Sr. Systems Technician - Maintenance (Riggs)

Job Description:

Job: Senior Systems Technician – Maintenance

Shift: Day (6am – 3:30pm) Flex for weekend work)

Location: Mars Petcare (Fort Smith, AR)

Mars Petcare is seeking a Senior Systems Technician – Maintenance to join our exciting pet food business at a Fort Smith, AR manufacturing plant. We focus on the unique needs of cats and dogs. Our obsession with detail allows us to deliver precise, effective nutrition and help them become their magnificent best.

As part of our overall total compensation package, Mars Petcare offers a competitive benefits package to all associates: Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance, Short- & Long-Term Disability, and 401k match. Associates are also immediately eligible (based on hire date) for up to three weeks of vacation, 12 Paid Holidays per year, Sick Pay, Maternity & Parental Leave, and annual bonus earning potential, plus many other ancillary benefits not listed here.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the effective functioning of System improvement Team.
• Drive compliance to safety rules and procedures and ensure participation in safety meetings within an area.
• Review all safety work orders generated in an area.
• Be a liaison to Operations Managers on reliability performance of area of responsibility.
• Ensure creation and execution of an effective preventive maintenance program.
• Develop a systematic approach to improving area reliability; identify priorities, initiate activities, and measure/report results. Coordinate this with the Maintenance Technicians in their areas of responsibility.
• Work and communicate with other System Maintenance Technicians and the Maintenance Manager to ensure reliability improvements are implemented consistently across the site.
• Create partnerships and clear communications with the Operations Department. Create cross-functional partnerships.
• Develop, track, and communicate maintenance specific metrics in area of responsibility. Ensure consistent maintenance metrics.
• Work with the Shift Maintenance Technicians to develop corrective action plans from issues identified in maintenance metric reports.
• Assist the Area Reliability Team to ensure that necessary resources/expertise is available where and when needed.
• Be a resource to the Commissioning, Validation, and Start-up (CVS) process for projects and equipment installations. Attend FAT at vendor facility domestic and abroad.
• Constantly review the area budget and assist the Maintenance Manager with budget control.
• As needed, lead the daily operations/reliability meetings, assuring that ongoing issues are documented, and the appropriate resources are identified.
• Recommend and implement changes in methods, equipment, systems and organization to assure improvements in area efficiency and that the objectives of the line/area are being met.
• Coordinate associate relations issues and guide the training, development and motivation of the associates following self-managed, team-working principles.
• With guidance from the area manager, establish area goals and objectives. Measure and report result of work towards ongoing goals and objectives. Take corrective actions when appropriate.
• Provide the Area Manager with input on each area associates performance summary and development plan. Coordinate the delivery of needed training in the area. Provide performance feedback to each team associate.
• Hire, schedule and manage activities of contractors for modifications, additions, heavy construction and highly specialized labor performed on assigned equipment or systems.
• This position and all site associates are responsible for quality and food safety.
  
  

Mission Critical Competencies

• Ability to effectively manage and lead associates working as Shift Maintenance Technicians in the area to assure that the area runs efficiently and is ready to meet the future demands of the business.
• Knowledge of Electrical systems using 480 volt 3 phase as well as 24 volt through 240 volt single phase systems.
• Controls and instrumentation knowledge including, but not limited to, HMI systems chart recorders, resistance temperature detectors, pressure differential transmitters and 4-20 MA loop control systems.
• Ability to troubleshoot PLC hardware including Allen Bradley PLCs as well as others used in the field. Also needs to have software familiarity with Allen-Bradley software packages and others used in the field as well as basic to intermediate PLC ladder logic.
• Working knowledge of Allen Bradley, and Square D variable frequency drives and other common drives used in the field.
• Working knowledge of pneumatic, mechanical/electrical and hydraulic systems and how they relate to each other.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints.
• Adhere to change management process.
• Conduct P.M. activities to included P.M. optimization
  
  

Education & Professional Qualifications

Desired Education

• HS Diploma or equivalent
• Associates degree or equivalent in mechanical or electro-mechanical engineering
• Technical training from an accredited school and/or military experience in related fields
• Electrical safe work practices
• Confined space entry
• Working at heights
• Forklift operation
• FDA Better Process Control certification
• Filling, seaming, packaging and labelling equipment maintenance training
  
  

Knowledge / Experience

• 5 years’ experience maintaining electrical control and mechanical systems on complex process and/or high-speed production equipment.
• Demonstrated experience working with Programmable Controllers
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting, testing, and repairing instrumentation and controls.
• 480 Volt, Three Phase power distribution and motor controls
• Welding
• Machining
• Mechanical maintenance
  
  

Required Skills

• Programmable Logic Controller troubleshooting, repair and software, modification, and adjustment (Allen Bradley)
• Electrical/Electronics-install and repair (some explosion proof environments)
• Single and 3-phase powered equipment (troubleshoot, test, and repair)
• AC and DC control systems (troubleshoot, test, and repair)
• AC variable speed and servo drives (troubleshoot, replace, program)
• Fiber optic devices and cabling (repair, replace, set-up)
• Operate electronic test equipment (multi-meter, meg-ohm meter, amp probe, Hart Communicator, oscilloscope, power analyzer)
  
  

Key Functional Competencies & Technical Skills

• Electrical/Electronics-install and repair (some explosion proof environments)
• Single and 3-phase powered equipment (troubleshoot, test, and repair)
• AC and DC control systems (troubleshoot, test, and repair)
• AC variable speed and servo drives (troubleshoot, replace, program)
• Precision instrumentation installation, repair and calibration (flow meters, pressure transducers, capacitance, inductance and ultra-sonic sensors, vision systems, temperature controls, microwave position sensors, digital/analog devices, Dolphin and AMS software)
• Operate electronic test equipment (multi-meter, meg-ohm meter, amp probe, Hart Communicator, oscilloscope, power analyzer)
• Hydraulic and pneumatic control and powered systems
• Robotics operation, repair, and program modifications.
• Machining, mill, and lathe
• Steel fabrication and repair
• Welding (MIG, TIG and stick)
• Blueprint reading
• Thermal processing instruments and controls
• Proper use of hand and power tools
• Food Manufacturing experience and knowledge of food safety
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices
  
  

About Mars, Incorporated

Mars is a family-owned business with over a century of history, making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $35 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, UNCLE BEN’S®, MARS DRINKS and COCOAVIA®. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD® Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl®, VCA® and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire its more than 100,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.