Maintenance Technician

Description

Responsible for providing maintenance, repair, and upkeep of all plant equipment, buildings, and tools. The technician is responsible for providing preventative maintenance, including a safe and sanitary environment, to the plant and surrounding grounds. They perform routine maintenance, repairs, troubleshooting, and inspections to minimize downtime.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Duties include but are not limited to:

• • Learn set-up, operation, adjustments and operating parameters of production equipment.
  • Safety must be priority. Remedy any unsafe conditions in a timely manner.
  • Reconfigure electrical and water drops to improve esthetics, efficiency and safety.
  • Assess maintenance and repair problems with follow-up.
  • Perform plumbing and electrical work and repair equipment when breakdowns occur to maintain production.
  • Develop open communication with machine operators, department supervisors and managers.
  • Facilitate implementing a preventative maintenance schedule for production equipment.
  • Build spare parts stock for normal wear items.
  • Paint any necessary areas and repair aesthetic defects i.e. seals, hinges, hangers, etc. when production schedule allows.
  • Develop a daily walk-through routine to spot and document possible problems.
  • Be on call, as needed.
  • Be a role model in projecting and applying company policies and department SOPs and promote teamwork at all times.
  • Perform other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications:

1. Education and Experience
   • Required: High school diploma or GED.
   • Minimum three years related experience in an electrical, single phase, 3 phase & programming, refrigeration, welding, fabrication, forklift, or building maintenance.
   • Preferred: Experience in Best Practices in Process Improvement.
   • Industrial Refrigeration Certified.
   • Experience working in a food processing environment.
2. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements
   • Able to obtain a Commercial Driver’s License
   • Fork-lift Certification
3. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required
   • Strong mechanical, electrical, or technical aptitude
   • Strong Computer skills in MS Office Suite, primarily Word and Excel
   • Ability to write routine reports and correspondence

Cloverdale Foods Company offers a competitive compensation package and an excellent benefits program for confidential consideration, please send your resume to HRDept@cloverdalefoods.com or Fax: 701-663-0690. To comply with government recordkeeping requirements, please go to http://www.cloverdalefoods.com/employment/apply.asp and send us a completed Online Application along with your resume/cover letter.

Cloverdale Foods Company is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.