Responsible for the manufacture of consumer foods that comply with all food safety, quality, and regulatory requirements. Performs the necessary activities to operate, maintain, and clean production equipment. Understands, follows and improves documented operational, maintenance, and sanitation standards in a Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) work environment. Inspects, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs electrical, instrumentation, controls, and automation equipment and software. Utilizes drawings, prints, and instruction manuals to determine proper steps to be taken for equipment preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs. Coaches other team members on electrical, instrumentation, and controls skills, machine functionality, defect identification and resolution, and equipment repair. Active participation in training and qualification programs for designated line/area; participates in assessments and ensures effective training and maintains consistent qualification standards. Uses continuous improvement tools, including breakdown elimination to eliminate losses and drive issues to root cause. Documents, communicates, and implements corrective and preventative actions. Serves as an owner of one or more technical, safety, or quality systems. Responsible for building technician skills and providing ongoing coaching. Creates documentation as needed (SOPs, Job Aids, PM Improvements, etc.).
Associates or technical degree or training preferred and High School Diploma or equivalent is required. Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience with electrical systems, PLC, motor and motion controls, SCADA systems, device and information networks, sensors, and instrumentation equipment for manufacturing is required. Previous mechanical/maintenance experience preferred. Previous food manufacturing experience preferred. Proficiency in operation and troubleshooting of the following: