Senior VRT Maintenance Tech: Cold Chain & Robotics

Case Farms, Inc.

Dudley (NC)

On-site

USD 55,000 - 86,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Case Farms, Inc. is seeking an experienced maintenance technician for the VRT area to ensure uptime of all VRT equipment, conveyors, and robotics.

The role requires hands-on troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and collaboration with supervisors to improve workflows in a high-demand poultry processing environment. You will work with refrigeration and equipment OEMs to manage repairs, stock parts, and coordinate with other maintenance teams, including night shift handoffs, to maintain

Qualifications

Experience in poultry processing maintenance, electrical troubleshooting/repair, conveyor belt systems, pneumatics, and hydraulics preferred.
Experience with industrial robots, CFS, strappers, and sorting systems a plus.
Experience with cooler/freezer racking, rapid roll doors, and other cold storage related equipment is a plus.
Understanding of preventative and predictive maintenance.
Understanding of manufacturing technologies.
Understanding of standard software applications.
Demonstrated self-motivation and pride in work.
Strong communication between technicians, supervisor, and other departments is a must.
Strong interpersonal skills.
Professional attitude and strong work ethic.
Be able to work in extreme cold conditions as low as -350F for planned and emergency maintenance operations.

Responsibilities

Ensure health and safety policies are followed.
Implement existing planned maintenance PMs and workorders to maintain all VRT equipment in proper working order.
Work with supervisor and PM coordinator to build, improve, and expand the planned maintenance program for VRT.
Work with VRT production staff to determine improvements for better workflow and coordinate with the maintenance supervisor to implement the planned improvements.
Troubleshoot and repair all equipment within the VRT area using hand tools, multimeter/amp probes, meggers, and other diagnostic devices.
Work with equipment OEMs to troubleshoot and repair equipment and quote parts for stock creation and/or stock vendor changes.
Perform walkthroughs during production hours to identify equipment wear to plan preventative maintenance and prioritize repairs.
Work with the maintenance supervisor, other maintenance technicians, and refrigeration to coordinate and perform equipment repair/maintenance for all VRT equipment.
Assist other areas of the processing plant as required for plant operations.
Request assistance from maintenance technicians in other areas as needed to safely perform maintenance and repairs.
Meet daily with the night shift VRT maintenance technician to verify all information is passed along and there are no gaps in scheduled maintenance.
Meet daily to share all information with the maintenance supervisor so that all information can be incorporated in the maintenance department shift pass down.
Maintain and/or repair the extensive VRT conveyor belt, sorting, and labeling systems to ensure proper operation.
Maintain the VRT robots including mechanical maintenance, programming diagnostics, and troubleshooting of Fanuc R-30iB Plus robotics
Maintain racking and other cold storage and packaging related systems.
Troubleshoot, maintain, and repair the VRT rapid roll up doors, freezer doors, cooler doors, and man doors to preserve facility workflow and climate segregation.
Perform routine and emergency repairs on the facility variable retention time (VRT) freezer equipment in temperatures reaching -350F.