Maintenance Technician

 

Supervisor’s Title:             Maintenance Team Lead

Department:                        Maintenance

Exempt Status:                   Non-Exempt

 

MWC is a state of the art cheese and whey production facility in St. Johns, MI. MWC is a joint venture between Glanbia Nutritionals, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Select Milk Producers Inc. (Select).

 

Job Summary

Install, diagnosis and repair industrial equipment. Monitor equipment and process functions to ensure they operate at designed efficiencies.

 

Essential Functions

• Responsible for electrical mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic maintenance and repair of machinery and equipment.
• Assists operators and maintenance employees in diagnosing malfunctions in machinery and equipment.
• Assists in dismantling, assembling, and installing industrial machinery.
• Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules.
• Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Repairs and maintains machinery such as pneumatic tools, motors, conveyor systems and production machines and equipment using testing instruments, hand and power tools and precision-measuring instruments.
• Work on the chemical pumps, valves and plumbing in the CIP kitchens.
• Dismantles devices to remove defective parts.
• Performs preventative and predictive maintenance on equipment.
• Analyzes equipment failures, determines cause and makes necessary adjustments.
• Repairs, maintains, replaces, installs and tests electrical components of machine such as relays, switches, and motors, and positions sensing devices.
• Replaces electric motor bearings and rewires motors.  Diagnoses and replaces faulty mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic.
• Tests malfunctioning machinery and discusses malfunction with other maintenance workers, to diagnose malfunction.
• Diagnoses malfunctioning apparatus such as transformers, motors, and replaces damaged or broken wires and cables using electrical hand tools and voltage or ampere measuring devices.
• Test electrical components.
• Utilizes GPS processes, driving zero losses and upholds the culture of Glanbia non-negotiables.
• Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health  Act which are applicable to his/her own actions and conduct.
• Complies with all applicable food safety regulations and mandates (Safe Quality Foods, Food and Drug Admin, Pasteurized Milk Ordinance)

 

Delivering on Glanbia’s Values:

 

• “Showing Respect” - Research issues & incidents with internal teams, business partners and customers in a collaborative manner that includes professional, honest and transparent communication.
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