Maintenance Mechanic

The Mechanic II maintains and repairs machinery and equipment ( e.g.- Blenders, Fluid Beds, Film Lines, Grinders, Sifters and other production machinery). This employee has the responsibility to report food safety hazards or personnel safety concerns to their immediate supervisor. 

Responsibilities:

• Observes mechanical devices and listens to their sounds to locate cause of trouble
• Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts
• Examines form and texture of parts to detect imperfections
• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments
• Repairs and/or replaces defective parts including installation of special functional and structural parts in devices.
• Starts devices to test their performance
• Sets up and operates drill press, grinder and other metalworking tools to make and repair parts
• Maintains and documents preventative maintenance program
• Troubleshoots and repairs electrical equipment
• Initiates purchase order for parts
• Performs troubleshooting, breakdown maintenance, welding and preventative maintenance on downstream equipment (e.g. – Production equipment)
• Competency with hand tools, power tools, welding and machine shop equipment
• Regular attendance is an essential function of this position.
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Maintains all assigned safety trainings
• Maintains all PPE needed for one’s job performance and safety
• Works independently and with other Team members

Education, Training:      

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

Experience Required:   

• A minimum of three to five years’ experience in the repair and maintenance of food processing equipment in a  manufacturing environment or equivalent experience

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies:       

• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions finished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
• Ability to work with amino acids, vitamins and fine chemicals in powder and liquid form as well as allergen products.

Language, Computer & Numeracy:        

• Ability to communicate effectively in English both verbally and written
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measures, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to interpret bar graphs

Physical Demands:

• Regularly involves talking or listening, sitting, and the use of hands and fingers.
• Regularly involves going up and down stairs.
• Frequently involves reaching with hands and arms, standing and walking.
• Occasionally involves crouching, stooping, kneeling and/or climbing or balancing.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Manual dexterity sufficient to reach/handle items, works with the fingers, and perceives attributes of objects and materials.
• Involves moderate physical activity performing non-strenuous daily activities of a primarily administrative nature.
• Should be able to identify and distinguish colors, see clearly at 20 inches or closer and 20 feet or more, observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point, judge distances and spatial relationships, and adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus.

Typical Environmental Conditions

• May be exposed to moderate noise levels (i.e. office equipment, light traffic).
• May be exposed to moderate to high noise levels (i.e. production equipment, forklifts, heavy traffic).
• May be exposed to humidity, intense heat and cold, outdoor weather conditions, and fumes and toxic chemicals.
• May work in areas with mechanical moving parts, above ground with risk of fall, or areas with risk of electrical shock.

This is an accurate description of the essential functions of my position.