Maintenance Mechanic
Pedricktown, NJ
Full Time
Student (High School)
Overview:
The Facilities Maintenance Mechanic is responsible for assisting with daily tasks of the maintenance team to ensure all equipment and building systems are operating at peak efficiencies. This includes but is not limited to site fire alarm systems, fire suppression systems, building safety and facilities.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Job Requirements:
The Facilities Maintenance Mechanic is responsible for assisting with daily tasks of the maintenance team to ensure all equipment and building systems are operating at peak efficiencies. This includes but is not limited to site fire alarm systems, fire suppression systems, building safety and facilities.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Inspect and perform preventative and routine maintenance (i.e. conducting preventative maintenance check-ups or reading charts and data)
- Be readily available for emergency repairs in breakdown situations.
- Perform installation, configuration, and relocation of furniture and workstations, as needed.
- Complete work orders for common areas of facility, in a timely manner maintaining high quality standards.
- Conduct minor & major repairs to equipment or facility, such as plumbing, carpentry, electrical work, and/or painting. Diagnose and repair failures of equipment.
- Use a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters, and material handling equipment in performing duties.
- Maintain communication with other departments, management and employees and notify them of any problems and/or concerns that may restrict the efficiency of the plant, production, or warehouse facilities.
- Ensure all paperwork is filled out in a clear, legible, and accurate format, and completed with required information. Ensure all required information is documented in accordance with SOPs.
- Assist in maintaining parts and supplies inventory by reporting low supply levels to management.
- Utilizing continuous improvement mindset, assist in identifying opportunities to improve processes.
- Set up and operate QC water jet in a safe and efficient manner.
- Work in plumbing, electrical, HVAC repairs, HVAC installations, HVAC maintenance.
- Maintain a clean, sanitary, and safe work area.
- Follow all required work safe practices. This would include lockout-tagout requirements and wearing of all required PPE in designated areas, confined space safety, safe chemical handling, fall restraints, etc.
- Report any food safety, personnel safety and/or food quality related issues to Maintenance Management immediately.
- Perform other duties as assigned by management, within scope and abilities
Job Requirements:
- High school diploma or equivalent GED; technical school a plus
- Two years of facilities maintenance experience
- Ability to perform semi –skilled and skilled maintenance, construction, and repair work in the area of work assigned
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
- Ability to diagnose problems and find solutions
- Mechanical mindset with ability to think outside the box
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and other departments
- Ability to work effectively in the absence of close supervision
- Ability to operate a variety of vehicles and equipment in a safe and effective manner
- Ability to work in a fast paced, cold temperature environment
- Experience working on processing machinery in the foodservice industry a plus
- Understand and abide by all safety regulations as well as policies and procedure set forth by Verde Farms
- Ability to maintain regular and predictable attendance.
- Ability to work overtime, as warranted by business needs
- Bilingual English/Spanish a plus
- Ability to pass a pre-employment drug test
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