Maintenance Tech - 3rd Shift

**Job Title: Maintenance Technician** **Market Title:** Maintenance Technician **Location: Wittenberg WI** **Status:** Regular Full-Time (3^rd^ Shift) **FLSA:** Exempt **JOB SUMMARY:** At Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Meats, the Maintenance Technician plays a critical role in supporting our tradition of quality by ensuring all production, smokehouse, and facility equipment operates safely and efficiently. This position performs preventive, predictive, and reactive maintenance on a wide range of food production equipment, including processing, packaging, refrigeration, and utility systems. This role is responsible for repairing and installing production/manufacturing equipment. Inspects equipment for proper functioning and performs preventative maintenance duties per manufacturer's specifications. Diagnoses equipment malfunctions and makes repairs or adjustments as needed. Reports to the Maintenance Supervisor. **SHIFT REQUIREMENTS** This is a 3rd shift position that works one shift. M-TH 9:30pm – 8:00am. **ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:** These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned. - Perform preventative maintenance on production equipment. - Repair all production equipment as needed. - Perform breakdown analysis. - Perform general housekeeping. - Upgrade production lines with new equipment/technology - Work with outside contractors - Comply with GMP, safety, and audit standards. - Perform technical writing in the Maintenance CMMS system. - Work independently under limited supervision (self-management) Documentation of work schedule and work tasks completed. **MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:** - 18 years or older - Experience with mechanical systems (e.g., gear boxes, chains, sprockets, motors, seals, bearings). - Experience with product manuals (e.g., reading and applying knowledge to make repairs). - Experience with troubleshooting mechanical breakdowns (pinpointing and fixing breakdowns). - Experience with reading mechanical drawings (e.g., hydraulics, pneumatics). **PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:** - Associates Degree in Electromechanical Technology or Certificate in Industrial Electronics and Maintenance - Experience with basic electrical systems (e.g., starters, fuses, contacts, relays). - Experience with refrigeration systems (e.g., compressors/ammonia systems). - Experience with conveyers (air cylinders, diverters, sensors, motor/speed controls). - Experience with electrical systems (installation, frequency drive, troubleshooting) - Experience with electronics (e.g., level probes, flow meters, drives/VFDs, etc.). - Experience with gearing and gear boxes (rebuilds, ordering parts, machining parts). - Experience with hydraulic systems (high pressure cylinders, pumps, valves, troubleshooting). - Experience with kinematics (e.g., line speed/sprocket size ratios, etc.). - Experience with meat slicing /high speed production - Experience with PLC (e.g., industrial maintenance, computer control systems, etc.). - Experience with pneumatics (solenoids, cylinders, motor brakes, reading, troubleshooting). - Experience with pneumatics/air compression (e.g., valves, cylinders, etc.). - Experience with preventative maintenance (computerized preventative charts/data). - Experience with pumps (e.g., troubleshooting, replacing seals/motors, understanding specs). - Experience with schematics (e.g., electrical blueprints with switches, starters, maps, relays). - Experience with SERVO (e.g., intelligent/robotic motors, in-coders, etc.) - Experience with troubleshooting (e.g., diagnostics, problem solving, etc.). - Experience working in team-based environments (working together with others). **NUESKE’S CULTURE ELEMENTS:** At Nueske’s, we share a few basic Culture Elements. By design, they are simple and straightforward and provide the foundation for how we do business and treat each other. - **Communicate Effectively** - **Be Caring** - **Be Engaged** - **Be Quality Minded** - **Be Responsible** - **Share the Wh…