Dairyfood USA, one of the largest specialty cheesemakers in North America, is currently hiring 1st shift and a 2nd shift Maintenance Technicians at our production facility located in the heart of America?s Dairyland, Blue Mounds, WI.
1st shift hours are 5:00 am - 2:30 pm
2nd shift hours are 2:30 pm - 11:00 pm and includes a $2 per hour shift premium
Job Purpose:
The Maintenance Technician II is an experienced industrial maintenance technician responsible for diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining processing and packaging equipment throughout the cheese manufacturing facility. The Technician II works independently on most maintenance activities and provides technical support to Maintenance Technician I employees and production personnel.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Troubleshoot and repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electromechanical equipment.
- Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on production and facility equipment.
- Diagnose equipment failures and identify root causes to prevent recurring breakdowns.
- Maintain and troubleshoot cheese-processing equipment, including cookers, blenders, grinders, pumps, agitators, separators, conveyors, presses, cutters, fillers, packaging equipment, and CIP-related equipment.
- Troubleshoot motors, VFDs, sensors, photo eyes, proximity switches, control circuits, solenoid valves, pneumatic systems, and basic PLC-controlled equipment.
- Read and interpret electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, equipment manuals, and P&IDs.
- Perform welding, fabrication, machining, plumbing, and mechanical repairs as required.
- Assist with refrigeration, boiler, compressed-air, water, wastewater, and other utility systems within the technician's qualifications.
- Participate in equipment installations, modifications, upgrades, and commissioning.
- Respond independently to production breakdowns and prioritize repairs based on safety, quality, and production requirements.
- Work closely with operators and production supervisors to identify equipment issues.
- Complete accurate maintenance documentation and work orders.
- Train and mentor Maintenance Technician I employees.
- Follow and enforce GMP, sanitation, food-safety, lockout/tagout, electrical safety, and other plant requirements.
- Participate in continuous-improvement and reliability projects.
Basic Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Technical degree, industrial maintenance certificate, or equivalent experience preferred.
- Typically 3+ years of industrial maintenance experience, preferably in food manufacturing.
- Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to read electrical schematics and mechanical drawings.
- Working knowledge of PLCs, VFDs, pneumatics, hydraulics, pumps, motors, and industrial controls.
- Welding/fabrication experience preferred.
- Refrigeration, boiler, wastewater, or utilities experience is a plus.
- Ability to work independently and respond effectively to emergency breakdowns.
- Ability to work flexible shifts, weekends, holidays, and overtime.
Expectations:
- Works independently on routine and moderately complex repairs.
- Accurately diagnoses failures rather than simply replacing parts.
- Can troubleshoot electrical and mechanical systems using schematics and test equipment.
- Takes ownership of assigned equipment and follow-up repairs.
- Helps develop less-experienced technicians.
- Recognizes problems that require escalation to a higher-level technician, engineer, or outside specialist.
Saturday shifts are required as needed and feature a double time shift premium.
We offer a $1,000 signing bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.
Dairyfood USA has many long-term dedicated employees. Are you interested in becoming a member of our team?