Food Plant Maintenance Technician

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The Food Plant Maintenance Technician will safely maintain, repair, & optimize our food plant packaging equipment while managing the Preventative Maintenance and spare parts inventory programs. The food plant packaging equipment generally includes power equipment, conveyers, flow wrapper machines, labelers/label applicators, and metal detectors. This position reports directly to the Food Plant Manager and works closely with other departments. The Food Plant Maintenance Technician is expected to reliably operate with minimal supervision and extreme ownership of the maintenance program.

**Duties/Responsibilities:\ \ **

• Provide excellent Customer Service to other departments.
• Work as a team to ensure the facility is clean, safe, and functional.
• Ensure the safe operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of electrical and mechanical systems and equipment.
• Oversee preventative maintenance program, schedule and perform all PM work.
• Maintain organized inventory of tools, spare parts, and other supplies. Responsible for logging time, materials, and other costs.
• Interpret and understand specifications and operating/maintenance manuals.
• Ensure food product integrity through proper execution of the HACCP System.
• Lead safety and continuous improvement initiatives by proposing policies and assisting in writing procedure manuals and training.
• Own communication of all appropriate information regarding system operation and maintenance to all department supervisors and the leadership team.

Skills/Qualifications:

High school diploma/GED.

Previous experience working in a food production factory.

Previous flow wrapper experience is preferred.

Technical school education preferred but not required.

2+ years of work-related experience with food packaging equipment repair and maintenance.