About the Role
The Maintenance Technician role is responsible for the installation, maintenance, and repair of machinery, tools, equipment, electrical systems, heating/cooling systems, facilities, and structures. Safety, quality, and performance are foundational expectations for this role. Food and/or dairy manufacturing experience is preferred. This role will be expected to be on an on-call rotation.
Responsibilities
- Perform emergency machine repair plant wide during production and non-production hours.
- Rebuild machinery as needed plant wide.
- Diagnose electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic and mechanical problems and take corrective action.
- Read electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic schematics, and understand symbols.
- Understand PLC operation, use PLC interface to diagnose PLC problems and take proper corrective actions.
- Understand plant manufacturing processes and use that knowledge to diagnose maintenance problems.
- Support or help train new maintenance employees on daily tasks and basic machine repair.
- Aid in development and installation of new or rebuilt equipment.
- Troubleshoot a variety of production equipment such as fillers, boxers, pumps, valves, or any other automated or manual equipment.
- Carry out preventative / predictive maintenance on production and facility equipment while documenting issues or updates to the program.
- Complete work orders in a timely manner.
- Interface with all department leaders and employees on equipment performance and maintenance requirements.
- Ensure compliance with all regulatory standards including but not limited to: Good Manufacturing Processes, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Food and Drug Administration, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection, Safe Quality Food, and the United States Department of Agriculture.
- Develop required skills and knowledge to a level of depth appropriate to keep production as highly functional as needed to meet organizational goals and objectives.
- Maintain a sanitary workspace according to the company’s Good Manufacturing Practices.
- Communicate and maintain positive relationships with all levels of staff at all facilities.
- As needed will maintain appearance of the facility grounds with snowplowing.
- Proficient in or seek to become proficient in Welding, Installation, CIP’s, Robotics, Diagnostics, PLC, Electrical – 3 phrase, Pneumatic, Steam/ boilers.
- Follow all current company policies and procedures.
- All other duties appropriate to the position or as assigned.
Requirements
- Ability to work unsupervised, a self-starter, working in a team environment and able to handle deadline pressure.
- Ability to solve practical and complex operations, and mechanical and electrical problems in situations where only limited standardization exists, and multiple variables are present.
- Demonstrate effective planning and organizational skills.
- Ability to interpret a variety of specifications and information furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure.
- Good Communication skills in both verbal and written.
- Requires strong knowledge and experience in mechanical, electrical circuitry, HVAC, plumbing, fabrication and building maintenance.
- Food and/or Dairy manufacturing experience preferred.
- Self-starter who works with minimal direct supervision.
- Ability to work within a team setting and to promote a positive work environment.
- Ability to lift 50+ lbs. repetitively.
- Stand for up to 8 hours per shift.
- Pass a drug & alcohol screen as well as a general background check.
- Must adhere to all food and plant safety policies and regulations.
Skills
- Welding
- Installation
- CIP’s
- Robotics
- Diagnostics
- PLC
- Electrical – 3 phrase
- Pneumatic
- Steam/ boilers
- Computer knowledge preferred
Location
- Plant wide
Work Type
- Hourly
- Non-Union
- On-call rotation
Experience Level
- Minimum 2 years of experience in maintenance or a related field.
Education Level
- High school diploma, equivalent or eagerness to learn and work in the dairy industry.
Salary/Compensations
- $33-$38/hour
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- Life Insurances
About the Company
- At Ellsworth Creamery, our team members are more than employees; they are like family and we are committed to their success.
- This culture has contributed to the longevity of our staff, whose careers at Ellsworth Creamery span 10, 20 and even 50 years!
- Join our Team as we work with our cooperative of local farmers to create award-winning cheese!
