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Maintenance Specialist

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Job ID 293533 Date posted 05/27/2024 Location : Valdosta, Georgia Category  BUILD OPERATE MAINTAIN (PLANT OPNS)

Job Type: Full Time
Shift(s) Available: 1st
Compensation: $28.00/hr (or more depending on experience)


Benefits information:

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Insurance

  • Health and Wellness Incentives

  • Paid Vacation and Holidays

  • 401(k) with Cargill matching contributions

  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

  • Short-Term Disability and Life Insurance

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

  • Tuition Reimbursement

  • Employee Discounts



Principal Accountabilities:

  • Execute specific equipment maintenance for each asset involved with packaging and palletizing processes

  • Maintain the mechanical and electrical integrity of new installations and existing systems

  • Implement, monitor, and maintain best practices to improve operational effectiveness through continuous improvement and reliability excellence methods and tools

  • Monitor capitalized repair and replacement projects, mitigate risk issues, and removes barriers to ensure completion of milestones within budget

  • Monitor and maintain best practices to improve operational effectiveness through continuous improvement and reliability excellence methods and tools

  • Partner with vendors and handle contracts related to asset improvements and new asset project activities

  • Ensure the ongoing mechanical, electrical and structural integrity of plant equipment

  • Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff

  • Develop and implement reliability improvement plans to include Operator care

  • Facilitate cause analysis based on established thresholds

  • Understanding and adhering to all safety rules and regulations

  • Maintaining a safe and clean work environment

  • Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

  • Eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship

  • Must be 18 years or older

  • Ability to perform physical job duties which may include bending, lifting up to 50lbs, kneeling, climbing, crawling, and twisting, with or without reasonable accommodation

  • Ability to work in varied indoor and outdoor conditions which may include heat, cold, dust, loud noise, etc., with the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) including a respirator

  • Ability to work in elevated areas (4 feet and above)

  • Ability to understand and communicate in English (verbal/written)

  • Ability to work in confined spaces

  • Proficient with Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook)

  • Ability to work overtime including holidays, nights, weekends, or different shifts with advance notice

  • Basic experience with maintenance trades

  • Minimum of two years of previous experience with industrial maintenance, electrical knowledge or any mechanical maintenance trade

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor´s degree or trade school certification in an electrical and or mechanical field or relevant experience

  • Experience performing maintenance trades such as gearbox and bearings, lubrication, pump and piping systems, or hydraulics and pneumatics

  • Experience working with control voltages, and/or PID loop controls, and/or 120/277/480v

  • Experience with safe work practices, such as Pre-Job Hazard Analysis (PJHA), confined spaces, job task permitting, etc.

  • Experience troubleshooting programming technologies, such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) and Computer based HMI (Human Machine Interface)

  • Experience in cause analysis facilitation



Considered candidates will receive a phone call from a (952) area code. Please note that this position does not include relocation reimbursement.

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