Experienced Maintenance Technician (Manufacturing Plant): Monday - Wednesday Schedule with 4 Day Weekends and Employee B

Description

As one of the nation’s fastest growing kombucha companies, Humm Kombucha is on a quest to put the goodness of Humm in the hands of as many people as possible.

We are hiring a Maintenance Technician who will work with a talented team that is responsible for managing and maintaining the packaging, fermentation, and other equipment to ensure all maintenance tasks are completed in a safe, efficient, and accurate manner with minimal production downtime. Additionally, this team plays an important role in performing day to day tasks for preventative maintenance, corrective maintenance, spare equipment inventory management, all new projects and equipment improvements in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

We are actively seeking Maintenance Technician for the following opening(s):

• Monday - Wednesday, nights from 5pm-5:30am

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform daily packaging maintenance activities including minimizing setup/teardown/changeover downtime
• Work with the packaging, fermentation and plant supervision on continuous improvement projects for the packaging, fermentation and operations departments
• Perform packaging preventative maintenance program tasks including spare parts management
• Promotes food safety and quality awareness throughout the organization
• Assist with inventory management of all new/replacement packaging equipment and parts
• Execute installation of packaging and fermentation equipment.
• Perform in depth maintenance inspections of packaging equipment on a periodic basis.
• Follow and enforce all Humm and customer operating procedures.
• Follow Humm policies, safety rules, Standard Operating Procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices and Food Safety Management System including logout/tagout SOP and confined space SOP’s.
• Maintain constructive working relationships with all staff.
• Assist in all other duties assigned by supervisor and/or management.

HUMM-STER RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Champion the company culture and values
• Embrace, practice and support Humm policies, Standard Operating Procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices
• Maintain constructive working relationships with employees and other department heads
• Being part of the Win

Perks and Benefits: We offer loads of awesome benefits and perks!

• A company culture that prioritizes supporting our employees to make some of the best beverages on the planet!
• Medical, vision and dental insurance (Humm currently pays 100% of the medical insurance premium for employee-only coverage and offers additional plans to cover your dependents too!).
• Paid time off for holidays, vacation, sick and personal time.
• Perks and discounts with other rad local businesses.
• Company supported retirement plans.
• And of course... FREE Humm beverages and gear!

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A minimum 3 years’ experience in general maintenance required, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• A journeyman industrial mechanic/millwright card or a minimum two (2) year technical degree preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of packaging equipment, processes, and procedures: Bottle and canning de-palletizers, powered conveyance, bottling and canning labelers (rotary and in line), bottling and canning rotary fillers (CFT/Krones/KHS), wrap around packaging cases, canning cartons, robotic palletizer etc.
• Strong troubleshooting and preventative maintenance skills in a manufacturing setting required: pneumatic, electrical, and mechanical processes
• Ability to provide instruction to other personnel regarding maintenance protocols.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Basic skills with hand tools and other shop tools.
• Operate and drive company forklifts and vehicles.
• Function in a loud and busy production environment.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• May need to work at heights.
• Occasional heavy lifting over 50lbs.
• Loud and humid manufacturing work environment (PPE is provided/required).
• Busy and active production floor.
• Indoor, outdoor and refrigerated environments in all weather conditions.
• Working with forklifts, pallet jacks, high powered pumps, chemicals, extreme temperature liquids, heavy equipment.
• Work on your feet for 8-12 hours daily.
• May be required to work all shifts including days, second/swing, split and graveyard.
• May be required to work weekends, evenings, holidays, on call for business needs.
• This position is part of our maintenance on