Senior Maintenance Technician

CHS, Inc.•Fairmont, MN

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Maintenance Technician is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, and performing preventive maintenance on equipment, machinery, and facilities to ensure safe and efficient operations. Working with limited supervision, this role diagnoses equipment issues, coordinates repairs, supports maintenance planning and scheduling, and helps train less experienced team members. The position requires a strong commitment to workplace safety, mechanical aptitude, and the ability to work in varying environmental conditions, including rotating on-call hours and extended assignments as needed. Daily, this position will be onsite at our Soy-Bean crush facility in Fairmont, MN and collaborate closely with operations teams to minimize downtime and maintain high production performance.

Requirements

2+ years of experience in Production, Operations, and/or Maintenance
Experience troubleshooting issues, identifying and completing appropriate repairs, and implementing measures to prevent reoccurring maintenance problems
Working knowledge of the operations, control, and functions of equipment and machinery
Ability to be rotating on-call or work extended hours as needed
Ability to work extended hours as needed

Nice To Haves

High School diploma or GED preferred

Responsibilities

With limited supervision, maintain machinery, equipment, facilities or vehicles as needed and as efficiently and timely as possible.
Repair and perform preventative maintenance to ensure the most efficient operation.
Identify and diagnosis problems on equipment and continually monitor equipment while initiating appropriate repair processes.
Maintain and promote a strong safety culture and follow all safety policies, procedures and regulations. Identify and communicate workplace hazards and correct or seek assistance in correcting unsafe actions or conditions.
Inspect parts, replacements, alignment, balancing, installation and refurbishment on a wide variety of equipment.
Coordinate with the supervisor on tasks ranging from simple part replacement, advanced troubleshooting and preventative/predictive maintenance interventions ensuring that equipment is properly configured and/or set up.
Install, maintain, rebuild, replace parts, equipment and machinery and troubleshoot maintenance problems.
Perform maintenance planning and scheduling activities to assign equipment work orders.
Provide training to less experienced team members.
Perform other duties and responsibilities as needed or directed.