Job Title: Maintenance Technician

Hours: 6am-630pm or 6pm-630am, 4 days on, 4 days off, Rotate day/nights on 3-month frequency

Job Purpose/Overview

The reliability technician works within reliability team to maintain equipment through work order completion and preventative maintenance program.  They work as a two or three-person team with responsibility for the entire factory on their shift.

Key Responsibilities

• Repair and maintain various processing equipment Including pneumatic, mechanical and electrical systems up to 480V.  Equipment Includes extruders, hammer mills, and packaging equipment (palletizers, dosers, packers, and wrappers)
• Use Allen Bradley PLC ladder logic to trouble-shoot equipment Issues and resolve
• Use trouble-shooting tools like 5-whys and fishbone diagram to solve problems and reduce downtime on a shift
• Work with operations and quality team to Implement food safe repairs to equipment
• Perform timely and effective preventive maintenance tasks as assigned by reliability schedule to prevent downtime or quality incident
• Context and Scope
• The reliability tech will work as part of a two-person maintenance team on shift.  They will be assigned work order to accomplish but also use their maintenance awareness to address issues before they become a problem.

Job Specifications/Qualifications

Education & Professional Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years maintenance experience
• Minimum of 3 years in a food or healthcare production environment

Knowledge / Experience

• Experience troubleshooting and repairing high speed packaging equipment;
• Ability to read and troubleshoot with electrical prints
• Knowledge of CMMS work order/PM programs
• Familiarity with TPM system or other preventative maintenance program
• Allen-Bradley or Omron PLC controls knowledge for troubleshooting only

Key Functional Competencies & Technical Skills

• Familiarity with Rockwell Allen Bradley control tools
• Ability to read and understand mechanical and electrical schematics and wiring diagrams
• Experience In high speed production environment where food safety and human safety are more Important than production output
• Good troubleshooting skills
• Mechanical and electrical skills
• TPM experience

About Mars:
Mars is a family-owned business with more than $35 billion in global sales. We produce some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5â„¢, SKITTLES®, BEN’S ORIGINAL® and COCOAVIA®. Alongside our consumer brands, we proudly take care of half of the world’s pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses such as Banfield Pet Hospitalsâ„¢, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, AniCura, VCAâ„¢ and Pet Partnersâ„¢. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our 130,000 Associates into taking action every day towards creating the world we want tomorrow.

Disclaimer:
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.​​​​​​​

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