Facilities Maintenance Technician

Description

SUMMARY

Maintains, inspects, and?operates?utility systems including but not limited to compressed air, process water, product water, and electrical distribution. Responsible for?maintaining?a clean and safe work environment in all areas of the building related to utility rooms, pump rooms, electrical?areas?and water areas.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintains?compressed air systems and equipment including preventative maintenance tasks, preventive maintenance schedules, and operational data.??
• Conserves?electrical distribution and equipment including preventative maintenance tasks, preventive maintenance schedules, and operational data.??
• Supports?process water and equipment including preventative maintenance tasks, preventive maintenance schedules, and operational data.?
• Maintains?product water and equipment including preventative maintenance tasks, preventative maintenance?schedules?and operational data.?
• Examines?filtration systems and perform?filters?changes as needed per equipment requirements.??
• Performs?CIP’s?(Critical Infrastructure?Protection)?on storage silos, filtering?equipment?and supply lines.??
• Ensures?water supply to production lines?by?maintaining?pumps and piping.??
• Supports?pumps and piping to ensure water supply to support equipment.??
• Maintains?and calibrates?Ozone production and monitoring equipment. (Plant Specific)??
• Maintains?and calibrates?mineral injection systems.?
• Operates and conserves?process water, chemical injection systems, and chemical transfer equipment.??
• Assists?with filler sanitizations.??
• Maintains?and?operates?reverse osmosis equipment to include CIP’s?(Critical Infrastructure Protection)?on membranes, monitoring instruments, and review of operational data and reports.??
• Maintains?air compressors and air dryers.??
• Ensures?cooling towers, chillers, heat exchangers, and pumps?are working properly.?

Food Safety

Responsible and?required?to notify management about actual or potential food safety?issues;?and empowered to act to resolve food safety issues within their scope of work. If this position is vacant for any significant?period of?time?the obligation for completion of all food safety and quality related tasks will become the responsibility of the direct manager or a qualified designee.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and?3+ years of?related experience?and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience with production processes,?machines?and/or tools.?Mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical experience?preferred.

Skills/Knowledge:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as blueprints, work orders, work instructions, diagrams, safety rules,?operating?and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.?Possesses all basic and?some advanced?skills and knowledge. Has a thorough understanding of the total process flow.

Computer Skills:

Must have basic knowledge of a variety of computer software applications, in word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.

Physical Demands:

The Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit and use hands to finger, handle and feel objects, tools, and controls. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, bend, and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must?frequently?lift and/or move up to 25?pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to?50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.