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WE RISE TOGETHER!

At AMF we are dedicated to working alongside our customers to produce better food for families around the world while creating better lives for our teammates, families, customers, and communities.

AMF Bakery Systems is the world's largest manufacturer of high-speed bakery equipment. We provide complete automated bakery solutions for numerous categories, including Soft Bread and roll, Artisan Bread, Cake and Pie, Pizza and Flatbread and Pastry and Croissant. AMF is part of the Markel Food Groups, the leading equipment supplier to food manufactures around the world.

Our culture and shared values are spelled out in "The Markel Style" as we encourage and recognize teammates that bring these values to life each day. With the style as our guide, our teams pursue excellence while keeping a sense of humor. Seeking to know our customers' needs, we aim to build financial value for our shareholders while sharing success with others and winning together. We are inspired to work hard and encouraged to challenge management to find better ways of doing things. At AMF, we believe in fostering the professional development and personal potential of our diverse workforce.

If you're searching for the next company to call home, AMF Bakery Systems provides a teammate-centered culture with exciting career growth opportunities. We strive to build extraordinary teams by seeking out a wide range of talent, experiences, and diverse backgrounds. Diversity of thought and the collaboration of various life experiences are what drive growth and innovation at AMF.

Job Description:

AMF Bakery Systems is looking for a motivated and self-driven Mechanical Assembly Technician (MAT). MATs are responsible for the mechanical assembly of AMF machinery, assemblies, and equipment. MATs must be able to work with or without the aid of drawings and/or schematics. Fabrication and occasional rework of parts (cutting, grinding, drilling, tapping, welding, etc.) will be required to complete assemblies.

Job Duties Include:

• Interpret and follow verbal, written, and drawn instructions
• Assemble parts using a wide variety of fasteners and joining techniques
• Maintain work area cleanliness, functionality, and safe conditions
• Perform all assigned tasks in a limited amount of time, within acceptable quality limits, and while following safe work practices
• Report out on assembly progress and suggest countermeasures to maintain or recover schedules
• Identify and suggest productivity and/or quality improvements to Supervisors and/or Engineers

Requirements:

• Trade school
• Relevant mechanical assembly experience
• Ability to comprehend and execute verbal, written, and drawn instructions (incl. 2D and 3D engineering drawings and/or schematics)
• A solid mechanical aptitude that enables the use of sound judgment in the proper use of fasteners and assembly steps
• Ability to weld a plus
• Comfortable working with a wide variety of hand, electrical, and pneumatic tools and understanding of which tools are best to use in a given situation
• Ability to assess a problematic situation, diagnose a potential issue and repair the problem
• Ability to lift 50 pounds
• Ability to safely operate a fork truck
• Ability to weld preferred but not required
• Must have own basic tools. A list of teammate-provided tools includes box/open end/socket wrench sets, Allen wrench set, screwdriver set, tap handles, pliers, combination square, 9" level, and tape measure. English and metric tool sets are recommended. A lockable toolbox is also recommended
• Safety glasses and steel-toed safety shoes are required
• Long pants and a sleeved shirt (short sleeves at a minimum) are required

Working Environment:

• Typical manufacturing facility conditions (Indoors ~95% / Outdoors ~5%)
• Facility is heated in winter, but not air-conditioned in summer
• Employee must be able to stand on concrete floors for a minimum of eight hours. Kneeling, squatting, bending over, and standing for long periods of time may be required to perform assigned tasks.
• Can occasionally be loud, especially in local areas where grinding or machine testing is taking place. Ear plugs are provided for work performed where noise is a factor.
• Employee must be able to work with both live wire (up to 575V) and dead wire conditions. Live wire conditions generally make up less than 20% of the normal working environment.

Benefits

• AMF Bakery Systems offers a competitive compensation, benefits package, and excellent opportunities for growth throughout our organization globally and within the Markel Food Group