Maintenance Technician

Tulare, CA (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=10800+Ave+184+Tulare+CA+USA+93274) • Manufacturing

Job Type

Full-time

Description

TITLE: Maintenance Technician

REPORTS TO: Maintenance Supervisor

LOCATION: Tulare, CA

Lactalis Heritage Dairy is currently seeking candidates to join our team in Tulare, CA.

Lactalis Group, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do.

If you’re looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise, and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirit, hands-on responsibility, and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you!

Lactalis Heritage Dairy: inviting you to share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE.

From yourPASSIONto ours

The Maintenance Technician will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing equipment and systems to ensure smooth operations and compliance with safety and quality standards.

Schedule: Rotating 12 Hour Schedule (Days/Nights)

From yourEXPERTISEto ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

Preferred candidates should have two years’ experience as a maintenance mechanic or previously completed/enrolled in an Industrial Maintenance Training program.

The required skills below are not limited to the following:

• Be able to troubleshoot and repair electrical devices such as fuses, motors, motor starters, proximity switches, circuit breakers, receptacles and plugs. Note: PLC experience is a plus.

• Be able to troubleshoot and repair mechanical devices such as centrifugal and positive displacement pumps, roller conveyors, belt conveyors, palletizers, sanitary and non-sanitary valves, Fillers, check weighers, metal detectors, gearboxes, bearings, seals and etc.

• Be able to use electrical equipment such as a volt meter and amp meter to determine electrical malfunctions on fuses, motors, motor starters and switches.

• Use proper tools for aligning sprockets, sheaves and couplings on fans, motor drives, and pumps. Be able to track conveyor belts and align shafts.

• Candidates should have some welding experience with Tig, Mig, Gas or stick.

• Accountable for the QRMP (Quality Risk Management Process) standards as outlined in the plant’s QRMP accountability document, including the implementation, improvement and ongoing maintenance.

Requirements

From yourSTORYto ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

• Must have all competencies as defined by a Maintenance A+, or higher, and those listed below, OR possess two or more years of experience as a Mechanic in an industrial setting OR have an Associate’s degree in Industrial Technology (or equivalent) and experience in an industrial setting.

• Basic operation and repair knowledge of packaging, processing and utility equipment.

• Basic controls understanding and fundamentals of components (i.e., photo eyes).

• Record, Analyze, evaluate, and complete all required tasks to maintain the Power & Refrigeration facility equipment, boiler testing, and readings.

• Maintain basic understanding of safety training of electrical systems and theory 110, 240 and 480v. NFPA training basics.

• Possess basic welding techniques

• Possess Plant Maintenance- Electrician/Mechanic journeyman certificate or equivalent

• Maintenance qualifications to provide line coverage as needed, part of maintenance demand pool, part of maintenance vacation planning classification.

• Must be able to maintain production line equipment with the ability to operate the equipment in order to identify any problems that may exists

• Must be willing to upgrade skills in areas where skills are not at the required level that includes but is not limited to vocational, college, vendor courses, etc. Train self and others in problem solving/troubleshooting of mechanical and electrical equipment.

• Demonstrated professionalism, one-on-one coaching, leadership, patience, diplomacy, high ethical standards, and a positive, cooperative attitude.

• Must be self-directed with strong organizational and administrative skills. Demonstrated proficiency in use of computer systems (i.e., Microsoft Word, Excel). A working familiarity with document control systems, training databases is a plus.

• Proven mathematics skills.

• Demonstrated ability to prioritize, coordinate, and implement multiple tasks as well as plan and execute against specific quality objectives. Must be organized and detailed oriented.

• Must be a successful change agent and team player with an aggressive solution-oriented track record. Possess proven communication (verbal and written) skills; able to successfully interact with plant personnel at all levels. Possess strong motivational skills and presentation.

• Must be medically cleared and fit to wear a respirator.

Lactalis Heritage Dairy is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.

Salary Description

$29.50 - $33.89