Maintenance Mechanic - Dairy

🔧 Maintenance Mechanic

Are you ready to take the next step in your maintenance career with a team that values safety, excellence, and collaboration? In this role, you'll play a key part in keeping plant operations running smoothly while supporting a culture built on teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement.

What You'll Do

You will:

• Use power tools, welding tools, forklifts, articulating booms, and more to complete assigned projects.

• Read blueprints and create layout sketches.

• Use a plasma cutter for various fabrication tasks.

• Diagnose and repair plant breakdowns quickly and accurately using troubleshooting skills.

• Troubleshoot and wire 3-phase motors, as well as 110v and 24v control wiring.

• Rebuild centrifugal and positive displacement pumps.

• Follow all safety procedures and uphold the core value of Excellence.

• Communicate and collaborate closely with production operators to maintain equipment reliability.

• Prioritize work effectively and take ownership of repairs and results.

• Actively participate in training and development programs that may occur before, during, or after shifts.

• Help coach and train team members through hands-on and buddy training.

• Uphold all food safety and sanitation standards, reporting any incidents or opportunities for improvement.

• Participate in food safety root cause investigations when needed.

• Always prioritize safety by identifying and reporting hazards and supporting safety team activities.

• Potentially participate in ERT and HazMat teams.

What You'll Need

• Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English.

• 1 year of industrial manufacturing experience OR completion of a technical program.

• Solid knowledge of basic hand tools.

• Ability to clearly explain troubleshooting methods.

• Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

• Willingness to work weekends, holidays, and rotating 12-hour shifts (7-7).

• Ability to lift up to 60 lbs.

What Will Put You Ahead

• High school diploma or GED.

• Certificate or training in Industrial Maintenance, Automotive/Diesel Equipment, or related fields.

• 1 year of SAP experience.

• 2 years of dairy manufacturing and 1 year of operator-based maintenance experience.

• 4 years of industrial manufacturing or 2 years of industrial/automotive/diesel/ag maintenance experience.

• Basic knowledge of gas, TIG, MIG, and arc welding (most welding is performed by external vendors, but familiarity is beneficial).