Senior Maintenance Specialist

Job Purpose: Support the company’s maintenance program by focusing on plant equipment and building maintenance in a manner that meets and complies with all food safety policies and OSHA regulations.

 Essential Functions

 • Train Maintenance Technicians to troubleshoot and repair mechanical problems with plant equipment (e.g., mechanical drive systems, HVAC, hydraulic and pneumatic systems)  

• Train Maintenance Technicians to troubleshoot and repair electrical problems with plant equipment (e.g., wiring, circuits, fuses, switches, electrical installations, transformers, motors, and AC/DC motor drives) 

• Train Maintenance Technicians to fabricate replacement parts or equipment as needed  
• Electronically troubleshoot PLC controlled equipment by means of installed PLC 

 • Troubleshoot control circuits • Report food safety and quality issues to appropriate personnel 

• Comply with all food safety requirements, training, policies, and procedures 

 • Perform other job-related duties as assigned 

Qualifications (Education, Experience, Competencies) 

• 2-year degree in electronics/maintenance mechanics or 7+ years in maintenance mechanic roles, including repair or preventive maintenance in hydraulics, pneumatics, machine shop, electricity, or electronics 

 • PLC installation, programming, troubleshooting, and repair experience essential 

• Ammonia systems and boiler experience desired 

• Advanced knowledge of CMMS 

• Working knowledge of lockout/tagout programs  

• Advanced stick and tig welding skills; ability to weld to sanitary standards 

• Intermediate computer skills including experience with Microsoft Office 

• Ability to work with basic mathematical concepts to identify solutions 

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists 

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and as part of a team to complete assigned tasks 

• Ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment  

 • Ability to work off shifts and weekends as needed; on-call availability   

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