect to GMP’s, OSHA, HACCP, the Global Food Safety Initiative, the US FDA Food Safety Modernization Act as stated in the FS&Q Statement, and sanitation guidelines as set forth by the company as listed in Corporate Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) and attend all required training sessions. Maintain the department/facility in an everyday audit ready condition.
• Responsible torepair andmaintainbearings, seals, lubrication systems, machine alignment, machinecontrolsand other complex systems.
• Responsible to transfer the aboveknowledge into complex packaging and processing equipment.
• Responsibleto pass along knowledge to operatorsregardingbasic mechanical adjustments and repairs.
• Accountable to know, understand and report KPI’s.
• Attend all training sessions asrequired.
• Continuously upgrade skills and knowledge to remain current with the latest technology.
• Report any unsafe conditions or actions to company supervisionimmediately.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory duties.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent required;
• Must be able to work in high places and complete overhead work.
• Must be able todemonstratetheability to use troubleshooting tools to include multi-meter and current meter.
• Must be able toweld including resistance, MIG and TIG welding.
• Basic electrical skills,troubleshooting basic motor control circuits and understanding electrical safetypreferred.
• Familiarity with CMMS andmachine shop equipment as well as the ability to accurately design, develop,documentand fabricate machine parts.
• Must have solid interpersonal skills with the ability to listen well, and work in a team environment.

Language Skills

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, memos, procedures, and plans. Ability to write, complete checklists and other basic documentation and correspondence. Ability to effectively present information or data in one-on-one and small group situations to co-workers, supervisors, and managers.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability

Must use solid judgment when making decisions. Must have ability to quickly recognize and plan for changing work duties and events.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to perform maintenance tasks, reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, twist, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds or more. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to conditions that are typical to a fast- paced manufacturing environment, including: moving equipment and machinery, dusty, hot/humid, and cold conditions; employee must be willing to work in all weather conditions, at heights, and in the presence of airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment usually requires the use of hearing protection. Work involves exposure to common wheat allergens.