We are seeking an experienced, self-motivated Maintenance Technician to join our top-notch Maintenance team at LaClare Creamery!  This role performs all maintenance related tasks to repair and maintain equipment to minimize down time and maximize efficiency within our cheese plant. Come launch your career with us at LaClare Creamery!

This position will typically work Monday - Friday, 2:00pm-10:00pm with some overtime and on-call hours as necessary, includes competitive pay $30.00 to $35.00 per hour with a $3.00 shift premium for working on 2nd shift, full benefits, and monthly bonus opportunities!

Reports to: Maintenance Manager

Key Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Work with Maintenance Manager and staff to complete all maintenance tasks within production areas, including, but not limited to the following:
• Daily maintenance operations: Assure all maintenance tasks are being completed on time and accurately.
• Safety: perform all maintenance tasks in accordance with safe work practices and attend training as required to be compliant with company expectations
• Address equipment problems related to quality or safety immediately and work to prevent reoccurrence.
• Maintain and support superior organization with parts inventory, PM program, records and shop cleanliness.
• Ensure that critical parts are in stock or readily available to reduce downtime.
• Maintain maintenance programs to sustain audit-ready standards every day.
• Pasteurizer: Familiarity with pasteurization concepts, equipment and regulatory requirements is a plus.
• Inspections: Maintenance support for regulatory and customer inspections.
• Projects: Support role for production projects, new equipment and expansion.
• Production Process: Knowledge of PC based machine control systems.
• Assists in developing and monitoring all controls and software related programs including programmable logic controllers.
• Solve problems that result in continuous improvement against our key performance indicators.
• Live the Mosaic Way while promoting our values and culture drivers.
• All other duties as assigned

Skills & Attributes:

• Listening - extracts and uses information from oral communications
• Effectively expresses oneself in one-on-one communication and in meetings
• Possess excellent written skills when developing proposals, memos, etc.
• Professional - is consistent, intelligent, organized and a continuous learner
• Is self-disciplined; controls emotional reactions and keeps personal biases out of the decision-making process
• Stays on top of the food safety regulations and industry trends for the creamery and the entire organization
• Portrays unquestionable integrity in all dealings and relationships
• Gives honest and accurate accounting of self, others and situations
• Competitive Urgency - attending to every detail of our business with a sense of urgency, enthusiasm, and thoroughness as if failure to do so would result in a lost vat of cheese or customers
• Positive Discontent - is never satisfied with the status quo. Views change positively. Is resilient and optimistic. Is constantly looking for opportunities to improve self and the business.
• Self-Improvement - Constantly work on self-improvement and learning.
• Development - reacts positively to evaluations, appraisals, and feedback and works to improve development objectives
• Techniques - stay current on cheese making techniques and food safety regulations used by professionals in the industry. Read and study available literature about all aspects of cheese making (making techniques, pressing, aging, etc.).
• Lift - be able to safely lift 80 lbs occasionally, stand for 8 hours/day and frequently twist, bend, climb, grasp and other repetitive movements
• Ability to perform work in environments with varying temperatures including hot conditions and cold storage.

Required Training:

• Annually complete all required training with LaClare Creamery
• Annually complete HACCP training
• Forklift Certification
• OSHA 30-hour certification preferred
• All other maintenance related training as required