Maintenance Technician

Position at Pilgrim's

Maintenance Technician

At Pilgrim’s

,

Safety Is

A

Condition

, which means the safety of our team members comes first - always.

Purpose & Scope

• The maintenance technician position
• is responsible for
• performing highly diversified duties to install, troubleshoot,
• repair

and

• maintain
• production and facility equipment according to safety, predictive and productive maintenance
• systems
• and processes to support the achievement of the
• facility’s business goals and
• objectives. Including, installation, repairs, adjustments and maintenance of all equipment and machinery

with in

the facility.

Principle Responsibilities

• Perform highly diversified duties to install and
• maintain
• production machines and the
• facility’s
• equipment.
• Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.
• Perform simple machinist duties and responsibilities.
• Perform mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, el
• ectrical, 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.
• Perform regular preventive maintenance on machines,
• equipment
• and plant facilities.
• Perform a variety of plumbing maintenance and carpentry functions.
• Use a variety of hand and power tools, electric
• meters
• and material handling equipment in performing duties.

Detect

faulty operations, defective material and report those and any unusual situations to proper supervision.

Comply

• with safety regulations and
• maintain
• clean and orderly work areas.

Perform

• tasks as
• assigned by the

Maintenance

Manager or Supervisor.

What

You’ll

Need

Education

High School Diploma/GED preferred.

Experience

• Poultry or food
• maintenance/
• industry experience is a plus.

Skills

A

bility to multitask and work quickly,

have

good communication

skills, ability to

comprehend

simple instructions and apply common sense, and

must be a team player and be willing to work close to other employees at some stations. (Less than 3 feet apart.)

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Physical requirements

• Ability to work in cool temperatures (around 40 degrees), ability to stand and use hands for 8-11 hours per
• day and
• lift

50

• bs
• or more.
• Why Work for Pilgrim’s?

Schedule

Monday-Friday

with

• weekend work
• required;

Benefits

• : Vision, Medical, and Dental coverage begin after
• 60 days
• of employment;

Paid Time Off

• Sick leave, vacation, company
• observed
• holidays or, any other statutorily
• required
• paid leave.

401(k)

company match begins after the first year of service and follows the company vesting schedule;

Base

• hourly
• salary
• rate

of

• $ 20.20
• with a $1.50 shift differential

for

2

nd

and 3

• rd
• shift.
• Perfect attendance incentive
• of $2.00 extra per hour for perfect
• attendance
• for day shift.
• Perfect attendance incentive
• of $3.00 extra per hour for perfect
• attendance
• for second and third shift.

Career Development

• Our company is dedicated to supporting professional growth by offering continuous learning opportunities and a focus on career growth through various learning and
• development programs;

Better Futures

The Company is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our team members and visitors. To

assist

in achieving that goal, we conduct drug, alcohol, and background checks for all new team members post-offer and prior to the start of employment. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of the third day of work.

About us

Pilgrim’s is a leading global food company with more than 62,000 team members worldwide. The company processes, prepares, packages, and delivers fresh, frozen, and value-added food products for customers in more than 100 countries. Pilgrim’s

operates

protein processing plants and prepared foods facilities in 14 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico, the U.K,

the Republic of Ireland

and continental Europe.

Our mission

To be the best in all that we do, completely focused on our business, ensuring the best products and services to our customers, a relationship of trust with our suppliers, profitability for our shareholders and the opportunity of a better future for

all of

our team members.

Our core values

are

Availability, Determination, Discipline, Humility, Ownership, Simplicity,

Sincerity

EOE, including disability/vets

Unsolicited Assistance

JBS and its companies do not accept unsolicited

assistance

from any recruitment vendors for any of our open jobs. All resumes or candidate profiles

submitted

by recruitment vendors or headhunters to any employee at JBS and its companies or via the applicant tracking system, in any form without a valid written request and search agreement previously approved by HR, will be solely owned by JBS and its companies. No fees will be paid should the candidate be hired by JBS and its companies because of an unsolicited referral.