Maintenance Technician - 1st Shift

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The people of CTI Foods are our #1 ingredient that drive us to be the best custom food and culinary solutions team that has seven state-of-the-art food processing facilities and over 1,800 employees from, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, and Texas.

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Responsible for routinely inspecting equipment and performing basic preventative maintenance duties as necessary or scheduled

Routinely inspect equipment

• Evaluate integrity of equipment and determine potential equipment failure or actual equipment failure.
• Perform preventative maintenance on all facility equipment and machinery including office auxiliary equipment.
• Identify when mechanical parts (e.g. sprockets, bearing shafts, chain, gearboxes) are worn and need to be replaced.
• Understand and troubleshoot controls and equipment interlocks.
• Understand and perform electrical shutdown procedures.
• Understand the fire system operation and where the valves are located.
• Able to operate and setup all equipment in the plant.
• Report concerns or problems to the maintenance lead and/or manager.
• Perform preventive maintenance repairs as needed.
• Evaluate integrity of equipment and determine potential equipment failure or actual equipment failure.
• Perform preventative maintenance on all facility equipment and machinery including office auxiliary equipment.
• Identify when mechanical parts (e.g. sprockets, bearing shafts, chain, gearboxes) are worn and need to be replaced.
• Understand and troubleshoot controls and equipment interlocks.
• Understand and perform electrical shutdown procedures.
• Understand the fire system operation and where the valves are located.
• Able to operate and setup all equipment in the plant.
• Report concerns or problems to the maintenance lead and/or manager.
• Perform preventive maintenance repairs as needed.

Perform basic maintenance duties as necessary

• Maintain operational ability and integrity of all machinery.
• Lubricate all equipment as necessary and verify that the equipment or parts accepts lubrication properly
• Understand pneumatics, hydraulic basic controls, pumps and general operations.
• Ability to identify visual defects and make correction as needed and identify and distinguish between colors.
• Must be able to work in areas of varying temperatures.
• Relieve other associates as necessary.
• Maintain good housekeeping.
• Regular attendance
• Promotes, adheres, and is responsible for Food Safety and Quality
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Perform all job duties and responsibilities in a compliant and ethical manner and in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local laws as well as company policies and procedures.

Operate Equipment

• Operate all equipment (e.g. conveyors, augers, pumps, etc.) in order to perform necessary Pre-Operational maintenance procedures.

All other duties as assigned by Supervisor 

• Lift up to 50lbs
• Frequently move between warm and cold environments
• Read, write, and understand English at a technical level
• Complete basic math problems
• Able to read and understand mechanical & electrical schematics
• 3 yrs of previous experience in maintenance
• Associate Degree in Industrial Maintenance PreferredAble to read and understand mechanical & electrical schematics & P&ID flow charts.

        Essential Responsibilities                              Frequency                                   % Of Time

• Routinely inspect equipment                        Always                                             25%
• Perform basic maintenance duties                Always                                             25%
• Operate equipment                                     Always                                             25%
• Maintain required records & docs.                Always                                             25%

Physical Requirements

• Seeing – Near, Far, Color Vision
• Hearing – Ordinary & Other Sounds
• Touching
• Standing
• Walking
• Sitting
• Climbing
• Balancing
• Kneeling
• Lifting
• Carrying
• Reaching
• Handling
• Bending
• Crawling
• Twisting
• Pushing
• Pulling
• Talking
• Ability to Move Distances Within and Between Buildings
• Ability to Mount and Dismount Forklift or Truck

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; stoop, talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and taste/smell; and frequently required to climb and must be able to reach all levels in the bay. The employee will frequently lift and/or move up to 30 pounds and regularly lift to 50 pounds.

Environmental Conditions

• Outside
• Inside
• Extreme Cold – 32 ° Fahrenheit
• Extreme Heat – 120 ° Fahrenheit
• Wet or Humid
• Noise
• Vibration
• Moving Objects
• High Places
• Fumes or Odors
• Hazardous Material
• Dirt or Dust
• Gases
• Poor Ventilation
• Mechanical Equipment
• Electrical Equipment
• Pressurized Equipment
• Work Alone
• Work With Other People
• Shift Work

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud and requires that hearing protection be always worn in production areas at all times. 

Cognitive Requirements

• Reading – Simple
• Writing – Simple
• Read, Write and Understand English
• Critical Thinking & Analysis
• Decision Making

Basic Math Skills