Maintenance Technician

Company: Treehouse Foods
Location: Excelsior Springs
Posted on: September 15, 2021

Job Description:

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

MO Excelsior Springs

Job Type:

Production Maintenance

Job Posting Title:

Maintenance Technician

Job Description:

Responsibilities:
Stock and locate spare parts. Troubleshoot and repair mechanical and electrical equipment. Perform equipment modifications and rebuilds. Perform routine maintenance welding and minor fabrication. Perform general building maintenance. Responsible for ensuring equipment is properly maintained in order to manufacture safe, legal and quality product. Ensure that work areas are clean that Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's) are full complied with. Ensure compliance with all safety programs and maintain hazard free work areas. Schedule and perform the following regular preventive maintenance:

• Flour system blowers, airlocks, diverter valves and sifters
• Change dust collector filter bags
• Presses, dryers, accumulators and strippers
• Die washer
• Short cut storage and distribution system
• Packaging machines, scales, code daters, printers, casepackers and tapers
• Alvey case lifts, conveyors, accumulators and palletizer
• Air compressors and dryers
• Boiler, circulating pumps and control valves
• Chillers and air handlers and intake filters (general HVAC)
• Water treatment system
• Plant hot water system and general plumbing

Must be able to adjust their work schedule in order to maintain a 2-shift operation (may require overtime as operation requires).

Be able to effectively communicate with team members to support a self-directed work environment. Use sound judgment in exercising caution to insure personal safety and the safety of others. Communicate effectively across all functions to insure efficient production levels.
Supervision:

• Team Lead

Qualifications/Education/Experience/Skills

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Must demonstrate good communication skills and be able to understand and interpret equipment training manuals and drawings.
• Must demonstrate good math skills.
• Must demonstrate a sense of urgency.
• Must possess a solid mechanical aptitude combined with technical training and/or the equivalent in manufacturing experience (preferably in food manufacturing).
• Demonstrate creative troubleshooting and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrate an advanced understanding of electrical distribution and control circuits.
• Demonstrate an advanced understanding of PLC theory and programming.
• Advanced working knowledge of the following support equipment:
• Boilers, pumps and circulating systems
• Air compressors and pneumatic systems
• Pneumatic conveying theory and related systems
• Pasta drying instrumentation
• Understand be proficient in the operation of the following shop equipment:
• Drill press
• Hydraulic press
• Milling machine
• Lathe
• Grinders, band saws and other related hand tools.

• Advanced maintenance welding including:
• AC/DC stick, Tig, Mig, Gas Acetylene
• Physical Requirements:
• Ability to lift at least 50 pounds unassisted; periodically lift up to 100 lbs.

Must be able to climb, kneel, crawl and work at elevation. Vocal communication required to communicate with all plant personnel. Distance and color vision acuity is required.

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Keywords: Treehouse Foods, Independence , Maintenance Technician, Other , Excelsior Springs, Missouri

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