Industrial Manufacturing Maintenance Technician 1st Shift

Lancaster Colony Corporation•Altoona, IA

42d•$30 - $33•Onsite

About The Position

The Marzetti Company (Nasdaq: MZTI) manufactures and sells specialty food products. Our retail brands include Marzetti dressings and dips, New York Bakery garlic breads, and Sister Schubert's dinner rolls, in addition to exclusive license agreements for Olive Garden dressings, Chick-fil-A sauces and dressings, Buffalo Wild Wings sauces, Arby's sauces, Subway sauces, and Texas Roadhouse steak sauces and frozen rolls. Our foodservice business supplies sauces, dressings, breads, and pasta to many of the top restaurant chains in the United States. At Marzetti, our mission is to make every meal better through high-quality, flavorful food. Led by our purpose, to nourish growth with all that we do, our team members are dedicated to creating great tasting food and cultivating deep and lasting relationships. Looking for a talented and experienced industrial manufacturing technician to work alongside talented and experienced team members in our family oriented company. Must be able to enjoy their work and have fun while getting the work done in a safe, timely, and efficient manner.

Requirements

MUST HAVE Industrial Maintenance experience (preferrably in food industry)
High school diploma or GED certificate required; 2-year degree from technical school preferred.
3-5 years prior maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in the food industry.
Basic mechanical aptitude, basic math skills and ability to use basic gauges and measuring tools are required.
Candidate must be able to pass and both a background check and drug screen

Responsibilities

Provides maintenance support required to sustain continuous operation of packaging and processing equipment.
Ability to learn machine set up and demonstrate competency by 90 days.
Complete all daily paperwork and walk through items and understand their importance.
Ensures compliance to quality, food safety, HAACP, 5S and OSHA support programs; assures conformity to all company, customer and government standards.
Attempts to identify problems before they result in a hazard or downtime situation.
Assists in major overhauls of plant equipment and performs minor repairs to all plant equipment.
Lubricates all machinery with the correct lubricants.
Changes drive belts, timing belts and other parts on all machinery.
Changes filters and oils in plant equipment.
Changes packing/mechanical seal and gaskets in all pumps.
Maintains water chemistry in necessary systems.
Identifies and replaces bearings and seals as required.
Maintains company standards for cleanliness, safety and productivity in the plant area.
Performs minor repairs to coders and labelers.
Basic understanding of a refrigeration system, demonstrate ability to identify main components and function by 90 days.
Must be able to read and explain PID drawings by 90 days.
Maintain, clean, and inspect all HVAC units on property.
Maintains, repairs, tracks, and adjusts conveyor belts.
Identifies and installs piping: Locates damaged air and hydraulic pipes on machine, measures, cuts, threads and installs new pipe.
Repairs and places electric motors (single or 3-phase). Must have a good working knowledge of electrical motors, starters, controls, switches, receptacles, lights and light fixtures, and the maintenance thereof.
Repairs and replaces vari-drives, speed reducers, vacuum pumps, and product pumps.
Ability to wire and troubleshoot a Start/Stop circuit
Perform monthly checks including safety and food safety such as fire extinguishers check
Paints and/or repairs any surfaces in or around the building and grounds.
Welding- TIG, MIG and arc weld on carbon and stainless steel.
Sets up and operates tools such as drill press or grinder to make or repair parts.
Other duties as assigned.
Applies the food safety and quality principles as described in the Marzetti Corporate Food Safety and Quality Manual and internal Marzetti Frozen Pasta policies, training and procedures in all applicable aspects of departmental and job functions.