Night-Shift Ice Cream Plant Maintenance Technician

The Magnum Ice Cream Company; Covington (KY); On-site; USD 47,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Time off

Learning & development

Medical/Dental/Vision

401K

Tuition reimbursement

Life Insurance

Uniforms Provided

Company Store

Free Ice Cream

Job summary

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is hiring a Maintenance Technician to support production by repairing and maintaining packaging and process equipment in a fast-paced 24/7 Covington factory. You will work with cross-functional teams to ensure continuous operation of machinery across shifts, including evenings and overnights.

Ideal candidates have a high school diploma or GED, 3+ years of industrial maintenance experience (food manufacturing preferred), and the ability to pass NOCTI.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• Associate degree in mechanical/technical program or one year of technical school training in electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, electronic, fluid and programmable logic controllers or completion of an approved apprentice program.
• Related experience in these fields and/or advanced training or any equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.
• A minimum of three (3) years industrial maintenance experience. Experience in Food Manufacturing environment preferred.
• Must be able to pass the NOCTI exam if selected to interview onsite.

Responsibilities

• Responds immediately to equipment-related problems and installs, maintains, troubleshoots and repairs all equipment in the business area to ensure minimal downtime.
• Observes and tests operation of sophisticated electronic, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic and/or mechanical devices to evaluate, identify and resolve operating problems.
• Dismantles equipment and machinery to identify, remove, repair and/or replace damaged or deteriorated components and reassembles appropriately.
• Replaces faulty electrical components such as relays, switches, motors and position sensing devices.
• Monitors equipment meters and adjusts temperatures as needed.
• Monitors all equipment, instruments and connections of the scheduled sterilization process and identifies the required preventive maintenance, calibration and line checks.
• Performs preventive maintenance on equipment and machinery to include repair/replacement of electrical wires/connections, welding, re-soldering, lubrication of parts, cleaning of filters, recalibration of controls, changing line gaskets, adjusting components and/or cleaning of equipment.
• Maintains maintenance logs and work order documentation on equipment repairs.
• Troubleshoots programmable logic controls (PLCs) and PLC controlled equipment with a computer and various modules as diagnostic tools.

Job description

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is hiring a Maintenance Technician to support production by repairing and maintaining packaging and process equipment in a fast-paced 24/7 Covington factory. You will work with cross-functional teams to ensure continuous operation of machinery across shifts, including evenings and overnights.

Ideal candidates have a high school diploma or GED, 3+ years of industrial maintenance experience (food manufacturing preferred), and the ability to pass NOCTI.