Maintenance Technician

WORK-LIFE BALANCE!**

• **Night Shift: 4:00PM - 4:15AM**

**INCREDIBLE BENEFITS!**

• **Benefits start 1st day of the month following 30 days of employment at Weaver**and they include Health, Vision, and Dental, Insurance as well as Life insurance and Disability Insurance
• **3 weeks**paid time off in your first year.
• **Generous**education reimbursement.
• **401(k) plan matches 100%**of your 401(k) deferrals up to 10%

**Maintenance Technician**

The purpose of the Maintenance Technician is to provide maintenance to all Weaver Popcorn facilities.

**Responsibilities**

• Ensures equipment, machinery, tools, and other items used by technician are operated properly.
• Understands how to handle machines properly during an emergency, which includes power outages, machine failure, workplace injuries, etc.
• Ensures knowledge of state and federal workplace safety regulations, including OSHA and how they relate to the Weaver work environment.
• Follows plant safety procedures and guidelines; wears and utilizes personal protective equipment (PPE) as required.
• Understands and performs Lock-out/Tag-out procedures and has the ability to train and mentor others in compliance.
• Has a very good understanding of Arc-Flash hazards and procedures and possesses the ability to train others in proper compliance with Arc-Flash rules.
• Trains other maintenance technicians on safety procedures and guidelines
• Informs superintendent or manager of safety issues; reports any workplace injury or incident immediately.
• Must consider safety concerns with respect to instrumentation, controls, and equipment.

• Follows plant quality practices including Good Manufacturing Practices, or GMPs
• Assists in ensuring all department facilities, shops, and offices are compliant with 5S and SQF standards for cleanliness and visual management.
• Provides dependable equipment control systems to the operation.

• Has the operational knowledge and understanding of the following machinery and equipment:
• Familiar with the physical locations of electrical panels, switchgear, and sources and what they control.
• Familiar with fire suppression system, where riser locations are and what to do in case of this system being active.
• Familiar with the chillers, function of operation, how to reset, what they feed and how to isolate.

• Performs the following tasks on manufacturing machinery and equipment:
• Performs system startups and operational checkouts on systems including configurations, wiring, calibration, grounding, and power testing.
• Reloads and reboots PCs and PLCs to restore faulted equipment.
• Performs preventative maintenance and routine inspections.
• Provides hardware and software applications support assistance to engineers, maintenance, and operations.
• Sets up and configures replacement boards and assemblies to fit specific applications.
• Specifies, organizes, and maintains adequate spare parts and modules for control and instrumentation systems.
• Maintains To Do lists and systems trouble reports and routinely reports status.
• Participates in the development of project scopes, design of systems, and functional specifications.
• Utilizes technical materials such as equipment manuals, system drawings, process and instrument diagrams, schematics, and blueprints to troubleshoot and maintain systems.
• Participates in cross functional process improvement teams to drive plant performance thro gh improved processes and system control systems performance.

• Completes and fills out required paperwork, logs, and related materials.
• Mentors, supports, and assists other Maintenance Technicians
• Assists Maintenance management in training employees.
• Carries out activities in accordance with Company policies, procedures, and applicable laws.
• Assists with facility start-up and closing as required.
• Follows Weaver attendance policy, guidelines, and core values.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or Equivalency

• 2 - 3 years of qualified maintenance experience
• Education - 2-year degree from a technical or trade school
• Five to Seven years of qualified maintenance experience