Plant Maintenance Technician - 3rd Shift (6pm - 6am)
About The Position
The Plant Maintenance Technician works with advanced freeze-dry technology and supports the production of high-quality pet food products. The role installs, troubleshoots, repairs, and maintains production and facility equipment while following safety, predictive, and preventive maintenance processes. The position is based at Thrive Freeze Dry’s food manufacturing facility in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and reports to the Maintenance Supervisor. The schedule is third shift, 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., on a 2-2-3 schedule. The technician supports food safety, product quality, sanitation, and SQF system requirements. The role may also provide backup coverage for food safety and quality objectives when the Maintenance Supervisor is absent. The work takes place in a food manufacturing production environment with frequent temperature variations and requires on-call responsibilities as needed.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Mechanical inclination.
- At least 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 experience.
- Ability to work independently and strong motivation.
- Ability to perform frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling; stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling; and fine-finger tasks.
- Ability to lift up to 40 pounds.
- Unrestricted visual and audio abilities required for employee safety.
- Ability to perform the job functions with or without accommodations.
- Commitment to food safety, quality, and sanitation policies and procedures.
Nice To Haves
- Associate degree in mechanical, electrical, or industrial maintenance.
Responsibilities
- Install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain production and facility equipment in accordance with safety and maintenance processes.
- Provide emergency and unscheduled production-equipment repairs and perform scheduled maintenance on production equipment, including packaging equipment and proprietary systems.
- Use mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic skills to troubleshoot and repair production machines.
- Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform maintenance and service.
- Diagnose equipment problems, replace or repair parts, test equipment, and make adjustments.
- Perform preventive maintenance on machines, equipment, and plant facilities.
- Perform plumbing maintenance and carpentry functions.
- Use hand and power tools, electric meters, and material-handling equipment.
- Identify faulty operations and defective materials, and report them and other unusual situations to supervision.
- Follow safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work areas.
- Perform on-call responsibilities as required and other duties as assigned or needed.
- Follow food safety, quality, sanitation, product defense, GMP, and SQF requirements; communicate food safety or quality incidents, observations, and opportunities to leadership or teammates.
- In the absence of the Maintenance Supervisor, provide backup to ensure food safety and quality objectives and SQF system requirements are met.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Employee Assistance Program
- Optional critical illness and critical accident insurance
- Company-paid life insurance
- Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) with employer match up to 4% of annual salary
- Weekly pay
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Safety shoe program
- Tool reimbursement
- Tuition reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
