Pet Food Maintenance 3rd Shift

Pilgrim's•Russellville, AL

About The Position

Pilgrim’s is hiring a Pet Food Maintenance team member for a third-shift position. Safety is a condition at Pilgrim’s, and team member safety comes first. Pay is based on skills testing. The posting also describes the schedule as 2nd shift with 12-hour rotating shifts. The role constructs, maintains, and tests mechanical equipment, machinery, and components; identifies parts requiring replacement; responds to production-area equipment issues; and performs preventive maintenance. It also involves interpreting equipment drawings, using shop mathematics, communicating with production personnel and management to diagnose problems, and completing work accurately and efficiently. Additional responsibilities include ordering and receiving maintenance supplies, creating requisitions and entering information into SAP for purchase orders, implementing and maintaining the SAP S4 program and training mechanics on it, maintaining parts-room inventory, and scheduling preventive maintenance while tracking maintenance activities and costs and verifying completion.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • At least 1–2 years of industrial maintenance experience.
  • Knowledge of industrial manufacturing equipment.
  • General mathematics ability to perform the job.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents and drawings.
  • Basic knowledge of standard and metric measurements.
  • Ability to work assigned days and shifts, including some weekends.
  • Must complete a computer-based skills test with a score of 80 or greater; the result determines the level.
  • Extensive knowledge of the SAP program.
  • Extensive knowledge of the 6S program and inventory management.
  • Ability to perform the listed essential functions, with or without accommodations, including the specified lifting, repetitive-motion, walking, stair-climbing, confined-area, and wet-temperature-condition demands.

Nice To Haves

  • Technical school education is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Construct, maintain, and test mechanical equipment, machinery, and components.
  • Identify parts or machines that need new or replacement parts.
  • Use shop mathematics to complete assignments.
  • Interpret equipment drawings to adjust, maintain, or repair machinery.
  • Respond to production-area requests when equipment mechanical issues are identified.
  • Communicate with production management and personnel to diagnose problems and determine potential mechanical issues.
  • Perform preventive maintenance.
  • Complete assigned tasks accurately and efficiently with regard to time and resources.
  • Order maintenance-related supplies and receive them into inventory.
  • Create requisitions and enter information into SAP for purchase-order issuance.
  • Implement and train mechanics on the SAP S4 program, and establish and maintain the program.
  • Maintain inventory in the parts room.
  • Schedule preventive maintenance and track maintenance activities and costs, verifying completion.
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