Professional Automation Maintenance Specialist Crew R4 (PM/nights) - Springfield

Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Bottling Company; Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Bottling Company is seeking a Professional Automation Maintenance Specialist to ensure all production equipment is operational. The role requires a high school diploma and five years of industrial maintenance experience. Key duties include implementing maintenance schedules and training staff to enhance equipment reliability.

The ideal candidate will possess excellent problem-solving skills and a strong understanding of mechanical and electrical systems. Join our team in Springfield, Missouri, and contribute to our commitment to quality and safety.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills required.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and technical documents.
• Five years of industrial maintenance experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair production equipment to ensure operational readiness.
• Implement preventive and predictive maintenance schedules.
• Train and mentor department employees on equipment maintenance.

Skills

Power Transmission

Troubleshooting

Mechanical repairs

Electrical repairs

PLC programming

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Five years in industrial maintenance

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job 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

• 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.

Qualifications

• 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.