Maintenance Mechanic - 2nd shift

Headquartered in Cordova, TN, Stratas Foods is a 50/50 joint venture formed in October 2008 between ACH Food Companies and Archer Daniels Midland Company.  Stratas Foods is built on the combined strengths and expertise of these two great parent companies, laid down over the course of over 200 years of combined experience.  Stratas will continue to build on this foundation of excellence by providing value added, branded and custom formulated fats and oils solutions to the Food Service, Food Ingredient and Retail sectors.  At Stratas Foods we are committed to being the most valued supplier of fats, oils, dressings, mayonnaise and salad dressings to the private label retail bottled oils market in the United States. 

Manufacturing facilities are located in Dallas and Houston, TX; Decatur and Quincy, IL; Englewood, NJ; Hillside, NJ; Fresno, CA; Nashville, TN; and Valdosta, GA.  Corporate offices are located in Memphis, TN.  We are committed to maintaining a progressive workplace by utilizing the ideas, skills and talents of all of our employees.  We strive to make Stratas Foods a great place to work and are building a team capable of meeting our business goals.

This position is an important part of a high-performance team; a mechanic is involved in the successful daily completion of assigned work either on a priority basis or continuing basis as assigned by the maintenance management team.

This position requires minimal direction from management, in a team-based filling and packaging production environment to manufacture food. The ideal candidate will be able to safely perform and guide the repair, replacement, installation, inspection, enhancement, optimization, testing, and troubleshooting to ensure equipment reliability. The Maintenance Mechanic is to work safely and not take short cuts with themselves or any other employee.

Responsibilities:

• Performing all job duties with safety as a primary objective while following established GMP’s, Safety Regulatory, and Strata's Foodservice procedures and policies
• Supporting full department compliance with safety rules to further our goal of 0 accidents and encouragement of reporting near misses
• Ability to read, understand and create corrective action work orders when required.
• Utilize, respond and document all scheduled and unscheduled work orders in the DirectLine CMMS system.
• Identifying high-risk safety or productivity issues and working to remedy them
• Performing routine preventative maintenance and repairs to manufacturing equipment as needed
• Servicing and repairing plant facility equipment such as air compressors, heat exchangers, boilers, wastewater system, etc.
• Employee must be able to troubleshoot equipment when line operators have problems with the production lines. Finding solutions to line breakdowns can be simple or complex.
• Interacting with line operators when troubleshooting problems; must be able to listen and ask the right questions to constructively determine the cause and correct the issue
• Providing assistance to other maintenance employees as able and assigned
• Train other employees in qualified areas
• Look for opportunities to help work get done safer, faster, and more cost effectively
• Contributing to the effort in controlling costs and minimizing wastage in pursuit of daily work
• Support cost control goals of minimum part sparing consistent with production goals

•  Knowledge of and effective troubleshooting skills on mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical systems
• Proficient in reading schematics and using basic electrical measuring devices
• Must have boiler license
• High school diploma or General Education Degree (GED)
• Strong problem solving and math skills
• 5+ years in related experience in oil, chemical, pharmaceutical, food, or process manufacturing facility
• 5+ years of experience in similar role

The job is performed in a manufacturing plant. Exposure to loud noises, dust, dirt, heat, sparks, oil, and smoke may occur. Personal protective equipment (safety glasses, steel toed shoes, appropriate clothing, hard hat) is required in manufacturing plants. Activities include extended periods of standing and extensive work with various devices and heavy machinery.

This position requires the ability to lift up to 50 pounds, climb stairs, bend, kneel, stand for extended periods, work in confined spaces, and work at heights

Physical:  Ability to walk distances across facility, climb steps and ladders on occasions, sitting at office desk work, sometimes in cooler atmosphere (35-45 degrees), sometimes in engine room (+ 95 degrees in hot months). Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.  

Sensory: Ability to hear, see, speak, smell and touch well is necessary to perform basic essential task.

Hours: 1:30pm - 10:30pm

Wage: $41.21

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision

Stratas Foods is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee in any manner prohibited by law, including but not limited to, on the basis of race or color, religion, gender, age, genetic information, national origin/ancestry, mental or physical disability, family status/marital status, military/veteran status, and any other legally protected status.

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision-The Employer will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Employer’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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