Process Maintenance

Lamb Weston • Park Rapids, MN

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Lamb Weston is a leading manufacturer in the food industry, inspiring and bringing people together with foods they love and trust. Their customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries. They are a global corporation with a start-up mindset, empowering individuals for growth and success through hands-on training and opportunities for new solutions. This role involves installing, maintaining, and repairing machinery, equipment, and physical structures in a food processing plant designed to produce frozen potato products.

Requirements

• One year certificate from college or technical school; or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Advance knowledge of the factory equipment.
• Minimum of one year experience in a maintenance position.
• Must have their own set of hand tools (on good quality, list available upon request).
• Must be able to work with a minimum of supervision.
• Must also demonstrate the ability to maintain the level of performance.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to communicate effectively with supervisors and peers.
• Ability to add subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Must study a total of 19 "TPC Training Systems" manuals and successfully pass a multiple-choice written test scoring at least 70% or better to upgrade into Maintenance II.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for working in a safe and orderly manner while in the plant on the plant property.
• Visually inspects and tests machinery and equipment.
• Listens for unusual sounds and views machines and equipment to detect malfunctions and discusses machine operation variations with supervisors or other maintenance workers to diagnose problem or repair machine.
• Dismantles defective machines and equipment and installs new or repaired parts.
• Cleans and lubricates shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.
• Repairs and maintains physical structure of establishment.
• Lays out, assembles, installs, and maintains pipe systems and related steam and refrigeration, hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, and repairs and replaces gauges, valves, pressure regulators, and related equipment.
• Operates cutting torch or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts.
• Sets up and operates machine tools such as lathe, mill, grinder, and drills, to repair or fabricate machine parts, jigs, fixtures and tools.
• Must have worked as Maintenance I for a specific period of time as outlined in the Maintenance II requirements outline before having the ability to test.
• Performs others as assigned.

Benefits

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
• Paid Time Off
• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
• Family-Friendly Employee events
• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree