AFB Maintenance Technician, D-Crew

This opportunity is located within our AFB International business, the global science and technology leader in pet food palatability. We develop and produce a full range of liquid and dry palatability enhancers using high-quality ingredients proven to optimize companion animal response and consumption.

Job Description

Job Tasks

• Complete complex maintenance repairs/work orders
• Perform routine preventative maintenance of equipment
• Advanced system troubleshooting both mechanical and electrical
• Clean and sanitize any work area and equipment where work is performed, including critical control points
• Complete all tasks in work area on the master cleaning schedule and document
• Provides excellent internal customer service
• Set up and installation of high speed mechanical seals
• Boiler maintenance and troubleshooting including: safety, functionality, and controls
• Troubleshoot and repair electrical circuit issues, electro-pneumatic systems, control systems, motor control circuits, electrical and P&ID drawings
• Complete and record required daily wastewater tests
• Train lower level Maintenance Techs

Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost Requirements:

• Lock out/tag out
• Fall protection
• Emergency evacuations
• Inspect, wear and maintain appropriate PPE
• Ladder safety
• Spill containment and clean-up
• Confined space entry
• NFPA 70e Arc Flash
• Food Defense
• GMP's

Experience:

• Computer and microprocessors experience preferred (Microsoft Word, Excel)
• Knowledge of safety codes, electrical circuits, plant food safety requirements, NFPA 70e, isolation and elimination of energy sources

Education: High School Diploma or equivalent required

Physical Demands:

• The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and talk and hear; bend, reach, and pull. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 70 pounds. Employees are often required to climb ladders.

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The temperature in the plant varies seasonally and may be hot and humid in the late summer. The employee may be exposed to the weather outside the plant. The meat room remains cold temperature year round.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud in the production environment. PPE requirements apply.

AFB International is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.