Maintenance Mechanic - 2nd shift

Stratas Foods•Hillside, NJ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is an important part of a high-performance team; a mechanic is involved in the successful daily completion of assigned work either on a priority basis or continuing basis as assigned by the maintenance management team. This position requires minimal direction from management, in a team-based filling and packaging production environment to manufacture food. The ideal candidate will be able to safely perform and guide the repair, replacement, installation, inspection, enhancement, optimization, testing, and troubleshooting to ensure equipment reliability. The Maintenance Mechanic is to work safely and not take short cuts with themselves or any other employee.

Requirements

Knowledge of and effective troubleshooting skills on mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical systems
Proficient in reading schematics and using basic electrical measuring devices
Must have boiler license
High school diploma or General Education Degree (GED)
Strong problem solving and math skills
5+ years in related experience in oil, chemical, pharmaceutical, food, or process manufacturing facility
5+ years of experience in similar role

Responsibilities

Performing all job duties with safety as a primary objective while following established GMP’s, Safety Regulatory, and AAK Foodservice procedures and policies
Supporting full department compliance with safety rules to further our goal of 0 accidents and encouragement of reporting near misses
Ability to read, understand and create corrective action work orders when required.
Utilize, respond and document all scheduled and unscheduled work orders in the DirectLine CMMS system.
Identifying high-risk safety or productivity issues and working to remedy them
Performing routine preventative maintenance and repairs to manufacturing equipment as needed
Servicing and repairing plant facility equipment such as air compressors, heat exchangers, boilers, wastewater system, etc.
Employee must be able to troubleshoot equipment when line operators have problems with the production lines. Finding solutions to line breakdowns can be simple or complex.
Interacting with line operators when troubleshooting problems; must be able to listen and ask the right questions to constructively determine the cause and correct the issue
Providing assistance to other maintenance employees as able and assigned
Train other employees in qualified areas
Look for opportunities to help work get done safer, faster, and more cost effectively
Contributing to the effort in controlling costs and minimizing wastage in pursuit of daily work
Support cost control goals of minimum part sparing consistent with production goals