Job Description

Maintenance Position: Pay ranging from $28 to $36.25 per hour based on experience

We offer full-time schedules, life insurance, short-term disability, and pension. You'll also enjoy paid time off, 9 paid holidays, vacation, and paid sick days. 

• Shift: 2 pm-11 pm (training may vary to teach you the most about our facility and the machines you'll be maintaining)
• Location: Brentwood, MO
• Job Type: Full-time, 150-day probationary period
• Union: Teamsters Local 600; Must join the union after 30 days

Ice Cream Specialties (8419 Hanley Industrial Ct., St. Louis, MO 63144) is looking for an Industrial Maintenance Mechanic to support production in a food manufacturing and packaging facility. Position also includes maintaining plant utilities such as boiler, HVAC, air compressors, refrigeration compressors, anhydrous ammonia system, building and grounds maintenance, etc... 

Starting at a new company can be challenging but not at Ice Cream Specialties.  We have a great team that will welcome you and share their knowledge and experience to help you grow with our company.  

Qualifications/Physical Requirements:

• Ability to lift, push, pull products weighing up to fifty pounds out of confined spaces and occasionally having to lift products overhead
• Ability to stand, kneel, climb ladders, and other physical requirements as needed
• Must be able to pass a post-offer drug test, alcohol screening, and physical exam
• 3 Years Industrial Maintenance Mechanic experience minimum
• Ability to quickly troubleshoot and repair machinery issues
• Pneumatics & Programmable Logic Controllers Experience
• HVAC experience preferred
• Ammonia experience preferred
• Electrical experience preferred (3 phase 480 volt systems)
• Hydraulic experience preferred
• Basic welding skills preferred (Mig/Tig/Stick)
• Set up and change out of various machine lines
• Ability to read and follow blueprints
• Plumbing skills
• Time management: the ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
• Strong team player 
• Communication skills

 Duties:

• Good interpersonal skills are a must.
• Diagnose mechanical problems quickly and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair/owner manuals, engineering specifications, and parts catalogs as necessary.
• Maintain high speed processing equipment, pipe fitting, welding, fabrication, carpentry; repairing electrical or mechanical equipment; installation of equipment.
• Adjust and repair packaging equipment as needed.
• Perform routine preventive maintenance on all equipment.
• Interface with Operations to minimize downtime and maximize plant reliability.
• Work with both Outside Contractors and Plant Operations to ensure all maintenance activities are completed safely and efficiently. 
• Other responsibilities as requested.

Education Experience:

• Candidates must be 18 years or older with the ability to read and speak English for safety purposes.
• High School diploma or G.E.D. 
• Trade school completion for Electrical is a plus

Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc Company is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.