Maintenance Technician, AM, Bakery - Lakeland
About The Position
As a Maintenance Technician for the Publix Bakery Plant, you will utilize state-of-the-art instruments and industry best standards to maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and improve the performance of a wide array of equipment. Our Bakery Plant produces award-winning products such as breads, rolls, cookies, pies, cakes, muffins, danish, dry mixes, fillings, icings, and glazes. Our Maintenance Technicians are crucial for producing the volume and quality of products needed to serve our customers. The position offered is contingent upon the qualifications and work experience of the candidate. Primary responsibilities include maintaining and improving the performance and condition of equipment and facilities at the Fresh Kitchen utilizing preventive and condition-based maintenance techniques, and state-of-the-art tools, troubleshooting and repairing electrical, mechanical, electro-mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems and equipment, creating requisitions to procure parts and supplies, fabricating steel, stainless steel, and aluminum components and structures as required to improve the safety, sanitation, and performance of equipment and processes, performing stick, TIG, sanitary TIG, and MIG welding, troubleshooting PLCs, PLC networks, HMIs, instrumentation, and microprocessor-controlled devices, performing minor plumbing, and building repair and maintenance, operating forklifts and high lifts, and other powered lift equipment, training other team members, performing housekeeping duties in the work area, and assisting with other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Experience maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing electro-mechanical components and systems
- Experience maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing pneumatic components and systems
- Experience maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing hydraulic components and systems
- Experience maintaining process instrumentation
- Experience maintaining programmable logic controllers (PLCs)
- Experience troubleshooting programmable logic controllers (PLCs)
- Documented PLC and instrumentation training
- Experience maintaining 480V C3 motor starters, variable frequency drives, and distribution systems
- Experience troubleshooting 480V C3 motor starters, variable frequency drives, and distribution systems
- Degree or certification from a recognized industrial maintenance or millwright training program
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints, schematics, and drawings
- Experience testing, operating, troubleshooting, and maintaining reverse osmosis (RO), carbon filtration, wastewater pH correction, and UV and ozone treatment systems
- Experience in cleaning and maintaining water delivery systems; including valves, pumps and piping
- Experience inspecting back flow preventers for proper operation
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to train others
- Previous food plant experience
- Flexible and willing to work various shifts
Responsibilities
- Maintaining and improving the performance and condition of equipment and facilities at the Fresh Kitchen utilizing preventive and condition-based maintenance techniques, and state of the art tools
- Troubleshooting and repairing electrical, mechanical, electro-mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems and equipment
- Creating requisitions to procure parts and supplies
- Fabricating steel, stainless steel, and aluminum components and structures as required to improve the safety, sanitation, and performance of equipment and processes
- Performing stick, TIG, sanitary TIG, and MIG welding
- Troubleshooting PLCs, PLC networks, HMIs, instrumentation, and microprocessor -controlled devices
- Performing minor plumbing, and building repair and maintenance
- Operating forklifts and high lifts, and other powered lift equipment
- Training other team members
- Performing housekeeping duties in the work area
- Assisting with other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
