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Salary Range: $28.01 To $34.82 Hourly

Job Title: PM Maintenance Technician (night shift)

Immediate Supervisor Maintenance Supervisor

Starting Wage $28.01 - $32.82(+ $2/hr shift differential) Wage varies by experience

Summary: The Maintenance Technician is responsible for diagnosing, repairing and maintaining equipment, buildings and grounds in optimum working order.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

+ Provides emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.

+ Prepares and sets up machinery for scheduled production runs.

+ Performs mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, refrigeration, welding, steam and water piping, pneumatic and hydraulic troubleshooting and repair of production equipment.

+ Complies with OSHA safety rules.

+ Maintains facility building and outside property.

+ Maintains good housekeeping throughout the facility.

+ Ensure sanitation, safety, GMP’s (Good Manufacturing Practices) and quality policies and procedures are followed.

+ Assist in any other areas of the manufacturing plant when necessary.

Qualifications/Requirements:

+ Prefer two year technical degree in field of industrial maintenance or equivalent skills by experience.

+ Minimum high school diploma

+ Must have good reasoning ability to deal with problems involving variables in standard situations.

+ Must be able to read, interpret and understand written and oral directions.

+ Knowledge of proper use of equipment, materials and supplies.

+ Must demonstrate basic math skills and understand weights and measures.

+ Must be able to verbally communicate, understand, and write in the English language.

+ Must be able to work flexible hours, including some nights, weekends, and holidays

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to sit, stand, or walk for prolonged periods of time. The employee is required to use hands and fingers to operate, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms on a repetitive basis. The employee must be able to push, pull, and move up to 100 pounds. The employee must be able to physically lift up to 50 pounds. All jobs require visual acuity to review written documentations; ability to hear and understand speech. At times there can be loud noise which may cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level. There is exposure to a variety of physical conditions such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, and exposure to heat/cold temperature changes.

Prairie Farms 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 or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law

12hr shifts (2-2-3 schedule), includes working every other weekend.