Electro-Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Who Kerry Is:

 

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

Where You'll Work:

 

With over 45 plants across North America, the Owatonna, MN, USA plant is a part of our Beverage division that mass blends savory food ingredients. These dry blended ingredients improve taste and solubility in products like K-Cups, probiotics drinks, vinegar powders and blended rice’s which are packaged by our customers.  We are hiring career minded people to help meet growing demands for quality ingredients!  You'll have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment with people who care about what we do! If you’re looking for a manufacturing facility where you can build a career and have fun while you do it, we might be the team for you!

What You'll Do:

 

The Electro-Mechanical Maintenance Technician performs in-process repairs of equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance and repair of production equipment during machine service. Equipment includes machinery such as pumps, motors, filling, capping, labelers, packing, and sealing equipment, Roof top units and HVAC units. The primary function of this 4 Day per week, swing shift is to keep equipment running efficiently to meet production goals. On a daily basis, this may include:

 

• Troubleshooting, repair and wiring of 3 phase, 480V motors, VFD's and PLC's.
• Pneumatics, hydraulics, electrical troubleshooting and repair.
• Preventative and predictive maintenance
• Boiler maintenance and repair (with License)
• Equipment care of piping systems – sanitary for product flow, steam piping, pneumatics, RTU's or HVAC units.
• Use of scissor lifts or ability to work on lift platforms.
• Use of MS products and SAP software, documentation of work.

What You'll Need to Succeed:

 

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Trade school or continuing education in engineering or electro-mechanical repairs preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in an industrial maintenance related position, preferably chemical or food production.

 

Possess and demonstrate technical knowledge of the following:

 

• Experience motor troubleshooting, repair & wiring.
• Understanding of 3 phase wiring, high voltage, 120-480 VAC
• Understanding of VFD and PLC, troubleshooting, repair and wiring.
• Preventative and predictive maintenance.
• Pneumatics, hydraulics, electrical troubleshooting and repair.
• Boiler maintenance and repair (we offer licensing assistance)
• Pump repair
• Piping systems – sanitary for product flow, steam piping, and pneumatic.
• Process equipment – pumps, motors, filling, capping, labelers, packing, and sealing equipment.
• Use of MS products and SAP ideal.
• Prior manufacturing safety training: Lift Trucks - scissor lifts, OSHA 10, ISO 14001, cGMP, Sanitary environments, HazMat.