Building Maintenance Worker

At Loffredo Fresh Foods we strive to inspire healthier lifestyles and communities by collaborating with our team members, suppliers, and customers to deliver exceptional fresh food solutions. We have a commitment to our customers to provide excellent service and high quality goods, and our dedicated, compassionate, and innovate team members execute each day. Our forward thinking, risk taking, collaborative environment creates an exciting and engaging culture. We support new thoughts, and have created traditions that work.

We are currently seeking an Equipment/Building Mechanic to join the team at our Omaha, NE food processing location – Lunch Box Foods.

Job Purpose:

Accountable for all aspects of maintenance for multi-plant processing operation. Responsible for all plant equipment which includes but is not limited to: processing; packaging; labelling and support machinery.

Job Responsibilities:

• Equipment Maintenance: Take charge of maintaining production and facilities equipment, including food processing and packaging technology. Ensure the optimal performance of support equipment such as HVAC, wastewater systems, and grounds.
• Preventive Maintenance Program: Play a vital role in adhering to and contributing to the development of our Preventive Maintenance Program.
• Cost Savings Initiatives: Actively identify opportunities to reduce costs and implement strategies to enhance operational efficiency.
• Team Collaboration: Be a valuable team player by assisting colleagues in resolving machine-related issues.
• Troubleshooting Expertise: Collaborate with fellow personnel to troubleshoot a wide range of mechanical, electronic, and control issues with our machinery.
• Equipment Mastery: Showcase your skills by repairing, installing, maintaining, adjusting, and troubleshooting high-speed packaging equipment, and demonstrate proficiency in industrial machinery troubleshooting.
• All-Weather Commitment: Perform assigned duties in all types of weather conditions, ensuring minimal disruptions to our operations.
• Vendor Coordination: Manage the coordination of service calls with vendors for contracted service work, including vital preventative maintenance for our fleet vehicles.

Requirements:

Education and Experience:

• Preferred: High School Diploma or GED and a 2-year electronics studies program.
• Alternatively: 3 to 5 years of experience as a machine technician (experience in a food processing plant is preferred).

Technical Skills:

• Strong mechanical and electrical skills, with a proven track record in troubleshooting.
• Proficiency in the safe and effective use of machine shop tools.
• Familiarity with machinery equipped with PLCs, VFDs, temperature controllers, and knowledge of inkjet printing equipment, labeling machines, metal detectors, and scales.
• Experience with Electrical and Electronic Control Systems.

Communication and Teamwork:

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
• Capacity to train individuals and actively listen to departmental concerns.

Safety Procedures:

• Proficiency in lock-out/tag-out safety procedures.

Certifications:

• Valid LFF's (License to Operate Forklift) and pallet jack operating certification.

Flexibility:

• Willingness to perform all other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• Employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Fix mechanical problems such us strip down machines.
• Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• This position is located at a production facility with a mechanical environment with moderate noise level.
• Cold environment area may be damp/wet moderate noise level.
• Large volume production facility includes: manual, semi-automatic and automatic equipment conveyor system packaging/filling.
• PPE as required.

EOE

Pay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour

Expected hours: 15 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Industrial maintenance: 2 years (Preferred)
• mechanical troubleshooting: 1 year (Preferred)
• electrical troubleshooting: 1 year (Preferred)
• Food processing plant: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)

Work Location: In person