Maintenance Tech

Refresco Careers•Fort Worth, TX

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Tech is responsible for adhering to all health and safety policies, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and wearing required personal protective equipment (PPE). This role ensures food quality and food safety standards are met and reports any issues with the Food Safety Management System (FSMS) to initiate corrective actions. The position involves performing repair maintenance, preventive maintenance, and line changeovers, as well as troubleshooting machinery malfunctions (electrical, hydraulic, mechanical, & pneumatic). The Maintenance Tech will also maintain all production supporting equipment, including glycol systems, RO systems, compressed air systems, lubrication systems, and chemical distribution systems. Innovative thinking is required to minimize production downtime and ensure food safety, product quality, and personnel safety. Responsibilities include completing and documenting work orders, recording part numbers for inventory, communicating effectively between shifts, assisting in training other maintenance personnel, and communicating with production during downtime. Collaboration with adjacent teams is essential for rapid issue resolution and driving improvement.

Requirements

Knowledge of GMPs.
Understanding of Food Safety Requirements.
Must be able to read, understand, and work with machinery blueprints and parts manuals.
Work without supervision.
Good decision making/problem solving skills.
Must obtain and maintain forklift certification.
Decisive, pro-active, self-motivated, and assertive.
Strong interpersonal and developed communication skills.
Data analysis and identification of trends.
Internal customer focus with the ability to adapt to the variable demands of the business.
Ability to demonstrate working under initiative and think things through to solution.
Ability to work under own supervision.

Nice To Haves

Minimum 2 years previous maintenance experience in manufacturing preferred.

Responsibilities

Adhere to all health and safety policies/procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and wear the required personal protective equipment (PPE).
Adhere to food quality and food safety standards.
Report problems with the FSMS to responsible managerial employees to initiate corrective actions.
Perform and complete repair maintenance, preventive maintenance, and line changeovers.
Troubleshoot machinery for malfunctions (electrical, hydraulic, mechanical, & pneumatic).
Perform maintenance on all production supporting equipment (i.e. glycol system, RO system, Compressed Air system, lubrication systems, chemical distribution systems).
Use innovative thinking when troubleshooting equipment to minimize production downtime, assure food safety, product quality and personnel safety.
Complete, document, and retrieve final approvals on all assigned work orders to include recording all utilized part numbers for inventory purposes.
Communicate effectively and completely all relevant maintenance and production related information from shift to relieving shift.
Assist in training other maintenance personnel.
Communicate with production during periods of downtime.
Work collaboratively with all adjacent teams to resolve issues rapidly and drive improvement.