Maintenance Specialist

Based in Picayune, MS the Maintenance Specialist is responsible for preventative maintenance and emergency repairs for all of the packaging and operating equipment within the facility. A Maintenance Specialist is responsible for repairing and maintaining production lines, mechanical equipment and buildings. The day-to-day tasks include electrical repairs, mechanic, plumbing, painting, flooring repair and upkeep, heating, and air conditioning system maintenance.

Essential Duties

• Quickly diagnose the source of failures and make emergency repairs to all mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and electronic systems as needed to return them to service and minimize production downtime.
• Assist production staff in performing their duties through direction, training, and assistance.
• Assist production operations in setting up equipment and making running adjustments to maintain maximum efficiency. Including annually auditing assigned equipment to improve or develop PM’s, troubleshooting guides, and standard operating procedures.
• Maintain a clean and orderly work area, returning tools, equipment, and supplies to the appropriate storage areas after each assignment.
• Responsible for performing preventative maintenance on all equipment.
• Observe equipment in operation to prevent/diagnose potential problems.
• Dismantle devices to gain access to and remove, repair and replace defective parts.
• Identify, suggest, propose, and discuss solutions to equipment and facility issues with management.
• Develop and maintain maintenance logs on all equipment.
  
  

Additional Responsibilities

• Participate in Safety Programs and uphold the Safety Culture
• Prepare maintenance reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Troubleshoot Fanuc Robotics, and other automation systems.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Required Skills/Abilities

Fundamental knowledge of bearings, power transmission equipment, hydraulics/pneumatics, lubrication, welding principles, rigging, overhead cranes, gearboxes, and mobile equipment operation.

Education

High school diploma, GED Certification or equivalent is required.

Certifications/Licenses

• Valid state motor vehicle operator’s license.
• Additional equivalent technical/trade school courses in a maintenance or construction related field.
  
  

PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL: Manufacturing

Physical Activities can include: Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. Applicable only if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that used for ordinary movement.

• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. Applicable if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Manipulating: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Repetitive Motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Standing: Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
  
  

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVEL

• Heavy work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. VISUAL ACUITY
• The work requires visual acuity to perform an activity such as: operating machines such as conveyors, shaker screens, crushers, forklifts, and other industrial and heavy equipment; performing mechanical or skilled trades tasks of a non-repetitive nature such as ones by mechanics, technicians, miners, laborers, etc.
  
  

WORKING CONDITIONS: The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside.

• The worker is subject to extreme cold: Temperatures typically below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour. Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity.
• The worker is subject to extreme heat: Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour.
• The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.
• The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.
• The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions: One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system of the skin: Fumes, odors, dust, mists, gases, or poor ventilation.
  
  

(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.)

• High school diploma, GED Certification or equivalent is required.
• Valid state motor vehicle operator’s license.
• Additional equivalent technical/trade school courses in a maintenance or construction related field.
• Two years of experience in general maintenance or construction is required.
• Knowledge of building construction and the operation of building systems is preferred.
• Automation knowledge.