Senior Maintenance Technician (Food Plant)

Hill's Pet Nutrition; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 41,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Vacation/PTO

Paid holidays

Paid sick leave

Parental leave

Job summary

Hill's Pet Nutrition in Topeka, Kansas, seeks a Maintenance Technician to manage daily maintenance of infrastructure and equipment for wet canned products. You will support the complete state change from raw materials to finished goods, including wastewater and boiler operations.

Responsibilities include maintenance on electrical systems, PLCs, instrumentation, and mechanical components, with KPI tracking in SAP and adherence to GMPs and safety standards.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; technical/vocational degree preferred.
• 1+ year of industrial maintenance experience in manufacturing.
• Ability to bend, climb, crawl, work in confined spaces and lift up to 50 lbs.
• Willing to operate in varying shift schedules, including nights/weekends.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on electrical systems, PLCs, instrumentation, hydraulics, pneumatics and related facilities.
• Troubleshoot packaging, processing, boiler and wastewater operations and conduct mechanical maintenance on power transmissions and drive systems.
• Audit work orders, source parts and coordinate resources to ensure uptime and efficiency.
• Utilize SAP for data entry and KPI tracking; follow safety and GMP standards.

Skills

Industrial maintenance

Troubleshooting

Forklift operation

Data entry (SAP)

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Technical/vocational degree

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Email

Job description

Hill's Pet Nutrition in Topeka, Kansas, seeks a Maintenance Technician to manage daily maintenance of infrastructure and equipment for wet canned products. You will support the complete state change from raw materials to finished goods, including wastewater and boiler operations.

Responsibilities include maintenance on electrical systems, PLCs, instrumentation, and mechanical components, with KPI tracking in SAP and adherence to GMPs and safety standards.