Maintenance Technician

​Requisition ID: 57088 
Position Type: (US)Full Time 
Workplace Arrangement:   

About Kerry

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.

 

Union plants  

The starting wage for this role is $34.80 per hour.  This position may also be eligible for a shift differential and/or overtime.   In addition to your pay, Kerry offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and retirement contribution (all benefits and incentives are subject to eligibility requirements).   

Shift/Working Hours: Thur-Sun A shift 6am-4pm

About the role

 

Where You'll Work 

At our Melrose Park, IL, plant we feel good about our various batters and breading products that make our food taste better. Our employees care - about their community, their team and the results we create every day. 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. Our team prides itself on being collaborative and having a healthy culture where working hard and doing a good job is recognized and appreciated. Please note, this is a Union facility. We are part of the Melrose Park Teamsters Local 781. 

 

Located just outside of Chicago, our Melrose Park location is part of our Meat division and creates batter blends, pastry blends, and bread crumbs. We are a fast paced, never a dull moment manufacturing facility that comes together as a team to get the job done. With a growing portfolio, comes need to grow our team! If you’re looking to build a career in manufacturing with a team you can make a difference with, we might be the place for you! 

Key responsibilities

Demonstrates leadership in the area of safety. This requires observing and enforcing safety rules and practices, encouraging safe work behaviors, and promptly correcting conditions and unsafe behavior, which may lead to accidents.
Continually endorse the Quality & Food Safety Policies, assure conformance to all requirements of the Quality & Food Safety Management Systems, & take action to properly report failures of these systems to site management.
III.   GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY:
Responsible for supporting the Maintenance Supervisor in the coordination and/or execution of activities within the Maintenance group to ensure a productive workforce that supports the facility in a safe, reliable, and efficient manner. Repairs plant equipment, installs new equipment, and performs building maintenance as directed by the Maintenance Supervisor. Above all the necessities mentioned below, the team lead needs to be able to:
-  stay focused on getting the day’s work done, and lead his team members to stay focused,
-  maintain a positive attitude amidst unplanned events of the day and
-  be a part of the solution, not the problem
-  willing to learn new skills that would benefit the plant and willing to teach the skills to the fellow team members

IV.  MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
A.  Essential Functions:
1.  In the absence of the Maintenance group lead, ensure critical activities of the group lead to keep the maintenance department working properly.
2.  Assists the group lead in reviewing the current day’s schedule status of manpower availability daily,and facilitates the execution to plan.
3.  Must be able to lead and help train fellow team members within the department.
4.  Assists the Planner/Scheduler and Maintenance Engineer by recommending equipment and/or procedures to be included in preventative maintenance programs
5.  Recommends and helps find permanent solutions to the issues that maintenance department faces in its day to day functioning
6.  Keeps the maintenance staff properly informed on all abnormal or critical situations and seeks advice on matters outside of their knowledge or authority
7.  Works with various hand tools, power tools, welders and cutting equipment to repair and maintain plant machinery and equipment such as mixers, conveyors, compressors, and pumps
8.  Repairs or replaces control devises such as switches, photo eyes, proximity sensors, pushbuttons, contactors, motor starters, etc. as needed
9.  Performs work order repairs, inspections and adjustme