Employee Type:
Full time
Location:
NY Tonawanda
Job Type:
Production Maintenance
Job Posting Title:
1325-Mechanic
About Us:
TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.
Named one of America's Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight - One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values- Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together. We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.
What You Gain:
Competitive compensation and benefits program!
Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs! Paid holidays, vacation, and other competitive paid time off opportunities!
An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of people
Leaders who are invested in supporting your career growth.
Opportunities to be recognized for outstanding contributions to your team through our employee recognition programs.
Job Description:
Job Description
Opportunity: Full-time Mechanic at our Tonawanda, NY facility
Shift:
Wages: $27.89 to 38.51 per hour, rate dependent upon experience.
$0.50 extra per hour on afternoon shift.
Hours: 3pm - 11pm, 2nd shift position.
Must be available to work weekends.
Why Join the TreeHouse Foods Team?
TreeHouse Foods is a leading manufacturer and distributor of your family's favorite private label foods and beverages! With over 40 production facilities across the US, Canada and Italy, it is our goal to make high quality foods affordable to all; and our Mechanics are an integral part of achieving that mission. Our commitment to excellence extends past our products and revolves around our people. We hope you find making quality food for our customers, communities and families as rewarding as we do.
What We Offer:
Competitive wages
401k match program
Paid holidays and vacation
Opportunities for professional growth at the Tonawanda, NY facility and across our network of 40 sites. Many of our Supervisors and Managers got their start as frontline workers at our Plants and are committed to supporting your career growth within TreeHouse Foods.
We Want You If:
You're a food lover!
You enjoy working closely in a team environment.
You are dedicated to the health and safety of yourself and your team.
You appreciate feedback and use it as an opportunity to improve.
Job Description
The Mechanic performs a wide array of work relating to equipment and facilities maintenance in a food manufacturing plant. Installing new lines and equipment and maintaining all existing equipment. This role covers maintenance tasks of varying scope with a high level of autonomy throughout the facility including preventative and corrective. Essential skills include troubleshooting/repair of various systems and equipment with a focus on customer service. Critical attributes include willingness and ability to promote positive safety behaviors as well as demonstrating a professional approach in working others to share and build understanding of best practices.
Basic Skills Required:
The Maintenance Technician performs a wide array of work relating to equipment and facilities maintenance in a food manufacturing plant. Installing new lines and equipment and maintaining all existing equipment. This role covers maintenance tasks of varying scope with a high level of autonomy throughout the facility including preventative and corrective. Essential skills include mechanical & electrical troubleshooting/repair of various systems and equipment with a focus on customer service. Critical attributes include willingness and ability to promote positive safety behaviors as well as demonstrating a professional approach in working others to share and build understanding of best practices.
Principle Duties and Responsibilities:
Maintain all production equipment including preventative and corrective maintenance. Adjust and repair equipment as needed to ensure it is running efficiently.
Investigate, diagnose, test, calibrate, install, repair, and perform preventative maintenance on all electronic and mechanical equipment and systems throughout the plant, to ensure optimal asset utilization, productivity, efficiency, and reliability.
Provide primary, plant-wide support for PLC systems and equipment including software & firmware, processors, I/O, communication networks, programmers, and related equipment. This includes the ability to comprehend, navigate and modify the PLC programs controlling any particular process.
Perform preventative maintenance as scheduled and complete documentation associated with preventative maintenance.
Maintain adequate spare parts inventory and complete purchase requisitions as needed for parts, equipment, and tools. Monitor inventories of waste as assigned.
Train other Team Members on equipment operation; helps instill operator ownership for basic and routine maintenance tasks, including equipment changeovers.
Operates scissor lifts, hand trucks, and forklifts routinely in completing work.
Work closely with team members in manufacturing to complete equipment changeovers in a safe, effective manner adhering to production scheduling and safety requirements.
May be required to work flexible work schedule, as requested, which could include weekend work and preventative maintenance which cannot take place during operating hours.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required as Essential:
Ability to effectively and professionally communicate with external contractors and internal customers (all functional areas) to ensure equipment maintenance needs are met.
Applicant must display mechanical aptitude and electrical/electronic troubleshooting skills down to the component level.
Strong PLC Knowledge and the ability to troubleshoot equipment operational programs and field devices as well as working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite Products.
Possess strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and mechanical skills.
Ability to read and understand all maintenance manuals, codes, and regulations.
Possess a basic understanding of math with the ability to apply this for maintenance purposes in a food manufacturing setting.
Ability to use Personal Protective Equipment as required; commitment to using all PPE as required.
Thorough understanding of all Company policies, including GMP's, food safety, and human safety policies.
Able to lift 50 lbs. in weight above shoulder level.
The ability to read, write, and comprehend English.
Your TreeHouse Foods Career is Just a Click Away!
Click on the "Apply" button or go directly to www.treehousefoods.com/careers to let us know you're ready to join our team!
At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us "Engage and Delight - One Customer at a Time". TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any @type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact disability-accommodations@treehousefoods.com
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TreeHouse Foods is a private label food and beverage leader focused on customer brands and custom products. When customers partner with TreeHouse they can expect access to an industry-leading portfolio, strategic vision, on-trend innovation and insights, world-class supply chain, operational excellence and flexibility, collaborative approaches, and dedicated customer service.
Our strategy is to be the leading supplier of private label food and beverage products by providing the best balance of quality and cost to our customers. We engage with retail grocery, food away from home, and industrial and export customers, including most of the leading grocery retailers and foodservice operators in the United States and Canada. Our portfolio includes a variety of shelf-stable, refrigerated, and snack products.
Customers can expect comprehensive flavor profiles including natural, organic, and preservative-free ingredients in many categories and packaging formats. TreeHouse Foods is best known for food and beverages produced by our two largest businesses Bay Valley Foods, LLC (including E.D. Smith and Sturm Foods) and TreeHouse Private Brands. With more than 10,000 employees in over 26 plants across the United States and Canada, TreeHouse Foods is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.
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