Maintenance Intern

The Krusteaz Company • Hopkinsville, KY

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Intern will gain valuable exposure and provide support to The Krusteaz Company's (KCO) internal operations through hands-on experience in manufacturing, maintenance, and other company sectors. This part-time role combines a work schedule at the plant with structured coursework at a partnered college, where the intern will acquire professional skills specific to manufacturing. In the "Food Processing" environment, all tasks will be conducted in compliance with Food Safety, Quality, and Food Defense standards.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to effectively work with cross-functional work groups including suppliers, customers, and associates, both verbally and in writing. Excellent listening skills are essential.
• Collaboration with the maintenance team to provide proactive support is a must.
• Generate original ideas, encourage new ways of thinking, explore options, and develop innovative solutions.
• Have the stamina and endurance to maintain a fast pace and continue to produce.
• Initiative-taking and acts without being prompted.
• Continuously seeks new knowledge, creates, and fosters a culture of interest, curiosity, and learning. Flexible to change and learns from failure. Seeks to improve processes and products.
• Manage time wisely and effectively prioritize multiple competing tasks.
• Capable of assuming more responsible roles within the organization.
• Identifies and solves problems, develops innovative solutions, acts decisively, and shows good judgment.
• Maintains appropriate focus on short- and long-term goals. Motivated by achievement, and persists until goals are reached, conveying a sense of urgency.
• Knows personal strengths and limitations and works toward improving weaknesses. Accept responsibility for one’s own performance, as well as the performance of the maintenance team.
• Regular attendance on time required.
• Follow procedures to ensure all food quality standards are met or exceeded.
• Maintain a pro-active approach to service internal customers and the effort to continuously improve the operation of the plant.
• Work the agreed-upon schedule for the part-time intern position, with the understanding that an Intern may work more hours after the first semester of coursework has been completed with an acceptable grade of C or better being maintained in all classes.
• Required to conduct work in a safe and legal manner, according to all GMP food safety standards, as well as following safety protocols, and following all housekeeping guidelines. Must be willing to be responsible for one’s own safety and health, along with the safety and health of all employees, vendors, and visitors.

Responsibilities

• Performing sheet metal fabrication, mill and lathe machining, and welding.
• Gaining knowledge of single and three-phase power, understanding electrical control schematics, and troubleshooting control and PLC logic and hardware.
• Developing troubleshooting skills for general food manufacturing processing and packaging equipment.
• Learning to adhere to specific maintenance procedures regarding PMs, schedules, and documentation requirements.
• Presenting findings and lessons learned to the team and leadership.
• Carrying out other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: High school or GED