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Job Description for Maintenance Mechanical Engineer
Position Summary:
Essential Duties, Functions, and responsibilities:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Physical Requirements
Job Description for Maintenance Mechanical Engineer
Position Summary:
- GMP's and SOPs should be followed in conjunction with all HACCP, SQF, and SAFETY requirements and guidelines.
- The Maintenance Mechanical Engineer will be responsible for ensuring that the following tasks are performed in a timely manner.
- Working in a poultry house environment in a Cage-free environment.
- Ensuring Biosecurity processes are followed to help keep the overall health of the hens.
- Responsible for cleaning the manure belt system and the back of the house.
- Responsible for all repairs in the house.
Essential Duties, Functions, and responsibilities:
- Performs maintenance activities related to the hen house to which they have been assigned.
- Ensures proper techniques are being utilized when repair or preventive maintenance activities are being performed.
- In conjunction with Management, performs analysis of equipment downtime to further develop and recommends Predictive Maintenance activities.
- Coordinates all planned downtime activities with production to maximize equipment availability.
- Resolves maintenance problems and recommends measures to improve operations or machine performance.
- Ensures and maintains the safe and proper operation of hen house equipment and machinery.
- Repairing and making improvements to building and infrastructure
- Supporting the fire protection systems
- Maintaining and repairing distribution center racking
- Repairing and maintaining building pneumatic system
- Maintaining an automated conveyor system
- Completing preventative maintenance routines, documentation, and procedures
- Tracking and storing the department's inventory, including spare parts
- Supporting continuous improvement in all areas.
- Takes corrective action, as necessary, to ensure machinery operates as safely, efficiently, and economically, as possible.
- Helps to keep the work area clean on a routine basis.
- Performs other functions as directed by the Manager, as needed.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Ability to work up to 6 days a week, including weekends and holidays
- Ability to understand oral and written instructions in English and perform simple tasks.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering and professional license (cedula profesional)
- Willing to work with their hands
- Ability to perform essential duties in a safe and efficient manner.
- Ability to maintain and record egg-gathering information.
- Ability to gather eggs in a manner that prevents excessive breakage.
- Ability to work with chemicals, such as detergents, disinfectants, etc.
- Ability to perform work that is repetitive in nature.
Physical Requirements
- Stand for long periods of time.
- Grip, grasp, or twist using hands and wrists.
- Lift and carry, push, and/or pull up to 50 lbs or more.
- Push, and/or pull up to 100lbs or more.
- Bend and/or stoop repetitively throughout our shift.
- Working Conditions/Department Description:
- Working in a poultry house environment, including working outdoors and in seasonal conditions such as:
- Working in very hot temperatures.
- Working in very cold temperatures such as snow, sleet, etc.
- Working in dry and/or dusty environments.
- Working in damp and/or wet climates.
- Working with live animals, and the associated environment, including but not limited to:
- Working around farm-related smells or foul odors
- Working in a loud/noisy environment.
- Working in an environment with substantial dust circulation.