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Simplot Company · 5 days ago

Maintenance Support Technician 1 (Crew C) Caldwell, ID

Caldwell, ID

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$36.28/hr - $36.28/hr

2+ years exp

The J.R. Simplot Company is a diverse, privately held global food and agriculture company headquartered in Boise, Idaho. This position exists to ensure efficient operation of all industrial mechanical equipment for the facility, which includes maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of equipment across various areas of the plant.

Food and Beverage

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Performs preventative maintenance on equipment in their work area(s)

Maintains all shop inventories, tools and equipment. Creates, performs and completes work orders in the system as assigned or as needed and prepares kitting when necessary

Coordinates or schedules additional work as needed

Identifies parts needed for work to be done, conducts inventory searches and locates parts

Documents, monitors, maintains, and assists with reporting of shift events, logging Predictive Maintenance data and assists with work planning utilizing information systems and productivity software

Maintains Company standards for safety, quality, food safety, sanitation and GMPs

Works within safety rules and regulations in actively avoiding injury to self and others

Ensures proper food safety sanitation and cleaning procedures of all processing equipment and tools

Maintains necessary level of communication with team members and other support groups and does so in a participative management style conducive with operational goals

May assist with training other plant personnel

Ensures that additional accountabilities required by management are handled in a manner necessary to meet operational standards

Must be able to Able to perform sound welds in accordance with the qualifications required by applicable welding code, standards, and/or project specifications include wire feed, stick, Heliarc, Oxy-Acetylene and sanitary (food-safe) welds for repair and fabrication required. This must be learned

Ensures that equipment including, but not limited to pumps, motors, hydraulic systems and product transport system are properly lubricated following the specifications of the Company or the manufacturer

Troubleshoots and makes minor and major repairs of packaging area equipment in order to prevent or minimize industrial plant downtime

Troubleshoots and makes minor and major repairs of equipment at the Water Recovery Plant in order to prevent or minimize industrial plant downtime

Troubleshoots and makes minor and major repairs of processing and cutting equipment in order to prevent or minimize industrial plant downtime

Qualification

Mechanical maintenanceWelding (various types)TroubleshootingPreventative maintenanceLubrication techniquesCommunication skillsTeamwork

Required

High school diploma or equivalent is required

Two years of industrial or food processing mechanical experience required

Able to perform sound welds in accordance with the qualifications required by applicable welding code, standards, and/or project specifications include wire feed, stick, Heliarc, Oxy-Acetylene and sanitary (food-safe) welds for repair and fabrication required

Must provide required tools (see tools list)

Technical/vocational certification (or equivalent)

Preferred

Associates degree or technical certification preferred

Company

Simplot Company

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Founded in 1929, the Simplot Company is a dynamic global food and agriculture leader with operations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australia, Argentina, India and China.

Founded in 1929

Boise, Idaho, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.simplot.com/

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