Maintenance Technician

The Maintenance/Electrical Technician performs mechanical and electrical maintenance and repairs on production machinery and facility support equipment.

Location: St Joseph, MO
Shift: M-F, 7: 00 AM - 3: 30 PM

Pay: $37.00 - $40 per hour

( depending on level of experience)

Minimum Qualifications:

• 18 years of age.
  
• Valid Driver's license.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• 4+ years of troubleshooting electronics and electrical circuits experience.
  
• Allen Bradley PLC & HMI experience is a plus.
  
• Trade school or college is a plus.
  
• Servo Motors and VFD drives experience.
  
• NFPA 70e training.
  
• Maintenance CMMS tracking software.
  
• PSM experience
  
• Servo Motors and VFD drives experience.
  
• A working knowledge of electronics and electrical theory.
  
• Possess an ability to develop, calculate and read electrical schematics.
  
• Intermediate knowledge in the use of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint programs.
  

Responsibilities:

• Understand & ability to edit PLC & ladder logic for equipment troubleshooting.
  
• Understand complex troubleshooting, installation, routine maintenance and repair techniques on electrical components, instruments, computer/PLC controlled and mechanical equipment on production lines.
  
• Rebuild, replace, or repair major components, assemblies, and systems.
  
• Inspects electrical components during and after product installation.
  
• Use wiring Schematics and trouble shoot electrical problems in AC and DC circuits, Motor Controls, 480 plus low voltage, etc.
  
• Tests electronics for problems and proposes solutions.
  
• Performs various forms of welding such as maintenance, fabrication, brazing, and cutting using gas and electric welding equipment.
  
• Understand and implement designs from technical drawings.
  
• Utilize skills to bend conduit, wire pulling, etc.
  
• Perform routine maintenance and preventive care.
  
• Maintain accurate, updated preventive maintenance records.
  
• Sets up and calibrates, tests, measures and repairs all types of controls and instruments with pneumatic, electrical, and electronic variables.
  
• Works within established Maintenance Work Processes and helps resolve issues that surface because of planning and scheduling work.
  

Physical Requirements:

• Wear safety equipment, such as earplugs, goggles, and steel-toed shoes, respirators.
  
• Perform frequent bending, reaching, and lifting.
  
• Work in tight or closed-in spaces, climb stairs & ladders.
  
• Physically able to stand, sit, move, squat, and walk during the shift.
  
• Physically able to lift at least 50 pounds.
  
• Must have the ability to work comfortably and safely at elevated heights using safety harnesses.
  
• Undergo training in the proper usage and maintenance of safety harnesses and related equipment to ensure safe movement and operations at heights.
  
• Undergo respirator/PAPR training, proper usage and maintenance of equipment to ensure safety when working in hazardous areas.
  

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

Benefits for most full-time roles include medical, dental, vision, PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401k and a variety of well-being resources. Most part-time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k).

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

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