Ice Cream Maintenance Technician

The Magnum Ice Cream Company•Covington, TN

23h•Onsite

About The Position

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is the world's largest Ice Cream company, leading the industry with iconic brands loved in 76 countries. We create moments of joy for millions of people worldwide. This role is for a Maintenance Technician at our Covington, TN facility, a 24/7 high-paced dynamic work environment. The Maintenance Technician will support the production team by providing equipment repair and preventive maintenance services on sophisticated equipment in packaging and/or process areas to ensure continuous operation of machinery and production processes. We achieve goals through collaborative cross-functional teams in the safe and quality delivery of finished goods across the shift.

Requirements

High School Diploma or general education degree (GED) is required.
Associate degree in mechanical/technical program or one (1) year of technical school training in electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, electronic, fluid and programmable logic controllers or completion of an approved apprentice program.
Related experience in these fields and/or advanced training or any equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.
A minimum of three (3) years industrial maintenance experience.
Must be able to pass the NOCTI exam if selected to interview onsite.

Nice To Haves

Experience in Food Manufacturing environment preferred.

Responsibilities

Responds immediately to equipment-related problems and installs, maintains, troubleshoots and repairs all equipment in the business area to ensure minimal downtime.
Makes repairs on operating equipment in the processing and/or packaging operations.
Observes and tests operation of sophisticated electronic, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic and/or mechanical devices to evaluate, identify and resolve operating problems.
Dismantles equipment and machinery to identify, remove, repair and/or replace damaged or deteriorated components and reassembles appropriately.
Replaces faulty electrical components such as relays, switches, motors and position sensing devices.
Monitors equipment meters and adjusts temperatures as needed.
Monitors all equipment, instruments and connections of the scheduled sterilization process and identifies the required preventive maintenance, calibration and line checks.
Performs preventive maintenance on equipment and machinery to include repair/replacement of electrical wires/connections, welding, re-soldering, lubrication of parts, cleaning of filters, recalibration of controls, changing line gaskets, adjusting components and/or cleaning of equipment.
Maintains maintenance logs and work order documentation on equipment repairs.
Troubleshoots programmable logic controls (PLCs) and PLC controlled equipment with a computer and various modules as diagnostic tools.
May use a digital voltmeter, mega-ohm meter and/or AMP probes to diagnose electrical problems.
All other duties as assigned