3rd Shift Preventative Maintenance Technician

Are you an experience in Preventative Maintenance and looking for a job where your attention to detail and experience can make a difference? Look no further! Villari Foods is currently seeking an PM Maintenance Technician to join our team in Warsaw, North Carolina.

As a 3rd Shift Preventative Maintenance Technician, you will Provide mechanical support service in response to operational changes resulting from malfunction, breakdown, relocation, replacement, or other modification of existing mechanical systems and/or equipment. The 3rd Shift Preventative Maintenance Tech position will be located at The Pork Company and Villari Brothers manufacturing plants as needed.

Job duties:

• Ensures maintenance and repair work is completed safely, effectively, and in a timely

manner.

• Works with maintenance Manager and/or Supervisor to plan work priorities, obtain

necessary supplies, and assess skills needed to complete tasks.

• Completion of P.M's.
• LOTO issues and repairs to safety guards as needed.
• Maintain chemical levels.
• Back up for tracking supply orders, and other resources used for inventory purposes or to

complete upcoming projects.

• Evaluates systems or facilities to determine maintenance or repairs that need to be

performed to keep the plant up and running.

• Assist with refrigeration issues.
• Rebuild equipment.
• Keep maintenance area and VB/TPC grounds cleaned as needed.
• Back up on call for refrigeration.
• Assist with plant electrical issues.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Extensive knowledge of building systems such as plumbing, electrical, and HVAC.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
• Ability to identify issues and to determine repairs that are needed.

To qualify for this job, you must have:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent required.
• 3 to 5 years of related experience.
• Experience in a high-volume food manufacturing environment or related field preferred.

 We’d also love it if you have:

• Plummer, refrigeration, and Mechanical experience is a plus.
• Electrical experience is a plus.

What Villari Foods offers you:

• Medical insurance
• Company-paid life insurance
• 401K
• Paid vacation days and holidays
• Employee discounts on Villari meat products
• Opportunities for employee recognition
• Opportunities for promotion from within; more than 80% of our leaders started in an entry-level position at Villari Foods!

How Villari Foods is different:

• As a family-owned and operated business, we’re more connected with our team members and truly consider each employee a member of the Villari family.
• We’re a people-focused culture. Team members are not only known but also cared for by peers, leaders, and owners. You aren’t just a number.
• The experience each employee has working at Villari Foods is important to us. That’s why we strive for a better quality of work-life with a slower pace that avoids an eventual burnout.

Physical requirements and work environment:
The physical demand described here are representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. To perform assigned duties the following will occur: Standing on one's feet for long periods of time, walking, and lifting. The employee is regularly required to sit/stand, reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs on an occasional basis. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to a cold, wet environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually below 85 db for a time weighted average of 8 hours.

More about Villari Foods:
Founded in 1925 by Sam Villari, Villari Foods is still a family-owned business with a rich history. As a teenager, Sam came to America from Italy, instilled with the value his native culture placed on pure, good food as an integral part of the family and social life. Today, at Villari Foods, we combine our unwavering commitment to Old World quality with our capacity to keep pace with evolving customer demands – and exceed expectations for great taste, good health, variety, value, convenience, and creativity in the kitchen. With the fourth Villari generation now entering the business, our family remains dedicated to ensuring an exceptional experience for all who enjoy our products.

We offer a wide variety of quality pork and other meat products for retail, foodservice, and export markets. We understand and are responding to consumer preferences for meat products that are locally sourced, humanely raised, organic, and free of antibiotics, hormones, and steroids. And we’re well known for our smoked products.

As part of Villari Foods, we also have our own livestock and trucking operations, which allows for greater quality control and extraordinary customer service, including superior delivery options. We partner with local farms and are committed to environmental sustainability.

EEO Statement:

Villari Foods is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans’ status, status as a disabled individual, or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law.