Maintenance Technician Weekend 3rd Shift

Farmers Pride Inc • Bethel Township, PA

79d

About The Position

Join the Company that is 100% committed to moving the bar higher. Your future belongs at the home of the Excellent Chicken…Bell and Evans! This position is for the Weekend 3rd Shift. The job involves repairing and maintaining machinery and mechanical equipment such as engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, production machines, and other equipment in order to maintain and increase the flow of production. The individual must provide their own tools.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Good reading and writing skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with coworkers on an individual or team basis.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent, as well as to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Nice To Haves

• Attendance at different seminars, vocational trainings, and specialized schools to enhance understanding of technology being used within the company.

Responsibilities

• Observes mechanical devices in operation and listens to their sounds to locate causes of trouble.
• Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts.
• Examines form and texture of parts to detect imperfections.
• Inspects used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements.
• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments.
• Repairs or replaces defective parts. Installs special functional and structural parts in devices.
• Lubricates and cleans parts.
• Starts devices to test their performance.
• Sets up and operates lathe, drill press, grinder, and other metalworking tools to make and repair parts.
• Initiates purchase order for parts and machines.
• Repairs electrical equipment.
• Removes and installs new equipment as needed.
• Takes a proactive role in assuring safe, quality products are produced by immediately addressing any safety or quality concerns.
• Must be able to work at least 8 plus hours per day 6 days a week, weekends and be on weekend rotation call duty.
• Other duties may be assigned on occasion at the request of the Maintenance Supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees