Swine Maintenance Technician

Summit Agricultural Group • Forest City, IA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Swine Maintenance Technician position provides maintenance support to our
growing territory of swine production facilities. Job duties include completing
maintenance work orders and preventative maintenance at our swine facilities.

Requirements

• Must be mechanical minded
• Ability to trouble shoot and utilize resources to problem solve issues
• Comfortable working around livestock
• Work with limited or no supervision
• Required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel, crouch.
• The employee must be able to continuously repeat necessary movements such as bending, lifting and different hand movements as needed to complete tasks.
• Ability to lift or move up to 10 pounds frequently and occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to climb up ladders and over gates.
• Ability to climb on and off livestock trailers that can be as short as 40 inches in height.
• Working knowledge of three to six months of general maintenance
• Valid driver’s license with acceptable Motor Vehicle Record

Nice To Haves

• Welding ability is not required, but preferred
• Valid, Unrestricted Class A Commercial Driver’s License, preferred, not required

Responsibilities

• Complete repairs in swine facilities related to plumbing, carpentry, electrical, hardware / gating, heating and cooling systems
• Manage tools and parts inventories in service vehicles to enable timely completion of work orders
• Prioritize work orders to ensure high priority items are repaired first
• Safely work with hand and power tools to complete work orders
• Adhere to pig owners strict bio-security and animal well-being standards
• Perform duties in a safe manner and follow all safety policies
• Maintain positive relationships with clients, vendors, visitors, neighbors, and co-worker
• All other duties assigned by Manager

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees