Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance Technician

Clover-Sonoma; Petaluma (CA); On-site; USD 123,984,000 - 133,627,000; Full time

Job summary

Clover Sonoma, based in Petaluma, CA, is seeking a Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance Technician to support milk processing, bottling, and distribution facilities. The role reports to the Sr.

Systems & Facilities Engineering Manager and pays $43.69/hour with a $2.00 monthly increase per the CBA. The candidate will perform preventative maintenance on filling machines, HVAC, piping, and related equipment, while maintaining safety and quality records under Clover’s Food Safety and Quality

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum 5 years applicable experience.
• Valid Driver’s License and insurability per company policy.
• Certificates in welding, electrical, pneumatics, and hydraulics or equivalent experience.
• Strong electrical and mechanical skills.
• Intermediate plumbing skills.
• Previous manufacturing equipment repair experience.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure.
• Experience following Good Manufacturing Procedures.
• Basic computer knowledge and ability to read manuals.

Responsibilities

• Preventative maintenance and repair of filling machines and related equipment (casing, stacking, conveyance, palletizing, wrappers).
• Maintain valves, pumps, separators, HTSTs, and CIP systems.
• Service HVAC, boilers, pneumatic, refrigeration, lighting, electrical systems, and wastewater systems.
• Maintain records to forecast service needs and ensure equipment operates optimally.
• Troubleshoot PLCs, VFDs, control voltages (24 VDC/24 VAC) and 120/208/220/380/480 VAC systems.
• Maintain sanitary conditions in line with regulations and Clover policies.
• Adhere to Clover’s Food Safety and Quality programs.
• Understand roles and responsibilities to maintain food safety and quality.

Skills

Electrical skills

Mechanical skills

Plumbing skills

GMP adherence

Computer literacy

Reading manuals

Team interaction

Problem solving

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

As a purpose-driven, certified B corporation, Clover is leading the way for conscious businesses by demonstrating care for all stakeholders and moving the world forward. We are committed to lowering our environmental impact and meeting our sustainability targets, by providing kids and adults with healthy, nutritious, and delicious products that are made with care for animals, people, and the planet.

About the Role

The Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance Technician will support and maintain Clover’s milk processing, bottling, and distribution facilities and reports to the Sr. Systems & Facilities Engineering Manager.

Hourly pay rate: $43.69 (will receive a $2.00 increase in $0.50 increments per month per the CBA)

A Day in the Life

• Preventative Maintenance and repair of filling machines and related equipment, casing, stacking, conveying machinery, palletizing and wrappers
• Preventative Maintenance and repair of valves, pumps, separator, HTST’s, and CIP systems
• Preventative Maintenance and repair of HVAC systems, boilers, pneumatic systems, refrigeration systems, lighting, electrical systems, natural gas and wastewater systems
• Keep and maintain records and documentation to track and allow for effective forecasting of machine and equipment failure and service requirements to keep equipment at optimum working status
• Systems knowledge and trouble-shooting skills for programmable logic controllers, variable frequency drives, control voltage (24 VDC and 24 VAC – 120VAC) and electrical single and 3 phase (120 , 208, 220, 380, 480 VAC)
• Maintain sanitary conditions for machinery and personal habits in accordance with State and Federal regulations and company policy
• Execute all job duties in accordance with Clover's rigorous Food Safety and Quality programs and policies
• Fully understand your role and associated responsibilities for maintaining food safety and quality at Clover

What You Bring to the Team

• High school diploma or GED
• Minimum 5 years applicable experience
• Valid Driver’s License – Must hold and maintain a valid California drivers license.
• Insurability – Must meet Company and commercial insurance carrier driver eligibility standards.
• Certificates for completed classes in the following areas: welding, electrical, pneumatics, and hydraulics; or equivalent experience
• Strong electrical and mechanical skills
• Intermediate plumbing skills
• Previous manufacturing equipment repair experience
• Physical labor may require lifting up to 50 pounds
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Interact well with personnel in multiple departments.
• Experience following Good Manufacturing Procedures
• Must have basic knowledge of computers
• Ability to read and comprehend manuals
• Working knowledge and understanding of dairy processing processes (preferred but not required)
• Pasteurization, homogenization, sanitation, CIP theory, legal system controls, fluid flow and dynamics (preferred but not required)

Physical Requirements

Ability to lift and/or carry at least 50lbs; bend, twisting.

Working Hours

Clover Sonoma is a 24 hour/7 days a week work environment. Work schedules vary, flexibility is critical. Shifts are typically, (4) days, ten (10) hours a day.

Pursuant to Clover Sonoma’s Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Policy, applicants to this position are required to take and pass a drug test with results satisfactory to the Company following a conditional offer of employment and before commencing work.

Based in Petaluma, California, in the heart of beautiful Sonoma County, Clover Sonoma offers high quality dairy sourced from its network of local family farms. A pioneer in sustainable dairy farming Clover has the largest organic acreage of regeneratively farmed land in the state and is committed to reducing its carbon footprint by lowering on-farm methane emissions, regenerative farming practices focused on soil health and packaging innovation. The first dairy in the US to become American Humane certified across all of its farms, Clover has delivered on its promise of producing the highest-quality dairy products — including milk, cheese, butter, and more — for more than a century.

As a Certified B Corporation® Clover gives back 5% of net profits to help make nutritious food more accessible and uses its business as a power for good across its support for people, farms, animals, community and planet.

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