Maintenance Technician - C shift
Hershey
Edgerton, KS
Pay: $32/hr
Why Hershey: At The Hershey Company, our culture is rooted in purpose and inspired by Milton Hershey’s enduring vision that business should create opportunity for others. Through our commitment to corporate philanthropy, we create positive impact by supporting communities, helping children thrive, and operating as a business for good. This includes our deep and long standing partnership with Milton Hershey School, where we invest in education, workforce readiness, and hands on engagement to help students succeed beyond the classroom. Supported by strategic grantmaking, product donations, cross brand collaboration, and strong employee volunteerism, Hershey offers a place to work where making a difference—locally and globally—is part of how we do business every day. Location: Edgerton, KS Job Type: Hourly We are mixing up something new in Edgerton, KS. This is an exciting time to join our team. We hold ourselves to the highest of quality standards. Each bag of Dot's Pretzels tastes as if they were made straight from the home kitchen of Dot herself. Our foundation is build on relationships. We are family. We believe in our employees and lead by example. The Dot's Pretzels brand has seen an enormous amount of growth, so we are looking for employees to come be part of our team. Come be part of our team at the Edgerton, KS location. Pay: Starting Pay: $32.00 per hour Shift differential of $2.00/hr for C and D shifts $2000 sign-on bonus Overtime potential Manufacturing Incentive Plan (MIP) Eligible Total Rewards: Health Insurance (Medical, Dental Vision) - Starting Day 1 401 (k) Retirement Plan - with generous company match Hershey Stock Purchase Program Tuition Reimbursement Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability Shifts: 12 HR Rotating Weekly Schedule: C shift: 5pm to 5am; Sun - Tues; Sun - Wed. We require that you are flexible to work any shift, weekends, overtime, and holidays as needed. Candidate Process: Qualified applicants will be contacted to schedule a phone screen. Post Offer Background Check, Drug Screen, and Physical required. Job Summary: This position will be responsible for accomplishing assigned tasks on time and within budget. Must have excellent mechanical and electrical skills in project development as well as troubleshooting repairs and is a team player that is self-supervised with excellent communication and follow-up skills. Works indoors and outdoors and has exposure to all weather conditions, and may be exposed to chemicals, fumes, odors, dust, and poor ventilation. Will also work around mechanical, electrical, heat and explosive hazards. Duties and Responsibilities: Maintains accurate maintenance records. Installation of new production machinery. Responsible for completing all daily, preventative, and predictive maintenance activities as assigned with regards to food safety and the reduction of equipment failures. Responds to production needs and troubleshoots machines and machine/line control schemes, performs repairs and preventative maintenance on production and non-production equipment. Provides both production and maintenance supervision with timely follow-up communication on above repairs. Works with other members of Maintenance to contribute improvements to/update all PM procedures. Works with other members of Maintenance to prioritize maintenance jobs, help collect and analyze downtime information, gives input on all maintenance opportunities to improve plant operations. Supervise work of outside contractors Follows all personal and food safety requirements, especially those with respect to SQF guidelines. Maintains clean and orderly tools, and work area and contributes to the department 5S initiative. Locates problems by observing mechanical devices in operation; listening for problems; using precision measuring and testing instruments. Qualifications: Minimum of a High School education Familiar with SQF, FDA, and OSHA requirements 4 years machine maintenance experience 2 years of Fanuc robot experience Ability to Mig and/or Tig Weld and/or Industrial electrician (480V systems) Required Skills/Abilities: Prior experience with electrical and mechanical equipment maintenance and repair. Industrial Electrician 120V/480V Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations. Preferred Skills: 2 year technical degree or Associate degree in Industrial Maintenance and/or equivalent combination or education and experience. Prefer 4 years’ experience as a general type of maintenance technician in the food packaging industry. Experience working on Ishida baggers or bagging equipment. Experience working with RBS Baking System Experience working with spray Dynamics Tanks Skid Experience working on PSG Lee Packaging Machine Experience working with Pearson and Lantech Case Erectors Robotics and control experience Troubleshoot various equipment end of arm tooling - robot arm Robot controller setup and configuration Setup and verify robot zoning Physi
