Brand: Michael Foods Inc.

Categories: Operations Production

Locations: Norwalk, Iowa

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Remote Eligible: No

Req ID: 31726

Job Description

Business Unit Overview

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that's First in Food .

Location Description

Michael Foods, Inc. located in Norwalk, Iowa is a southern suburb in the Des Moines, Iowa metropolitan area. We are known for knowing our neighbors and enjoying a great quality of life! Our location produces high quality precooked egg patties as well as various French Toast products.

Responsibilities

This is a day shift role, from 6am to 4pm M-F

SUMMARY:

The Maintenance Technician L3 (MTL3) provides both Maintenance and Reliability services within the plant, executing with excellence and assisting with asset health improvement efforts. The MTL3 will ensure results while partnering with the plant maintenance team personnel, plant operational team, and all other plant support teams members for success. The MTL3 focus responsibilities are assistance, development, and executional excellence of facility preventive and corrective maintenance programs. Other duties will include technical troubleshooting, equipment installation, adjustments, startups, and process improvement projects. They will promote, execute, mentor, and coach excellence in preventive and corrective maintenance practices. Candidates must be a self-starter willing to accept maintenance and process responsibility and KPI results. This position has the responsibility to comply with Safety work rules at all times as well as an obligation to reinforce Safety as a Core Value. Ensures that all policies, procedures and activities, related to Food Safety & Quality, are followed and complied with uniformly, in an effort to reduce product and process variability. This role must be available to work scheduled work times, weekends, and holidays, as necessary.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participate with reliability and maintenance team members to ensure personal safety, quality, delivery, and cost, are continuously being improved to achieve company objectives. Be an active member who contributes to the advancement of the MFI & ARM culture.

• Develop, implement, and champion Precision Maintenance® techniques ensuring procedural compliance and that job tolerances are met

• Lead technical troubleshooting tasks while assisting other plant personnel in a teaching environment

• Identify, develop, and implement reliability and performance improvement projects

• Actively participate in maintenancetraining for maintenance personnel

• Actively participate in following reliability procedures for critical spares and parts

• Actively participate in implementing quality commissioning procedures for rebuilt or new equipment

• Work with vendors in addressing issues identified through root cause and condition-based maintenance programs

• Actively participate andassistmaintenance craftsman during precision maintenance assignments

• Utilize MFI approved CMMS to manage, document, and support reliability reporting and decision making. This will be accomplished through the guidance of MFI ARM standards.

• Keep accurate and up-to-date records as required.

• Provides input for root cause analysis (RCA) and Reliability Centered Maintenance to create an environment of continuous asset reliability improvement.

• Promote, and foster Michael Foods culture, values, and principles.

• Act as a role model by demonstrating safe work behaviors. Assumes personal responsibility to insure safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety policies and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks.

• Adheres to Quality work practices, follows GMP's, maintains sanitary conditions and ensures that product quality is maintained. Reports on any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality.

• Always ensures required regulatory compliance.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPEREINCE REQUIRED:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent

• Associate's degree or two-year technical certificate, or experience which demonstrates technical aptitude preferred.

• 3 to 5 years of experience as a maintenance technician preferred

• Trained and competent in MFI MTL1 & MTL2, skills preferred

• Ability to read and decipher mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and P&ID diagrams preferred

• Prior experience in SAP preferred.

• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Excellent administrative and follow-up skills to achieve successful maintenance and repair programs.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and listen. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee will be exposed to a noisy environment that varies from hot to cold in temperature. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This is a day shift role, from 6am to 4pm M-F

SUMMARY:

The Maintenance Technician L3 (MTL3) provides both Maintenance and Reliability services within the plant, executing with excellence and assisting with asset health improvement efforts. The MTL3 will ensure results while partnering with the plant maintenance team personnel, plant operational team, and all other plant support teams members for success. The MTL3 focus responsibilities are assistance, development, and executional excellence of facility preventive and corrective maintenance programs. Other duties will include technical troubleshooting, equipment installation, adjustments, startups, and process improvement projects. They will promote, execute, mentor, and coach excellence in preventive and corrective maintenance practices. Candidates must be a self-starter willing to accept maintenance and process responsibility and KPI results. This position has the responsibility to comply with Safety work rules at all times as well as an obligation to reinforce Safety as a Core Value. Ensures that all policies, procedures and activities, related to Food Safety & Quality, are followed and complied with uniformly, in an effort to reduce product and process variability. This role must be available to work scheduled work times, weekends, and holidays, as necessary.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participate with reliability and maintenance team members to ensure personal safety, quality, delivery, and cost, are continuously being improved to achieve company objectives. Be an active member who contributes to the advancement of the MFI & ARM culture.

• Develop, implement, and champion Precision Maintenance® techniques ensuring procedural compliance and that job tolerances are met

• Lead technical troubleshooting tasks while assisting other plant personnel in a teaching environment

• Identify, develop, and implement reliability and performance improvement projects

• Actively participate in maintenancetraining for maintenance personnel

• Actively participate in following reliability procedures for critical spares and parts

• Actively participate in implementing quality commissioning procedures for rebuilt or new equipment

• Work with vendors in addressing issues identified through root cause and condition-based maintenance programs

• Actively participate andassistmaintenance craftsman during precision maintenance assignments

• Utilize MFI approved CMMS to manage, document, and support reliability reporting and decision making. This will be accomplished through the guidance of MFI ARM standards.

• Keep accurate and up-to-date records as required.

• Provides input for root cause analysis (RCA) and Reliability Centered Maintenance to create an environment of continuous asset reliability improvement.

• Promote, and foster Michael Foods culture, values, and principles.

• Act as a role model by demonstrating safe work behaviors. Assumes personal responsibility to insure safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety policies and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks.

• Adheres to Quality work practices, follows GMP's, maintains sanitary conditions and ensures that product quality is maintained. Reports on any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality.

• Always ensures required regulatory compliance.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPEREINCE REQUIRED:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent

• Associate's degree or two-year technical certificate, or experience which demonstrates technical aptitude preferred.

• 3 to 5 years of experience as a maintenance technician preferred

• Trained and competent in MFI MTL1 & MTL2, skills preferred

• Ability to read and decipher mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and P&ID diagrams preferred

• Prior experience in SAP preferred.

• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Excellent administrative and follow-up skills to achieve successful maintenance and repair programs.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and listen. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee will be exposed to a noisy environment that varies from hot to cold in temperature. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)