Maintenance Technician

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Job Description

Requisition ID 42418
Position Type (US)Full Time
Career Function Engineering and Maintenance 
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Posting Type DNI
 

Kerry is a global leader in taste & nutrition. Our manufacturing facilities produce and supply the world with over 15,000 different food, beverage, and pharmaceutical products throughout the world. With a commitment toward sustainability and reputation for innovation, a career with Kerry offers you the chance to change the way the world sees food and nutrition. A career with Kerry is something you can feel good about.

About Kerry:

Kerry is the world’s leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers’ most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

Where you’ll work:

At our Montgomery, AL facility we are part of the Fleishman’s Vinegar division and hundreds of different products for Kerry and our retail customers. If you’re looking to build a career in manufacturing with a team you can have some fun with, we might be the team for you. We are looking for someone to help us keep things running!

1st Shift: Monday – Friday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Key responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function.

  • Installs, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs plant equipment including mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic systems.
  • Responsible for reducing equipment downtime.
  • Recommends and makes improvements to plant equipment.
  • Calibrate or adjust equipment to ensure quality production.
  • Programs, troubleshoots, and repairs programmable logic controller (PLC).
  • Performs electrical wiring from low voltage through 480 volt 3 phase industrial systems.
  • Efficiently use the company’s enterprise resource program and software to track preventive maintenance activities and maintain department paperwork and records.
  • Maintain good housekeeping and regularly clean work area, machines, and equipment.
  • Identify and contribute to continuous improvement efforts to reduce costs or increase productivity without reducing effectiveness.
  • Maintain an open and candid working relationship with immediate supervisor/manager in discussing matters of importance.
  • Adhere to established company values, practices, policies and procedures at all times. Follow and support compliance with all applicable safety rules, laws, regulations, and standards.

Qualifications and skills:

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, AND CERTIFICATIONS

An individual qualified for this job must have and maintain the following qualifications:

  • 2-year technical school degree in a related field and 5 or more years of related work experience, or any satisfactory combination of education and experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the above duties.
  • Journeyman electrical license is a plus.
  • High School Diploma or equivalent.  Vocational training to meet job requirements.

Kerry is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Kerry will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen. EEO is the Law poster can be found here. Additional information can also be here .