Position Title Industrial Maintenance Technician (Experienced) - 3rd Shift

CTI Foods; Kentucky; On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

CTI Foodsis a Kentucky-based manufacturer focusing on quality food products. This role maintains and inspects plant equipment to prevent failures and ensure smooth operations. You will perform basic maintenance, troubleshoot controls, and operate equipment such as conveyors and pumps.

A 3-year maintenance background and ability to read mechanical/electrical schematics are preferred, with an associate degree ideal. Lift up to 50 lbs and travel between warm and cold areas is expected.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Routinely inspect equipment and evaluate integrity to anticipate failures.
• Perform preventative maintenance on facility equipment and machinery including office auxiliary equipment.
• Identify when mechanical parts are worn and need replacement.
• Understand and troubleshoot controls and interlocks; understand electrical shutdown procedures.
• Operate conveyors, augers, pumps and other equipment to perform pre-operational maintenance.
• Report concerns or problems to the maintenance lead or supervisor; perform related duties as assigned.

Job description

CTI Foods Overview

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