This job was last updated on July 28, 2025 6:17 PM.

Maintenance Technician - 1st Shift

Ornua Ingredients North America custom formulates and manufactures a complete line of pasteurized process cheese products. We are looking for an energetic, fast-paced, hardworking and reliable employee to join our Maintenance team!

Core hours are 6:00am-4:00pm; overtime when necessary

Summary

The maintenance technician works to ensure production schedules and quality standards are met with little downtime through preventative and multi-craft maintenance. This position will perform a wide variety of highly skilled maintenance work to maintain building and property maintenance, electrical systems, heating and cooling systems, plumbing, machine repair, hydraulics and pneumatics, specifically industrial/manufacturing automatic robots and any other duties as assigned.

Essential Responsibilities

• Perform all duties in a safe manner.
• Performs highly diversified duties to install and maintain production machines and the plant facility’s equipment.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain palletizing robots
• Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment.
• Performs mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and troubleshooting and repair of production machines.
• Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
• Diagnose problems, replace or repair parts, test and make adjustments.
• Performs regular preventative maintenance on machines, equipment, and plant facilities.
• Uses a variety of hand and power tools, inspection equipment, and material handling equipment.
• Detects fault operations, defective machines and report those and any usual situations to proper supervisor.
• Assures compliance with appropriate safety practices and procedures and with applicable federal, state, and local codes, regulations, and requirements, as well as Ornua’s company policies and procedures.
• Ensure company policies and procedures are followed.
• Assist others as needed.
• Maintain a clean and safe work area.
• Performs any additional maintenance related duties as required and assigned.
• Perform all duties in a safe manner.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Education, Experience, and Skills

• At least 3 years’ experience in industrial manufacturing maintenance
• Experience troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining palletizing robots preferred
• Electrical experience preferred but not required
• A strong understanding of electrical concepts and advanced fabrication and welding
• Must have a basic understanding of plumbing, pneumatics, hydraulics, and electrical schematics
• Possess good problem solving skills and safety practices
• Able to read and comprehend standard operating procedures
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally
• Strong basic math skills
• Knowledge of GMP’s and OSHA is highly desirable
• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to drive resolution
• Independent thinker who can work in a fast paced and ever-changing organization
• Ability to make sound, independent decisions and handle multiple projects at once
• Basic computer skills is a must
• Well organized and attentive to detail
• Ability to represent company in a professional manner
• Dependable with a flexible schedule a must

Physical Demands

• Ability to talk, hear and carry out directions in a safe and efficient manner
• Ability to adjust body position to bend, stand, walk, turn, and pivot
• Ability to make minor decisions based on standard practice