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Job Summary: As a Maintenance Partner, you'll function in a team environment, reporting to the Maintenance Team Leader with direct responsibilities to the Production Team Leader and Team. You'll provide technical support to ensure a safe environment, producing safe, high-quality product, in a timely manner, at the best cost possible.
Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions:

• Maintains manufacturing processes and equipment in optimum condition; integrates several process techniques focused on achieving high levels of overall process effectiveness (TPO)
• Applies fundamental understanding of team in development and active participation in a team environment through Division and Plant team orientation, safety and quality training, and Level I Team skills

Operates the following equipment:

• ELECTRICAL Operates meters and testing equipment, programmers, and soldering tools (e.g., voltmeters, amp meters, micrometers, meggers, programmers, test instrumentation, dial indicators)
• ELECTRONICS Operates computers (desktop programs) and appropriate tools; adjusts set points and machine controls (e.g., digital volt ohmmeter, handheld amp probe and held voltage tester, logic probes, CRT equipment)
• HYDRAULIC Operates / sets up hydraulic pumps and 3-way piloted and 4-way valve systems
• MECHANICAL Operates shop equipment (e.g., grinders, drills, saws, threaders, lathe, mill); starts up processing equipment, building equipment, and refrigeration systems
• WELDING Sets pressures on oxyacetylene equipment, arc welder, carbon arc welder, electrode welder, and tig welder

Repair & Replacement:

• BUILDING SYSTEMS Repairs plant equipment
• ELECTRICAL Installs conduits and voltage motors; repairs / replaces fuses, lamps, breakers, switches (e.g., wiring controls, power circuits0; uses standard brand of limit, micro switches, starters, control devices
• ELECTRONICS Installs / repairs / replaces / calibrates 4-20 milliamp sensor circuits; programs PLC
• HYDRAULIC Replaces cylinders, valves, and pumps; performs preventative maintenance (e.g., 4-way / Vickers valves)
• MECHANICS Replaces various shafts and bearings, filters, belts, chains, sprockets, and sheaves (using instruction manuals and parts lists); maintains / repairs processing equipment, building equipment, and refrigeration systems; sets mechanical functions on various tracking conveyors; assists in installation of new systems (including bearing)
• PNEUMATIC Replaces air cylinders, valves, and pumps; performs PM
• WELDING Prepares surfaces; selects correct welding rod; cuts / welds (metals, stainless steel, copper pipe, silver solder, soft solder joints)

Inspection:

• ELECTRICAL Inspects plant / OSHA-related items; generates work orders for repairs of loose connections
• HYDRAULIC Monitors system pressures; compares to standards
• MECHANICS Monitors various system temperatures and pressures; performs OSHA inspections for compliance on guards, cylinders, and unsafe conditions
• PNEUMATIC Monitors system pressures; compares to standards; writes up repair / rebuild order
• REFRIGERATION / HVAC Monitors system pressures and temperatures; compares to standards; inspects systems for leaks; monitors fluid levels including glycol levels proper ratios

Safety / Compliance:

• Performs preventative maintenance
• ELECTRICAL Applies proper lock-out / tag-out on all electrical equipment

Troubleshooting:

• BUILDING SYSTEMS Uses forklift and pallet jack manuals to troubleshoot plant equipment; troubleshoots low temperatures / pressures in hot water systems, lost power; isolates problems
• ELECTRICAL Troubleshoots all systems with / without schematics and photoelectric sensing equipment
• ELECTRONICS Controls power or programming fault, Modicon / Allen-Bradley PLCs, and PID control devices
• HYDRAULIC Troubleshoots hydraulic pump, receiver tank, and proper pressure settings
• MECHANICS Identifies problems with gearboxes, pumps, valves, and other basic system components, including vacuum conveyor system
• PNEUMATIC Troubleshoots systems
• REFRIGERATION / HVAC Troubleshoots refrigeration systems (e.g., ammonia, glycol, freon); isolates problems

