THE POSITION
This position is responsible for establishing and maintaining all the manufacturing equipment within the production areas. This position is also responsible for understanding related Quality Management Systems including SQF, HACCP, and GMP to ensure safety and quality of employees and products.
The job duties include responsibility for assuring food safety and for food quality.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Identify and repair electrical and mechanical defects
Ability to be an Competency Specialist for the plant in Robotics, Thermography, PLCS & HMI
Effectively complete assigned Preventative Maintenance Plans as scheduled to eliminate unplanned downtime.
Participate in RCA on equipment and process failures to provide insight to failure and suggest corrective actions

Work Well in a team environment and understand the team is stronger as a unified group vs a team of individuals.

Train operators on maintenance techniques when called to troubleshoot or repair equipment.
Completes preventative maintenance and other reliability tasks, assist in diagnostics, repairs and rebuilds of machines; partner with engineering or others on non-routine repairs and defect handling solutions

Understands the management of Quality Systems and is familiar with SQF, HACCP, and GMP practices which help ensure the safety within the workplace and the production of a safe and quality product(s)
Will perform other duties as required by supervisor and reporting structure
Document all Maintenance work activity within CMMS System.
Effectively support the Preventative Maintenance (PM) program with a goal of continually reducing unscheduled downtime

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

Operate in the workplace in a safe and effective manner and adheres to mechanical/fluid power/electrical power and environmental rules and regulations for welding.
As competency specialist you are responsible for setting the plant standards for the area of responsibility, while ensuring the plant standards are aligned to company standards.
Installs aligns and adjust mechanical power transmission components (Gearboxes/Bearings/Chains/Shafts/Gears)
Ability to apply standard evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard electrical/electronic techniques, process and procedures.
Ability to trouble shoot and repair power transmission, alignment of gears, and properly perform a preventative maintenance to extend machine life and prevent unplanned downtimes.
Ability to use Hoist and others tools to safely rig and move parts and equipment.
Must have own tools (Required Tool List will be provided and needs to be on site within 2 weeks of hire)
Install, troubleshoot, repair and test overall pneumatic system including use of vacuum generators given schematic
Ability to Troubleshoot, repair and install properly electronic and process control systems, including ability to understand, electrical diagrams and schematics to aid in troubleshooting and repairs.
Must be able to utilize Multi meter to measure, voltage, current, continuity, amperage, resistance for incoming and entire circuit. With ability to also calculate power in a circuit given current and voltage.
Install, troubleshoot, repair and test AC/DC/Servo Motors in a manual and automated control circuit
Ability to properly Select, Download, Install and keep up to date (upgrades and new versions) software (Allen Bradley and OMRON Programming Suites), to connect to a PLC directly or remotely, to enable on site or remote OEM support into program to aid in troubleshooting.
Ability to properly select a Work Sation for the respective programing software.
Installs, troubleshoots, repairs and maintains high-speed industrial process equipment. This includes all electrical power at MCC’s (12 to 480 volts AC / 24 volts DC), PLC’s, HMI’s, VFD’s, Servo Drives, transducers, proximity sensors, photo eyes, safety relay circuits,
Ensures efficient equipment operation through proper line control programming and proactively suggests methods to improve line performance.
Create and maintain up to date an equipment map and catalogue (Manuals, Prints, PLC Programs, HMI Programs, Network addressing, etc.)
Ability to Troubleshoot, repair and install HMIs and PLCs, including ability to upgrade or downgrade firmware for current updated components and software.
Ability troubleshooting, repair and aid in installation of new or upgraded robotics.
Ability to Record all maintenance work within CMMS system and follow all CMMS Process and Procedures
Ability to utilize CMMS system records and OEM Drawings to help determine improvements for maintainability of equipment and identification of proper spare parts and part cross over to standard MRO from OEM
Must have a flexible schedule
Must be willing to work overtime including weekends if necessary
Proficiency in MS Office and basic PC skills

REQUIRED

5+ industrial Maintenance Control experience or two-year technical degree preferred
Rockwell/OMRON PLC Experience preferred
Must be able to read, write and speak English, preferred if can read, write and speak English and Spanish.
Must be able to successfully complete HACCP Certification
Must have Forklift License or able to complete required training within 90 days of hire

PREFERRED

Have good verbal, written communication, and mathematical skills (ability to deal tactfully and courteously/interdepartmentally as well as with co-workers and vendors).
Working Knowledge of Ovens, bakery equipment, and packaging equipment.
AIB Bakery Equipment training course is helpful.

Electro-Mechnical Technician