Maintenance Technician $25.66 - $28.70 (12-hour Rotating Shifts)

Overview

At Eagle Foods we are builders.  We are builders of brands, categories, and people.  Eagle Foods enjoys a rich heritage with brands that have proven category leadership for more than 150 years.  Eagle is a diversified food company producing and marketing sweetened condensed and evaporated milk, snacks and convenient meal solutions products.  As a company, Eagle Foods is passionate about fostering an entrepreneurial spirit that boldly builds better people and better brands while focusing on the positive impact our company, our products and our people have on the world.  Eagle Foods has a bold family of brands that consumers have come to rely on for decades, including Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk and Evaporated Milk, Magnolia® Sweetened Condensed Milk, PET® Milk, Popcorn Indiana, Cretors Popcorn, Helper and Suddenly Salad.  Eagle Foods products are marketed and distributed across all U.S. retail channels, including grocery stores, club stores and mass-merchandisers, as well as foodservice and export, U.S. military, and private label business.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with food safety and GMP requirements for facility
• Participates in plant QA Systems (SQMS Key Element supporter) and HSE systems (Owns one key element)
• Performs Hermetic Seam Checks for SCM and EVAP (CCP)
• Ensure that quality issues are reported to management
• Must have the ability to balance and achieve positive results in the areas of Safety, Quality, Productivity and Technical Leadership
• Repair and maintain all processing, filling, and downstream equipment (Can operate and troubleshoot DE palletizers, Case Packers, can and case coders, CASI check weighers, conveyors, Robot, tray formers, case wrappers, pouch case taper, CIP circuits, milk receiving, sugar receiving, oil receiving, chemical unloading, troubleshoot cream loadouts, troubleshoot cut open
• Maintain 85% production efficiency and 8% unscheduled downtime for assigned shift
• Diagnose and resolve issues on programmable controllers, chart recorders and meters through self -directed review of OEM provided materials
• Troubleshoot, repair and change out of 3 phase motors, wiring and controls, read and understand written schematics
• Assist Utility Mechanic in the repair of Ammonia based system valve, piping, glycol plate heat exchange, condensers and receivers, industrial steam boilers, associated water supply and steam distribution.
• Safely and effectively use acetylene and propane torch for cutting and brazing
• Recommended measures to improve equipment performance, product quality, and safety
• Ensure equipment is free of recognized hazards or that hazards are protected prior to placing the equipment back in operation
• Responsible for being directly involved and committed to see any repairs through and ensure the plant has appropriate support needed to minimize down time. Production and Efficiency requirements may at times require extended hours to ensure all repairs are completed accurately and in a timely manner.
• Ensure all trouble calls in you area are investigated, documented, and communicated in an accurate and timely manner. Trouble call documentation is to be recorded on M+ work orders.
• Keep area clean at all times
• Assist and complete as required on BOS, Shift Indicator, Risk Prediction and Confined space entry programs.
• Attend and participate in regularly scheduled informational meetings (i.e. pre-shift meetings).
• Maintain a positive work environment that encourages teamwork
• Complete all tasks assigned to you
• Assist the training of other maintenance personnel and operators
• Analyze and report potential Machine problems
• Maintain and follow quality aspects such as perform seam checks (Evap & SCM), review documentation records, explain CCP’s (Evap & SCM), follow seal procedure protocol on chart recorders, comply with reg tag and temporary release programs.
• Complete all assigned Work Orders by due date
• Order and check out all parts from eAM inventory system and ensure all parts checked are accounted for on eAM
• Complete jobs on the work list
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Certification(s) in one of the following:
  • HVAC
  • Welding
  • Electrical
  • Hydraulics and Pneumatics
• The ability to communicate and take directions effectively and efficiently in the English language, both verbal and written.
• Awareness of Regulatory Standards (FDA, OSHA), preferred
• Experience in food manufacturing and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), preferred
• High School Diploma, Technical degree (tech school or other qualified institution) preferred
• Ability to person standards math (job-related activities)
• Computer skills-ability to use Word, Excel, and Outlook Proficiently
• Ability to operate a forklift (certified license is a plus)
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs., Kneel Crawl and stand for long periods of time.