Maintenance Technician - Nights

Michael Food; Chaska (MN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Michael Foods, Inc. in Chaska, MN is seeking a Maintenance Technician L1 to provide both maintenance and reliability services in the plant, working with the maintenance and operations teams to improve asset health and uptime.

You will learn and apply Precision Maintenance techniques, perform troubleshooting, maintain CMMS records, support root-cause analyses, and uphold GMPs and safety policies in a fast-paced food processing environment. Strong communication across shifts is essential.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent required.
• Associate degree or technical certificate preferred.
• 1 year maintenance technician experience preferred.
• Ability to read mechanical drawings and electrical schematics; SAP experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Participate with reliability and maintenance teams to improve safety, quality, delivery and cost.
• Learn and apply Precision Maintenance techniques ensuring procedures and tolerances.
• Troubleshoot technical issues with experienced maintenance personnel.
• Maintain CMMS records and support reliability reporting and RCA inputs.
• Adhere to GMPs, safety policies and food quality requirements.

Skills

Reading drawings

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Industrial maintenance

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate's degree / technical certificate

Tools

SAP

Job description

Business Unit Description

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that’s First in Food.

Location Description

Michael foods, Inc. located in Chaska, Minnesota is known as the "best small town in Minnesota" with a highly rated school system and home of the PGA Tournament in 2018! As our community grows, we strive to preserve the small town atmosphere. Minutes away from beautiful lakes, major highways, shopping malls and the Twin Cities, it is the perfect location to work!. Our location produces a variety of potato products. For over 100 years, the Michael Foods family of businesses has leveraged quality ingredients and innovative processes to offer the finest products and solutions to our customers and to food-loving consumers.

Responsibilities

SUMMARY: The Maintenance Technician L1 (MTL1) provides both Maintenance and Reliability services within the plant, executing with excellence and assisting with asset health improvement efforts. The MTL1 will ensure results while partnering with the plant maintenance team personnel, plant operational team, andall other plant support teams members for success.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participate with reliability and maintenance team members to ensure personal safety, quality, delivery, and cost, are continuously being improved to achieve company objectives. Be an active member who contributes to the advancement of the MFI & ARM culture.
• Learn and execute and champion Precision Maintenance®techniques ensuring proceduralcompliance and that job tolerances are met
• Execute technical troubleshooting tasks working with experienced maintenance personnel
• Actively participate in maintenance training for maintenance personnel
• Actively participate in following reliability procedures for critical spares and parts
• Actively participate in implementing quality commissioning procedures for rebuilt or new equipment
• Actively participate and assist maintenance craftsman during precision maintenance assignments
• Utilize MFI approved CMMS to manage, document, and support reliability reporting and decision making. This will be accomplished through the guidance of MFI ARM standards.
• Keep accurate and up-to-date records as required.
• Provides input for root cause analysis (RCA) and Reliability Centered Maintenance to create an environment of continuous asset reliability improvement.
• Promote, and foster Michael Foods culture, values, and principles.
• Act as a role model by demonstrating safe work behaviors. Accountable for a safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety policies and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks.
• Adheres to Quality work practices, follows GMP’s, maintains sanitary conditions and ensures that product quality is maintained. Reports conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality.
• Always ensures required regulatory compliance.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent
• Associate's degree or two-year technical certificate, or experience which demonstrates technical aptitude preferred
• 1 year of experience as an industrial maintenance technician preferred
• Ability to read and decipher mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and P&A diagrams preferred
• Prior experience in SAP preferred
• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and listen. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, orcrawl; taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific visionabilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depthperception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee will be exposed to a noisy environment that variesfrom hot to cold in temperature. The physical demands described here are representative of those thatmust be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonableaccommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The pay range for this position is $34.07 to $34.07 per hour.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent
• Associate's degree or two-year technical certificate, or experience which demonstrates technical aptitude preferred
• 1 year of experience as an industrial maintenance technician preferred
• Ability to read and decipher mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and P&A diagrams preferred
• Prior experience in SAP preferred
• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and listen. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, orcrawl; taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific visionabilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depthperception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee will be exposed to a noisy environment that variesfrom hot to cold in temperature. The physical demands described here are representative of those thatmust be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonableaccommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.