What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electro-Mechanical Technician (1st Shift) position at KIND High Point (Creative Snacks Co)?
Who are we?
Founded in 2009, Creative Snacks Co. (CSC) is a maker of healthy natural and organic snacks. The Creative Snacks brand is sold in the United States, Canada, and Caribbean along with some private label and bulk products. The product portfolio includes branded and private label self-manufactured decadent snack clusters, snack trail mixes, dried fruits and nuts, and coated pretzels. Opened in January 2017, the High Point/Greensboro North Carolina plant is a 92,000 square foot climate controlled facility. Operations include a bakery, mixing, rigid container and pouch primary packaging, secondary package customization, warehousing, and customer order fulfillment. In October 2019, KIND LLC acquired the Creative Snacks business. In November 2020, Mars, Incorporated acquired full ownership in KIND LLC.
Shift: First Shift
As the Electro Mechanical Technician your primary goal is to ensure the safety and reliability of plant production equipment. This is an essential role imperative for plant efficiency. This is how you’ll do it…
What You’ll Do
- Work independently and focus on safety while performing maintenance and repairs to production equipment and facility infrastructure
- Minimize or eliminate machine downtime or equipment failure
- Perform scheduled and on demand maintenance and repairs on operating equipment
- Maintain and order parts to ensure adequate stock is available and assessable when needed
- Diagnose and repair mechanical problems and minor electrical issues
- Ensure efficiency of production equipment
- Assist in the installation of equipment to meet specifications
- Align, fit, and assemble component parts, using hand tools, power tools, etc.
- Troubleshoot, repair, and replace mechanical and/or electrical equipment or systems
- Critical thinking - use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems
- Instruct and train operators on basic equipment care and repair
- Duties will vary greatly from day to day with variations in the environment
- Practices and complies with all plant and maintenance department safety procedures
Experience and Skills:
What You’ll Bring….
- A High School diploma or equivalent
- Must have specialized training in PLC's or equivalent work experience
- Requires ability to troubleshoot and repair PLC driven machinery
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate at all levels of the organization
- RedZone experience a plus!
- A minimum of 4 years of electrical troubleshooting experience with the ability to read electrical schematics; must have thorough understanding of basic 3-phase industrial electrical
- Solid knowledge of industrial mechanics principles including pneumatics, electric motors, controls, and wiring
- The ability to find and order replacement parts using catalogs, phone, and internet
- Plumbing and pipefitting experience
- Excellent organizational skills in managing workload, caring for tools and maintaining records
- Basic PC skills including MS Office (Outlook, Excel, and Word)
- Knowledge of OSHA requirements and safe work practices
- A willingness to work flexible hours, including overtime based on company needs
- Welding ability
- Mathematics knowledge relating to maintenance activities; ability to verify dimensions, and diagrams for assembly, disassembly and troubleshooting purposes.
- No travel required
Job Benefits:
- Competitive compensation and flexible paid time off
- Excellent health, dental, vision coverage with options to fit you & your family’s needs
- Company-paid life and disability coverage
- A 401(k) plan including company matching to save for your future
- The opportunity and responsibility to be KIND everyday
EEO
At Creative Snacks, we are committed to an inclusive workplace where diversity in all its forms is championed. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we are an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require special accommodation, please let us know.
From: KIND High Point (Creative Snacks Co)