Maintenance Technician

At Eagle Foods we are builders.  We are builders of brands, categories, and people.  Eagle Foods enjoys a rich heritage with brands that have proven category leadership for more than 150 years.  Eagle is a diversified food company producing and marketing sweetened condensed and evaporated milk, snacks and convenient meal solutions products.  As a company, Eagle Foods is passionate about fostering an entrepreneurial spirit that boldly builds better people and better brands while focusing on the positive impact our company, our products and our people have on the world.  Eagle Foods has a bold family of brands that consumers have come to rely on for decades, including Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk and Evaporated Milk, Magnolia® Sweetened Condensed Milk, PET® Milk, Popcorn Indiana, Cretors Popcorn, Helper and Suddenly Salad.  Eagle Foods products are marketed and distributed across all U.S. retail channels, including grocery stores, club stores and mass-merchandisers, as well as foodservice and export, U.S. military, and private label business.

• PLC/Ladder Logic training/experience (Allen-Bradley, Siemens)
• Engineering related items
  • Blueprint and electrical schematic reading
  • Equipment drawings and manuals (reading and understanding)
• Operate & monitor boilers, water softener, valve adjustments, system repairs.
• Lock out and Tag out processes
• Corrective and preventive Action
• Experience in Manager's Plus (PM software) or equivalent
• Ability to use shop related equipment and experience in using precision measurement tools
• Operate & monitor ammonia system, in case of ammonia release activate emergency protocol to evacuate plant. Ability to load ammonia and evacuate oil from the system.
• Operate air compressors, replace filter, oil, perform regular PM.
• Awareness of Regulatory Standards (FDA, OSHA)
• Ability to calibrate flow meter, temperature sensors, level sensors &Chart Recorder
• Able to work in confined spaces to perform repairs in silos, retort, vessels
• Ability to troubleshoot retort problems, removal of dented cans, transferring timing repair water leaks, calibrate proportional valves.
• Operate and repair: palletizer, polypack, timing issues, reliability, lug chain repair, wrapper machine, knives replacements, ability to solve timing issues.
• Ability to properly complete mechanical repairs, drill, tap, cut weld
• Ability to assemble and build control cabinets
• Filler machine timing, replace values, repair can twister, replace sensors
• Seamer machine timing, able to complete full set-up, seam check, nitrogen set-up, can twister adjustment.

• Certification(s) in one of the following:
  • HVAC
  • Welding
  • Electrical
  • Hydraulics and Pneumatics
• Awareness of Regulatory Standards (FDA, OSHA)
• Experience in food manufacturing and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)
• Technical degree (tech school or other qualified institution) and
• 1 to 3 years’ experience as a Maintenance Tech in an industrial setting (Technical degree or certification should be in at least one of the following):
• HVAC with emphasis or refrigeration systems (ammonia is a plus)
• Electrical- schematic, motors, pumps, power
• Welding
• Hydraulics and Pneumatics
• Ability to person standards math (job related activities)
• Computer skills-ability to use Word, Excel, and Outlook Proficiently
• Ability to operate a forklift (certifies license is a plus)
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs., Kneel Crawl and stand for long periods of time.