Job Description

We are seeking an experienced, self-motivated Maintenance Technician to join our top-notch Maintenance team at LaClare Creamery! This role performs all maintenance related tasks to repair and maintain equipment to minimize down time and maximize efficiency within our cheese plant. Come launch your career with us at LaClare Creamery!

This position will typically work Monday - Friday 2:00pm-10:00pm , with some overtime and on-call hours as necessary, includes competitive pay $30.00 to $35.00 per hour, plus a $3.00 per hour shift premium, full benefits, and monthly bonus opportunities!

Reports to: Maintenance Manager

Key Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Perform all maintenance related tasks to repair and maintain equipment to minimize down time and maximize efficiency.
• Work with the Maintenance Manager and staff to complete all maintenance tasks within production areas.
• Daily maintenance operations: Assure all maintenance tasks are completed on time and accurately.
• Safety: Perform all maintenance tasks in accordance with safe work practices and attend training as required to be compliant with company expectations.
• Address equipment problems related to quality or safety immediately and work to prevent recurrence.
• Maintain and support superior organization with parts inventory, PM program, records, and shop cleanliness.
• Ensure that critical parts are in stock or readily available to reduce downtime.
• Maintain maintenance programs to sustain audit-ready standards every day.
• Pasteurizer: Familiar with pasteurization concepts, equipment, and regulatory requirements.
• Inspections: Maintenance support for regulatory and customer inspections.
• Projects: Support role for production projects, new equipment, and expansion.
• Production Process: Knowledge of PC based machine control systems.
• Assists in developing and monitoring all controls and software related programs including programmable logic controllers.
• Solve problems that result in continuous improvement of our key performance indicators.
• Effectively promotes Company values and culture drivers.
• Perform all duties in a safe manner.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills & Attributes:

• 5-10 years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing setting (dairy/food industry is a plus).
• Values respect, safety minded, positive communication, professionalism, ability to work with a team with maintenance as well as the production team and focuses on quality output.
• Familiar with mechanical, electrical, fabrication, plumbing, reading blueprints, hydraulic, pneumatic, refrigeration, and HVAC.
• Food industry knowledge, sanitary welding, and knowledge of cheese making process and pasteurizers is preferred.
• Experience trouble shooting PLC programs and creating minor programs.
• Be able to safely lift 80+lbs occasionally, stand for 8 hours/day and frequently twist, bend, climb, grasp, and other repetitive movements.
• Ability to perform work in environments with varying temperatures including hot conditions and cold storage.

Required Training:

• Annually complete all required training with LaClare Creamery
• Annually complete HACCP training
• Forklift Certification
• OSHA 30-hour certification preferred
• All other maintenance related training as required

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