Apprentice Engineer

The J.M. Smucker Co.•Emporia, KS

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As a part of the Engineering Team, the Apprentice Engineer performs a full range of maintenance/engineering assignments, utilizing independent judgment to apply procedures and practices to specific work situations. This role is based at the Hostess Manufacturing Plant in Emporia, KS, and requires 100% on-site work with 8-hour shifts, specifically for 2nd and 3rd shifts. The position involves repairing and maintaining various machinery and mechanical equipment, including motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines, using a variety of hand and power tools, and precision-measuring instruments. Key tasks include dismantling devices, inspecting parts, adjusting functional components, repairing or replacing defective parts, installing new parts, testing performance, lubricating, and cleaning. The role may also involve operating metalworking tools, requisitioning supplies, and repairing electrical equipment. Additionally, the Apprentice Engineer will perform bearing analysis and installation, analyze and repair electrical circuits and systems, weld metals for fabrication or repair, and conduct preventive maintenance on critical power supply systems, generators, and air compressors. The position may require responding to 24-hour emergency calls during off-duty hours for urgent repairs.

Requirements

Ability to work night shift.
High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
Ability to sit (5%), stand (25%), walk (25%), kneel/squat (25%), and bend (20%) for 8 hours.
Ability to lift approximately up to a maximum of 75 pounds, approximately 2 times per week from floor to waist.
Ability to reach overhead various times per day and to ground various times per day.
Climbing stairs and ladders various times per day.
Ability to push/pull refrigeration compressors, 55-gallon barrels, motors, gearboxes, and panels weighing heavy amounts, upper and lower body various times per day.
Reading, writing, seeing, hearing, communicating, adding, subtracting, understanding instructions, and complete mental capabilities.
Ability to tolerate temperature extremes daily.
Ability to be in unprotected heights approximately daily.
Exposure to sugar dust, refrigerants, and chemicals daily.

Nice To Haves

Additional post-secondary education (Technical of Vocational education) in area of Industrial Engineering.
Previous work experience in industrial engineering.
Previous safety training.

Responsibilities

Repairs and maintains, in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operation manuals, and manufacturer's specifications, machinery and mechanical equipment, such as, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines and equipment, using hand tools, power tools, and precision-measuring and testing instruments.
Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts, using hoists, cranes, hand tools, and power tools.
Inspects used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements, using rules, calipers, micrometers, and other measuring instruments.
Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments, using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, and straightedges.
Repairs or replaces defective parts, using hand tools and power tools.
Installs special functional and structural parts in devices, using hand tools.
Starts devices to test their performance.
Lubricates and cleans parts.
May set up and operate lathe, drill press, grinder, and other metalworking tools to make and repair parts.
Requisitions supplies, materials, tools, machine parts, and other necessary equipment.
May repair electrical equipment.
Ensures the proper use, care, and storage of tools and equipment.
Perform bearing analysis and installation.
Analyzes electrical circuits, wiring diagrams and drawings, and installs, repairs, calibrates, services or replaces electrical devices and systems, and power generation devices to prevent overload using an amp probe, recording meter and various hand, power, and specialty tools.
Welds various types of metal to repair or fabricate metal assemblies (e.g. racks, shelves, stands for equipment, etc.) using appropriate tools (e.g. cutting torch, arc and gas welder, high-speed disk, grinders, files, etc.).
Performs preventive maintenance on uninterrupted power supply systems, generators, and air compressors to maintain system operation and reliability to ensure uninterrupted power and continuous air supply to critical facilities, equipment and systems using appropriate hand, power and specialty tools (e.g. hydrometer, voltmeter, amp meter, digital keypad, etc.).
Analyzes electrical circuits, wiring diagrams and drawings, and installs, repairs, calibrates, services or replaces electrical devices and systems, and power generation devices to prevent overload using an amp probe, recording meter and various hand, power, and specialty tools.
May be required to respond to 24-hour emergency calls for assigned work area to perform emergency building or equipment repairs during off-duty hours using a vehicle, telephone, hand, power and specialty tools and necessary materials and other related duties as assigned.
Other duties as defined.