• Reads blueprints (electrical, mechanics, welding)
• Draws / designs blueprints to repair / modify / construct / make process changes (mechanics)
• Makes changes to system design (hydraulic, pneumatic)

The responsibilities and essential functions outlined above describe the general nature and level of work assigned to this position. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Duties and responsibilities may be modified at any time based on business needs. Employees may be required to perform other job-related tasks as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.
Qualifications & Key Requirements:
Work Experience:

• Experience in maintenance - Required
• Experience in electrical / mechanical / equipment (for building & process) repair - Required
• Experience completely disassembling process equipment and repairing, improving, and reassembling for re-use - Required

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Strong working knowledge of all aspects of plant equipment maintenance operation (e.g., equipment troubleshooting, electrical, refrigeration, machine shop operation, welding, brazing soldering) - Required
• Strong aptitude and abilities in industrial plant, mechanical, or electrical work - Required
• Specific to assigned functional area: - Required
• BUILDING SYSTEMS
  • Understanding of the theory of water distribution and its components, including heat exchangers, water softeners, and water heaters
  • Understanding of electrical distribution system and how to identify its components
• ELECTRICAL
  • Ability to identify standard brand of limit, micro switches, starters, and control devices
  • Understanding of installation of 110V circuit for control voltage and how to identify appropriate use of such systems
  • Knowledge of how to electrically install different voltage motors
• ELECTRONICS
  • Knowledge of how to burn chips and program systems
  • Understanding of ladder logic diagrams
  • Knowledge of basic programming of a PLC
• EQUIPMENT OPERATION
  • Skills using voltmeters, ammeters, meggers, calipers, dial indicators, refrigeration test instrument micrometers, electronic test equipment (e.g., programmers), machinist equipment and tools, hydraulic test equipment, hand and industrial power tools
• HYDRAULIC
  • Knowledge of how to repair receiver tank
  • Knowledge of how to troubleshoot hydraulic systems, (Vickers valve, 4-way valve, pie press system)
  • Understanding of the difference between a larger diameter cylinder and a longer cylinder
• MECHANICS
  • Knowledge of how to operate, start up, troubleshoot, maintain, and repair some processing equipment, building equipment, and refrigeration systems
  • Knowledge of OSHA compliance requirements for guards, cylinders, and unsafe conditions
  • Understanding of how to install new equipment
  • Understanding of vacuum conveyor systems
  • Understanding of how to read and design blueprints to repair, modify, and construct equipment and make process changes
• PNEUMATIC
  • Knowledge of how to troubleshoot pneumatic systems and 4-way air valves
  • Understanding of application difference between hydraulic and pneumatic systems
  • Understanding of how a rodless cylinder works
• REFRIGERATION / HVAC
  • Knowledge of how to troubleshoot refrigerator systems and isolate problems (e.g., ammonia, glycol, freon systems)
• WELDING
  • Ability to read and understand blueprints
  • Understanding of why welding rods are covered with flux

Education:

• HS Diploma or GED - Required

Licenses/Certifications:

Physical Demands & Working Conditions:

• Travel by car or plane with overnight stays
• Regularly lift up to 20 lbs
• Occasionally lift 20 lbs or more
• Work extended hours
• Work rotating schedules
• Maneuver through the facility and perform functions of the job, with or without accommodation (standing, stooping, bending, etc.)
• Work in wet, cold, or hot environments, depending on Plant location, where temperatures are:
  • Snacks: temperature-controlled environment ranging from 80-100 degrees F
  • Floral: temperature-controlled environment ranging from 32-42 degrees F
  • Meat: routinely 30-45 degrees F in a cold and wet environment, occasionally (-)20 or 85 degrees F in certain areas
  • Milk: routinely 60-80 degrees F in a wet environment, occasionally 38 degrees F in certain areas, 110 degrees in others
  • Ice Cream: (-)40 to 80 degrees F, certain areas in a wet environment
  • Bakery: 80-100 degrees F
  • Tortilla: 80-100 degrees F

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Last revised: 6/1/2012

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