Maintenance Technician - 1st Shift

ALLEN DISTRIBUTION•Upper Macungie Township, PA

About The Position

The Maintenance Technician maintains facilities, equipment, and grounds in accordance with manufacturing and food safety guidelines and supports the department’s vision and mission. The role performs repairs and maintenance across company assets and properties, follows safety, security, and food safety procedures, and coordinates daily work and projects with the Maintenance Supervisor and workload scheduler. This is a full-time, non-exempt position on the first shift, Monday through Friday, with overtime when required. The technician may also work overtime, weekends, or holidays as needed to support business goals, and provides scheduled 24-hour on-call maintenance service for non-commercial truck equipment and assets. Salary is based on experience.

Requirements

  • Intermediate understanding of and ability to repair mechanical, pneumatic, structural, and electrical assets (excluding IS assets).
  • Complete knowledge of departmental safety regulations, including SDS and chemical, physical, and element exposures.
  • Awareness of life-safety, fire-suppression, and food-safety requirements.
  • Ability to prioritize workload across multiple departments and meet or exceed department and company goals.
  • Ability to stand, bend, lift, and/or move up to 50 pounds for an extended period.
  • Must have and maintain a clean MVR.
  • Intermediate understanding of and ability to use a phone, computer, and email.
  • Must attend company and job-specific training.
  • Must have food-safety experience and knowledge, or be willing to receive food-safety training.
  • Must be drug- and alcohol-free.
  • Reliability, punctuality, flexibility to perform a variety of tasks, willingness to learn, initiative, professional communication, and ability to follow written and verbal directions.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain facilities, equipment, and grounds in accordance with manufacturing and food safety guidelines.
  • Perform mechanical, pneumatic, structural, and electrical repairs on applicable assets in compliance with company, municipal, and state codes and policies.
  • Follow safety and security policies and SOPs, including department lockout/tagout procedures, and report nonfunctioning safety equipment or loss-prevention devices and systems.
  • Assist with snow removal as requested; provide equipment training across the company as requested; complete training documents; and perform scheduled fire-suppression device and egress-lighting tests.
  • Report injuries and illnesses.
  • Provide scheduled 24-hour on-call maintenance service for non-commercial truck equipment and assets.
  • Communicate daily repair workload with the workload scheduler and complete required workload documents.
  • Use only department vendors approved by the Director, Fixed Assets, and obtain prior authorization from the Maintenance Supervisor before making company purchases.
  • Complete assigned projects according to their goals, required steps, resources, risk analysis, and timelines; communicate schedule or goal concerns to the Maintenance Supervisor promptly.
  • Report facility issues that may compromise company, federal, state, or local food safety regulations.
  • Follow the company facility and grounds security plan and update building security access keypad codes when requested by the Maintenance Supervisor.
  • Attend company and job-specific training and participate in pre-shift and department meetings.
  • Prioritize work across multiple departments, seek additional work when tasks are complete, and communicate issues to the manager or supervisor.
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