Building Maintenance Technician

Leprino Foods, located on the border of NY and PA, is looking for a Warehouse Builing Maintenance Technician with experience omaintaining, repairing, and improving plant buildings, facilities, and supporting infrastructure to ensure a safe, reliable, and well-maintained work environment. This position performs preventive and corrective maintenance on building systems and responds to facility-related issues throughout the plant.

Schedule:

Leprino Foods is a 24/7 operating facility and the employee must be willing and able to work days or nights.

The current vacancy is Monday-Friday, from 7:00am-3:30pm.

Pay Rate:

• $28.92
• $0.75 Evening Pay Differential for every evening hour worked between 6:00pm-6:00am
• $1.00 Weekend Pay Differential for every hour worked Saturday & Sunday

What we Offer:

• Profit Sharing
• 401k
• Incentive Plans
• Matched Retirement Savings
• Paid Vacation (40 hours vacation every 6 months which increases with tenure)
• 9 Paid Holidays
• 56 hours of Paid Sick Time, annually
• Healthcare Benefits starting the first of the month following your hire date
• Educational Assistance
• Discounts on Leprino Foods products
• Wellness Sponsorships

Responsibilities:

• Respond to facility-related corrective maintenance requests and emergency repairs in a timely manner.
• Proactively identify potential building, facility, or equipment issues before they result in downtime, safety concerns, or additional damage.
• Assist in developing, reviewing, and improving preventive maintenance tasks for building systems, facility assets, and equipment.
• Accurately document completed work, findings, repairs, labor, and materials in the site's maintenance management system, such as Maximo.
• Ensure the safe operation and maintenance of assigned equipment, systems, and processes while following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and established safe work practices.
• Support product and material quality requirements by maintaining facility and equipment conditions that meet operational and GMP standard
• Perform preventive maintenance on equipment, including lubrication, oil changes, filter changes, inspections, and other routine maintenance activities.
• Troubleshoot and repair building and facility systems, including HVAC, lighting, plumbing, and other general building systems.
• Communicate effectively with coworkers, team leads, supervisors, and other departments regarding equipment conditions, repair status, and maintenance needs.
• Demonstrate ownership and follow-through by ensuring identified maintenance issues are properly addressed and completed.
• Safely operate skid steers, Lull/telehandlers, forklifts, manlifts, and company vehicles in support of facility maintenance, material handling, snow removal, and other assigned plant activities.
• Complete assigned preventive maintenance work accurately, safely, and on schedule.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience:

• Must be able to speak, read, write, and comprehend basic English language
• Ability to evaluate and identify mechanical conditions and make adjustments or corrective action as necessary
• Ability to access elevated work areas such as climbing ladders/stairs
• Basic math skills to be able to perform mathematical functions
• Ability to understand and apply standard operating procedures
• Ability to maintain clean work area according to good manufacturing processes
• Good communication skills to communicate with co-workers and oncoming/outgoing shifts
• Experience as a building maintenance technician with industrial background; maintenance of HVAC units, lighting circuits, industrial tile laying and repairs, plumbing fixtures, light mechanical repairs, and carpentry skills (i.e. painting, dry wall, etc); and demonstrated ability to lead and motivate others.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word, and computerized maintenance management systems (e.g. SAP and Maximo).

Preferred Qualifications & Experience:

• Experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Forklift/Scissor Lift Certification is preferred.

Physical Demands & Environment

• This position will be exposed to working in varying degrees of temperature.
• Specific vision may be required for this position, including close vision, distance vision, color and depth perception, and the ability to read computer screens for extended time periods.
• Must be able to lift and carry moderate weights repeatedly throughout the shift.
• Ability to pass a physical abilities lift test, including lifting up to 41 lbs, and climbing stairs.
• Frequent walking and standing.
• Climbing up stairs, bending and reaching required.

Why work for Leprino Foods in Waverly?

• A career with Leprino Foods means you’ll be part of a worldwide family of individuals dedicated to producing high-quality products that help feed and nourish families around the world. Your contributions will be noticed and rewarded as you work to further our company, our customers and one another.
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