Professional Automation Maintenance Specialist - (Crew R4 - 5pm-5:30am, rotating 2/2/3/2)

Ozarks Coca-Cola-Dr Pepper Bottling Company; Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Ozarks Coca-Cola-Dr Pepper Bottling Company is seeking a Professional Automation Maintenance Specialist to ensure equipment and infrastructure readiness for production, safety and quality. The role requires high-speed facility experience, strong PLC and electrical troubleshooting, and the ability to train others.

You will schedule non-production work, manage spare parts and inventory, and collaborate with production teams to reduce downtime and improve process reliability.

Qualifications

• Education and/or Experience: High school diploma or equivalent, five (5) years in a high-speed production facility.
• Strong ability to read and interpret electrical diagrams, schematics and manuals.
• Experience with controls, robotics, drives and system level communication is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain operating procedures with accurate documentation and training.
• Interface with peers to implement best practices and process improvements.
• Maintain equipment logs, history, parts usage and inventory reconciliation.
• Troubleshoot and repair production equipment, PLCs, power transmission and electrical systems.
• Implement preventive and predictive maintenance schedules to reduce downtime.
• Train department staff to improve equipment uptime and reliability.
• Assist with purchasing, inventory and supplier coordination as needed.

Skills

Industrial maintenance

PLC programming

Troubleshooting

Electrical systems

Lean manufacturing

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Description

SUMMARY

The Professional Automation Maintenance Specialist will take the full responsibility for the at ready state of all equipment and supporting infrastructure for the Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Bottling Company assets related to the production, Safety and Quality of the business focus.

The Professional Maintenance Specialist will perform professional services and repairs for all primary and support equipment. The Specialist will possess a high level of technical understanding within the concentrated technology, including operations, component life cycles, and activities required to maintain basic conditions. Will create training material specific to the technology, deploy training sessions, and validate transfer of knowledge within the production department. Schedule work that needs to be completed during non-production hours and support complete preventive and predictive maintenance and troubleshooting of all aspects of the production equipment. The position will also be responsible for maintaining the parts inventory and purchase orders to maintain the appropriate inventory and purchasing.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

include the following:

• Develop and maintain all operating procedures ensuring accuracy and followed with documentation of training.
• Interface with all peers and production employees on the best practices and changes that would result in process improvements once approved.
• Ensure the equipment logs are up to date and edited to include parts usage and history.
• Participate in the reduction of waste and monthly inventory reconciliation of raw materials.
• Perform troubleshooting and repair of production equipment and facility to include programmable logic controls, mechanical power transmission, mechanical and electrical repairs on high and low control voltage, including single and 3 phase power.
• Implement preventive, predictive schedule to track completion of preventive, predictive work on equipment and facilities to avoid equipment down time and ensure equipment readiness and reliability.
• Ensure prompt and efficient follow-up on all outstanding requests for service.
• Develop and train department employees to improve and sustain equipment up time as part of the documented daily routine.
• Maintain accuracy of information used to support the Key Business Indicators with success measured by reduction in downtime and capacity utilization as shown on company reporting software.
• Maintain the appropriate parts inventory, ensure timely invoice and PO matching, and submit for approval.
• Be available for support of the plant operations to other crews and support/train the crew supervisors and operators.
• Adjust, repair, or replace defective components based on analysis of test results by reading and interpreting diagrams, blueprints, schematics, handbooks and other technical design documents.
• Display excellent customer service skills, proven track record of detail orientated problem solving, trouble shooting and follow up.
• Display excellent analytical skills relative to data analysis and data auditing.
• Other tasks as assigned by Management.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

None

COMPETENCIES

Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills. Ability to read and understand electrical schematics, drawings, wiring diagrams, and equipment manuals. Utilize skills in Power Transmission, welding, fabrication, air and fluid power and control, electrical, and PLC programing and troubleshooting to enhance all aspects of production operations are properly maintained.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Education and/or Experience: High school diploma or equivalent, five (5) years in the performance of a high-speed production facility working with minimal supervision.

• Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret policies, compliance guidelines. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from employees or members of the business community. Excellent written and verbal communication skills required, with ability to present information to management.

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

• Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions supplied in both written and verbal format. Success to be measured against the metrics of Unscheduled Downtime, Equipment failures and Adherence to the production schedule.

• Computer Skills: Microsoft Office computer skills (Word, Excel, Outlook).

• Other Skills and Abilities: Ability to troubleshoot and perform repairs on mechanical power transmission (motors, gearboxes, bearings, chains) and other mechanical equipment. Ability to use proven leadership skills and work in a team environment to mentor and train other employees, including the use of tests to determine the amount of training needed. Will follow all Company/safety policies and procedures.

• Other Qualifications: Five (5) years’ industrial maintenance experience. Six Sigma training. Proven ability to coach/mentor/develop team members. Continuous improvement systems and lean manufacturing. Experience with controls, robotics, drives and system level communication systems, vision systems and sensors use and application.

TRAVEL REQUIRED

Occasional.

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 frequently required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance, stoop, kneel, crouch/kneel bend and reach.

The employee will be on their feet for multiple hours, moving, bending, lifting, stacking, un-stacking, squatting, and stretching.

The employee must lift, push, pull, carry and/or move 10 to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work environment characteristics 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 exposed to weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.