Plant Maintenance Technician - 3rd Shift (6pm - 6am)

Thrive Life • Oak Creek, WI

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Get in on the ground floor of our new freeze-dry manufacturing facility! Grow your career into 2025 as a key member of our pet food division as Thrive Freeze Dry expands into the largest freeze-dry manufacturer in the world.Conveniently located in Oak Creek, WI, we are hiring immediately for a full-time Plant Maintenance Technician position in our Pet Food Division.Position: Plant Maintenance TechnicianLocation: Ryan Rd & I-94, Oak Creek, WISchedule: 3rd Shift - 6pm 6am, 2-2-3 ScheduleReports to: Maintenance Supervisor About Thrive Freeze Dry:Thrive Foods is a leader in the freeze-dried food industry. Headquartered in American Fork, Utah with plant operations throughout North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Thrive Foods is leading trends in healthy snacking, good for you ingredients and clean label products in growing human food, probiotics, and pet food segments. As a result, Thrive Foods maintains a blue-chip customer list of food service companies, natural food retailers, and well-known brands. As our company grows so do our dreams. We are team-oriented and committed to safety and food quality and our values are simple. Leading with integrity means we treat people well. In chasing big goals its important to do what matters most in order to win together, learning and growing as we do.Thrive Freeze Dry Values:Lead with IntegrityTreat People WellChase Big GoalsDo What Matters MostWin TogetherLearn & Grow Job Summary:The Plant Maintenance Technician works with the most advanced freeze dry technology in the world. They play a vital role in delivering high-quality product to our customers to fuel their lifes important moments. The ideal candidate is one who is committed to food safety and quality, looks for improvement and is ready to roll up their sleeves with us.

Requirements

• Requires a high school diploma/GED and mechanical inclination.
• 4+ years of manufacturing experience.
• Experience with some or all of the following: hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical and industrial skills with some ammonia / refrigeration and HVAC.
• Place high priority on food safety, quality, and sanitation by understanding and executing food safety and sanitation policies and procedures.
• Hold self and others accountable to food safety & sanitation guidelines and policies by communicating any food safety incident, observation, or opportunity to your leadership team or teammates.
• In the absence of Maintenance Supervisor, serves as back up to ensure all food safety, quality objectives and SQF system requirements are met.
• Must be able to perform the following functions with or without accommodations:The usual and customary methods of performing the job's functions require the following physical demands: frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; frequent stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling; and frequent fine finger dexterity.
• Generally, the job requires the following percentages of time committed to physical activity: 20% or more sitting, 70% or more walking, and 70% or more standing.
• The job is performed under frequent temperature variations and in a food manufacturing production environment.
• Unrestricted visual and audio abilities are required for the safety of all employees.
• The ability to lift to 40 lbs. is required.

Nice To Haves

• Associates in mechanical, electrical, or industrial maintenance desirable.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for performing highly diversified duties to install, troubleshoot, repair and maintain production and facility equipment, while adhering to safety, predictive and productive maintenance systems and processes in an effort to support the sites business goals and objectives.
• Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment including but not limited to packaging equipment, machines, and other proprietary systems and machines.
• Perform mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting and repair of production machines.
• Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
• Diagnose problems, replace or repair parts, test and make adjustments.
• Perform regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment, and plant facilities.
• Perform a variety of plumbing maintenance and carpentry functions.
• Use a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters, and material handling equipment in performing duties.
• Detect faulty operations, defective material, and report those and any unusual situations to proper supervision.
• Comply with safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work areas.
• Perform all other duties as assigned or needed.
• Must be highly motivated and able to work independently.
• Perform on-call responsibilities as required.
• Place high priority on food safety, quality, and sanitation by understanding and executing Thrive Freeze Drys food safety, quality, and sanitation policies and procedures.
• Hold self and others accountable to Thrive Freeze Drys food safety, quality, and sanitation guidelines and policies by communicating any food safety or quality incident, observation, or opportunity to your leadership team or teammates.
• Adheres to and ensures Product Safety and Quality standards are followed.
• Adheres to and ensures GMPs regarding food contact packaging as it pertains to the employee.
• Adheres to and ensures Thrives food safety, product defense standards and quality objectives complies with all SQF system requirements.

Benefits

• Health Insurance: Medical (UMR/United Healthcare Network), Dental (Sunlife), Vision (VSP), Health Savings Account (HSA), Employee Assistance Program, (1st of the month after 30 days of employment)
• Supplementary Insurance: Optional Critical Illness and Critical Accident Insurances, Company paid life, short-term and long-term disability insurances
• Retirement: 401k w/ employer match, up to 4% annual salary (1st of the month after 90 days of employment)
• Other Benefits: Weekly Pay, Paid time off, Holidays, Safety shoe program, Tool Reimbursement, Tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees