Maintenance Mechanic

Job Location: ​Augusta​

Company description

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 38,767  dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

Diversity Statement

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

About the Role:

• Understand the fundamentals of a maintenance technician role and be proficient in diagnosing and repairing industrial equipment to include hydraulic, pneumatic, conveyance, electrical, and mechanical operating systems.
• Candidate must have an ability to follow directions both verbal and written, utilize critical thinking for Root Cause Analysis, demonstrate an ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team, properly perform preventative maintenance task, effectively communicate pm findings and parts request, and possess an ability to progress to the next level in the maintenance structure.
• Applicant must be safety minded and follow all Safety and Food Safety guidelines as set forth.

Main Responsibilities:

• Analyses Work Progress Status for the activities under its area of competence comparing with activities plans/programs and detect corrective actions in case of missing objectives
• Ensures the correct application of safety standards and safe behaviors during the execution of maintenance intervention
• Ensures, for the activities under its area of competence, the correct realization and accounting of those activities in charge of contractors and external companies
• Operate in different areas from the one(s) under its area of responsibility in case of specific seriousness intervention (if requested)
• Guarantees the correct implementation of preventive maintenance actions, including also those focused on improvement and condition-based
• Evaluate the correct application and development of all those functional checks potentially necessary for a machinery’s “re-delivery” which follows an on-call intervention action
• Guarantees the request, also internally crafting, of all the necessary spare parts for the maintenance intervention
• Ensures a correct and complete handover of the activities with the next shift RMT
• Support in the spreading of maintenance best practices
• Guarantees the correctness of the data upload into SAP PM
• Takes part in the update and archiving of machinery books, operative manuals and other documentation
• Ensures the distribution and spreading of all the technical documentation
• Detects areas for improvement both at maintenance system as a whole and at equipment/machinery level.
• Evaluate both at technical and economical level continuous improvement proposals, ensuring the development for those identified as valid and monitor the results once implemented.
• Propose and cooperate in the implementation of initiatives and support in the evaluation of target achievement.
• Evaluates the chance for transferring easy maintenance practices/actions to production personnel and monitor results. 
• Ensure that all interventions are carried out with the necessary measures to ensure conditions of work which meet individual and Environmental Health & Safety compliance
• Ensure the availability of protective measures, information and training for personnel · Guarantee compliance with hygienic food safety standards
• Ensure work areas, tools, and equipment are compliant and detect unsafe conditions or violations of procedures or safety rules
• Coordinate with H&S to investigate accidents and injuries, and prepare reports of findings
• Ensure practices relating to environmental compliance are followed
• Coordinate proper recycling of scrap, disposal of scrap (materials and machinery)
• In consultation with Utilities and H&S departments ensure waste and chemicals are disposed properly with regards to air and water emissions
• Coord