Maintenance Technician - 1st shift
About The Position
Refresco's vision is to put their drinks on every table. As a leading global independent beverage solutions provider, Refresco serves a broad range of national and international retailers and brands, with products distributed worldwide from production sites in Europe, North America, and Australia. The company prides itself on continuous improvement, innovation, and conquering new challenges, driven by passionate people. This Maintenance Technician role is crucial in supporting this mission by ensuring the smooth operation and maintenance of production machinery and systems.
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.
- High school degree or equivalent.
Nice To Haves
- Minimum 2 years previous maintenance experience in manufacturing.
Responsibilities
- Adhere to all health and safety policies/procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and wear the required personal protective equipment (PPE) while in the warehouse or production areas (including but not limited to hairnets/beard nets, safety glasses, hearing protection, hard toe and slip/oil resistant shoes, appropriate safety gloves, and seatbelts while operating forklifts).
- Responsible to adhere to food quality and food safety as per the standard(s) provided by corporate, customer, and/or governing bodies (ex. SQF).
- Report problems with the FSMS to responsible managerial employees to initiate corrective actions.
- Ability to perform and complete repair maintenance, preventive maintenance, and line changeovers.
- Able to troubleshoot machinery for malfunctions (electrical, hydraulic, mechanical, & pneumatic).
- Able to 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 in order 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.
Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life and AD&D Insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance
- Short-term disability and long-term disability
- Pet Insurance
- Legal Benefits
- 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
- 12 Paid Holidays
- 5 Vacation Days and Paid (Sick) Time Off Days in accordance with applicable law
- Well-being Benefit
- Discount and Total Reward Programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
