1st shift Maintenance Tech

Job Description

Company Information: Monogram Foods Solutions is a leading manufacturer and marketer of value-added meat products, snacks, and appetizers. Monogram specializes in strategic co-packing, private label, and branded business, with both owned brands and licensed brands. Monogram’s broad portfolio of products includes beef jerky, bacon jerky, turkey jerky, meat sticks, pickled sausages and pickled eggs, smoked sausage, hotdogs, pre-cooked bacon, bacon, corndogs, mini corndogs, pancake and sausage, potato skins, onion rings, breaded cheese strips, cheese curds, jalapeno poppers, breaded mushrooms, breaded vegetables, and other value-added foods.

Position Summary, Essential Duties, and Responsibilities:  

Maintains production equipment through routine repairs and PM execution. The equipment consists of automated high-speed industrial food manufacturing equipment, and the skills needed include good mechanical aptitude, problem-solving, and working at pace.

General Duties:

• Ability to maintain GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) and food safety standards.
• Ability to work safely with programs such as lockout/tagout (LOTO).
• Equipment setup, adjustment, troubleshooting, performing preventive maintenance (PM) work, overhaul, and repair.
• Use of shop tools, including cutting, grinding, drill press, welding, and minimal machining.
• Perform work (if qualified) on electric motors and controls.
• Work with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) to perform work orders, document work, and order parts.
• Ability to read and comprehend technical manuals and prints.
• Ability to perform duties outside and inside in varying conditions, including extreme heat, cold and wet, and/or humid conditions, etc.

Work Environment:

• Stand on concrete.
• Ambient temperatures.
• Work alone.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Safety shoes as needed.
• Insulated gloves as needed.
• Safety knives as needed.

The Ideal Candidate will have the Following Qualifications

Education and Experience

Education, prior work experience, and specialized skill and knowledge:

• High school diploma required.
• Technical college education or equivalent 2 years’ experience in a manufacturing-related field preferred.
• Ability to understand and communicate effectively.
• Must be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
• Support management decisions, talk positively, and encourage a happy environment.
• Be knowledgeable of and follow the safety procedures as outlined by Monogram Foods.
• Be knowledgeable of your department's safe food handling practices, HACCP, and quality control procedures.
• You must be able to speak, read and write in English. 

Physical Requirements:

The physical requirements listed in this section include, but are not limited, to the motor/physical abilities and skills required to successfully undertake the essential duties and responsibilities of this position. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), reasonable accommodations may be made to empower individuals with disabilities to undertake the essential duties and responsibilities of the position.

• Must be able to work within temperature-controlled environments (Heat/Cold)
• Walk on slippery wet surfaces
• Climb small ladders or platforms
• Use small hand tools for the assembly of equipment
• Hand/eye coordination.
• Handling (holding, grasping).
• Seeing/depth perception.
• Lift 60 lbs.
• Push/pull 500 lbs.
• Walk/stand 100% of the shift.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear 8-9 hrs. Per day. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 15 lbs., and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 lbs. Must be able to stand for up to 8-9 hrs. Per day.

" You must be 18 years or older to work at Monogram Foods"

Salary : $26 - $35