1st Shift Maintenance Technician

Description

Central Garden & Pet/Kaytee is currently looking for a 1st Shift Maintenance Technician to join our Maintenance team at Kaytee in Chilton, WI. In this role you will be responsible for project work such as installation of equipment, fabrication, and preventative maintenance.

At Kaytee, we offer a safe, clean work environment with an onsite fitness center and an onsite Health & Wellness clinic for employees and their families. Other benefits include full medical, dental and vision coverage, free life and disability insurance and a full 3% match on your 401k contributions, along with a yearly profit-sharing bonus. If you find your skills match the qualifications we are seeking below, we invite you to apply for this position!

Key Responsibilities

• Works closely with operators, Maintenance Supervisor, Shift Supervisors and other team members.
• Follows established safety and environmental policies and procedures while promoting continuous improvement in workplace safety.
• Dismantles, moves, installs, or repairs machinery and mechanical equipment.
• Examines machinery or mechanical equipment; identifies reasons for malfunction and completes repairs and/or maintenance.
• Uses hand tools, power tools, and testing instruments to repair and maintain production equipment and ancillary equipment.
• Cleans plant facilities, equipment, and work areas as required.
• Assist with installing new equipment and systems. Repairs and maintains current equipment and systems as needed.
• Ensures proper care in the use and maintenance of equipment and supplies.
• Follows established safety and environmental policies and procedures and promotes continuous improvement of safety and environmental performance in the workplace.
• Performs special program tasks, such as annual and semi-annual PMP’s.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
• Responsible for reporting any Food Safety issues to authorized personnel for correction.
  
  

IDEAL CANDIDATE ATTRIBUTES

• Ability to work independently in a safe, efficient, and accurate manner
• Ability to interpret technical manuals.
• Ability to perform preventive maintenance according to published guidelines.
• Ability to repair, dismantle, install or move machinery and mechanical equipment.
• Ability to read, understand, follow, and enforce safety procedures.
• Knowledge of maintenance and repair of mechanical equipment and systems.
• Ability to test systems and/or operations in compliance with published standards.
• Ability to accurately use rulers, calipers, micrometers, and other related measuring tools.
• Knowledge of inspecting and cleaning utility plant equipment.
• Ability to work in elevated locations (elevator legs)
• Ability to use hand and power tools applicable to trade.
  
  

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Work involves regular exposure to unusual elements, such as temperatures, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, and/or loud noises.
• Work environment involves exposure to potentially dangerous situations that require following extensive safety precautions and will include the use of protective equipment. Frequent physical activity.
• Requires physical work; heavy lifting, pushing, or pulling required of objects up to 50 pounds, and as needed the ability to lift and/or move 50-100 pounds (with assistance).
• This position also requires the ability to regularly climb, lift, bend, stand, walk, twist, turn, and reach with arms and hands.
• Hours of work will generally be Monday-Friday from 1 pm to 9 pm; there may be some variation in work hours due to overtime, special projects, deadlines, and other concerns.
  
  

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.