Description

Butterball Farms, Inc. is a world-class food manufacturer on a mission to Enrich Lives and has been recognized as a West Michigan and National Best and Brightest Company to work for seven years running. With over 60 years in the industry Butterball Farms, Inc. is proud to give back to our employees, communities, and neighbors. We imagine butter differently, have a highly recognizable client list and are known by our customers for our innovation, reliability, responsiveness, and our value-add approach to business. Our amazing culture is recognized globally. We are financially sound and poised for continued success.

Are you looking for an opportunity that allows you to use your troubleshooting skills and work with a collaborative team in a fast-paced environment? This opportunity may be what you are looking for! Butterball Farms, Inc. is currently seeking a Maintenance Technician to join our team.

As a Maintenance Mechanic you will:

Maintain/repair mechanical and electrical equipment for the processing and production of butter and other food products
Identify required parts and maintain current inventories, and parts reorder lists
Maintain refrigeration equipment for the storage of food products
Perform preventative maintenance on mechanical, electrical, and facility equipment
Fabricate equipment to food-grade standards for production and prototype purposes
Set up equipment and educate production staff on how to effectively run the equipment
Work with a sense of urgency to respond to machine downtime events
Propose and implement changes to improve the process, machine, or equipment efficiency
Contribute to our culture of safety

We Offer:

Company provided uniforms
Stipend for safety shoes and safety glasses
Competitive Wages
A culture that celebrates innovation, continuous improvement, personal development, and diversity
2nd/3rd Shift Premiums
Paid Vacation and Holidays
Tool allowance
401K Company Match
Tuition Reimbursement
Access to The Source
Employee Assistance Program
Competitive Benefits plan- Medical, Dental, Vision, LTD, STD, Critical Illness, Flex Spending, Dependent Care, Accident Insurance!

Requirements

Knowledge of machines and tools including their designs, uses, repair and maintenance.
Knowledge of materials and methods used.
Knowledge of design techniques, tools and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Knowledge of arithmetic.
Ability to perform routine maintenance on equipment and determine when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
Ability to repair machines or systems using the necessary tools.
Ability to determine causes of operating errors and problem solving those errors.
Ability to give full attention to what other people are saying, take time to understand the points being made, ask questions as appropriate and not interrupt at inappropriate times.
Ability to install equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
Ability to determine the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Ability to watch gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Ability to adjust actions in relation to others’ actions.
Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
Ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Basic computer skills and ability to use email.

NOTE: Equivalent combinations of education and experience that can be shown to provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities will be evaluated on an individual basis.

Essential Physical Requirements of position:

This position requires continuous: (continuous = 67-100% or the time)

Talking, seeing, and hearing, stooping, grasping, typing, sitting, and walking.

This position can require frequent: (frequent = 33-50% of the time)

Climbing, pulling, lifting, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, repetitive hand motions, pushing, driving, bending at waist, and twisting upper body.

This position can require occasional (occasional = up to 33% of the time) Crawling, repetitive hand motions and sitting.

Physical efforts of the job:

Occasional sedentary (up to 50 pounds) lifting and carrying.