What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance/Engineering Technician position at Batesville?
At Batesville, you will be a part of a dynamic team committed to excellence and innovation. A recognized leader in the death care industry in North America, we are committed to our mission of helping families honor the lives of those they love®. We are currently seeking a Maintenance/Engineering Technician to join our team in Vicksburg, MS.
Your Role At Batesville
As a Maintenance/Engineering Technician, you will be responsible for managing overall effectiveness of automated equipment, along with technical services. This includes Lost Cycle Improvement, Safety Accountability, Root Cause and Countermeasure Analysis.
How You’ll Be Rewarded
To perform this job successfully, the physical demands listed are representative of those that must be met by an employee. Reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle and feel, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear. The employee may occasionally be required to crouch, or lift items as heavy as 50 lbs. This job may require the employee to see with clarity at both near and far distances.
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Join the Batesville family and apply today!
Who We Are
A cornerstone in the death care industry, Batesville has distinguished itself from all others through our commitment to quality, service, and innovation. For more than 115 years, Batesville has been dedicated to serving the needs of licensed funeral professionals and helping families honor the lives of those they love.® With annual revenues of approximately $600 million, Batesville is a leader, providing a comprehensive portfolio of burial and cremation products, memorialization offerings, profit-enhancing merchandising systems and leading-edge technology solutions.
At Batesville, Our Associates Are Our Strongest Asset. We Strive To Attract, Hire, And Develop The Best And Brightest To Ensure Our Place In The Future. Batesville Has a Strong Culture Of Achievement, Which Is Underpinned By These Five Core Values
Making a difference: Helping families honor the lives of those they love® isn’t just our mission. It’s why we do what we do every day to make every Batesville product the best it can be.
Development is a priority: We promote learning and development from Day 1. From our Experience Batesville onboarding program to self-guided courses on Batesville University, there are numerous opportunities to advance your skills. We encourage associates to create Individual Development Plans (IDPs) to help drive career-focused discussions and advancement.
Putting customers first: We value the funeral professional’s role in serving families and are committed to doing our part to ensure their success.
We Have Fun! We work hard, but when it’s time to play, we get creative – and competitive. We provide numerous engagement activities to bring people together across the organization.
We Give Back: We support our communities by assisting in fundraising events and volunteer programs to help those in need. *These services are not available at all Batesville locations.
DISCLAIMER: The above information in this job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by the employee within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of any employee assigned to this job. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
At Batesville, we strive to build a diverse workforce through equal-opportunity employment that embraces and leverages the differences each individual has to offer. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer of minorities/females/disabled/veterans.
Your Role At Batesville
As a Maintenance/Engineering Technician, you will be responsible for managing overall effectiveness of automated equipment, along with technical services. This includes Lost Cycle Improvement, Safety Accountability, Root Cause and Countermeasure Analysis.
How You’ll Be Rewarded
- Batesville is a family. You will be part of a family of highly committed associates who are passionate about our company, committed to our customers and excited about our future.
- Competitive pay
- IMMEDIATE ELIGIBILITY – Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance, as well as prescription coverage, short-term disability, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and more.
- Generous 401K Matching Program
- Paid time off
- Opportunities for development and advancement
- Assists the maintenance associates within the plant during breakdown activities.
- Determine, develop, and execute technical projects (electronic and programming) to be complete, along with developing specifications required for completion.
- Schedule technical projects to avoid production interruptions and assign tasks for completion of projects.
- Review technical drawings and other reference materials to select and recommend new supplies and maintenance methods to improve plant operations.
- Confer and assist contractors to resolve problems with the installation of new equipment.
- Review inspection and repair reports and observe progress of work on unplanned downtime and planned major overhauls to evaluate efficiency and work quality.
- Resource planning including project/work order materials availability, PPE, and work permits.
- Policy deployment, root cause, countermeasure analysis.
- Interaction and coordination with quality, production, and engineering to plan preventive maintenance programs/work orders and to schedule inspections and major overhauls.
- Troubleshoots systemic issues within the plant and effects maintainable countermeasures.
- Leads associate training for their respective shift. Assists the group leader in assessing skill level of the associates, and coordinates with the group leader training regimens based upon those observations.
- Recommends and makes improvements to maintenance systems, processes, and work, flow. Seeks associate involvement for problem solving and needed shop improvement ideas. Actively engages the entire workforce in the problem, solving process.
- Other duties may be assigned.
- Industrial maintenance, mechatronics, or equivalent certification.
- Three years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Basic Microsoft Office skills
- Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s): (Allen Bradley Preferred) Knowledge and ability to troubleshoot and modify/create programs.
- Pneumatic/Hydraulic: Ability to read schematics, understand fluid power concepts.
- Electrical Maintenance: ability to read schematics, understand/troubleshoot motor control circuits, from low voltage to 480V, 3-phase.
- Safety: Work in a safe manner and be aware of potential hazards in the area and safeguarding those hazards.
- Experience in Robotic Programming (Fanuc)
- Experience with ABB Robotics
To perform this job successfully, the physical demands listed are representative of those that must be met by an employee. Reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle and feel, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear. The employee may occasionally be required to crouch, or lift items as heavy as 50 lbs. This job may require the employee to see with clarity at both near and far distances.
,
Join the Batesville family and apply today!
Who We Are
A cornerstone in the death care industry, Batesville has distinguished itself from all others through our commitment to quality, service, and innovation. For more than 115 years, Batesville has been dedicated to serving the needs of licensed funeral professionals and helping families honor the lives of those they love.® With annual revenues of approximately $600 million, Batesville is a leader, providing a comprehensive portfolio of burial and cremation products, memorialization offerings, profit-enhancing merchandising systems and leading-edge technology solutions.
At Batesville, Our Associates Are Our Strongest Asset. We Strive To Attract, Hire, And Develop The Best And Brightest To Ensure Our Place In The Future. Batesville Has a Strong Culture Of Achievement, Which Is Underpinned By These Five Core Values
- Individual worth and integrity
- Excellence in execution
- Spirit of continuous learning and improvement
- Courage
- Customer focus and partnership
Making a difference: Helping families honor the lives of those they love® isn’t just our mission. It’s why we do what we do every day to make every Batesville product the best it can be.
Development is a priority: We promote learning and development from Day 1. From our Experience Batesville onboarding program to self-guided courses on Batesville University, there are numerous opportunities to advance your skills. We encourage associates to create Individual Development Plans (IDPs) to help drive career-focused discussions and advancement.
Putting customers first: We value the funeral professional’s role in serving families and are committed to doing our part to ensure their success.
We Have Fun! We work hard, but when it’s time to play, we get creative – and competitive. We provide numerous engagement activities to bring people together across the organization.
We Give Back: We support our communities by assisting in fundraising events and volunteer programs to help those in need. *These services are not available at all Batesville locations.
DISCLAIMER: The above information in this job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by the employee within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of any employee assigned to this job. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
At Batesville, we strive to build a diverse workforce through equal-opportunity employment that embraces and leverages the differences each individual has to offer. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer of minorities/females/disabled/veterans.
