Senior Maintenance Technician

CHS Inc. is a leading global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States that provides grain, food and energy resources to businesses and consumers around the world. We serve agriculture customers and consumers across the United States and around the world. Most of our 10,000 employees are in the United States, but today we have employees in 19 countries. At CHS, we are creating connections to empower agriculture.
Summary
CHS, Inc. has an exciting opportunity for a SeniorMaintenance Technician at our Lubricant Plant in Amarillo, TX. You must have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and be detail oriented.
Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, repair and maintain all plant machinery including packaging and material handling equipment. Able to lead capital projects to completion in a timely manner.
• Perform maintenance planning and scheduling activities to assign equipment work orders as well as lead the Maintenance team.
• Maintain and promote a strong safety culture and follow all safety policies, procedures and regulations. Identify and communicate workplace hazards and correct or seek assistance in correcting unsafe actions or conditions.
• Working independently, maintain machinery, equipment, facilities or vehicles as needed and as efficiently and timely as possible.
• Provide work direction and training to less experienced team members.
• Repair and perform preventative maintenance to ensure the most efficient operation.
• Identify and diagnosis problems on equipment and continually monitor equipment while initiating appropriate repair processes.
• Maintain and promote a strong safety culture and follow all safety policies, procedures and regulations. Identify and communicate workplace hazards and correct or seek assistance in correcting unsafe actions or conditions.
• Inspect parts, replacements, alignment, balancing, installation and refurbishment on a wide variety of equipment.
• Install, maintain, rebuild, replace parts, equipment and machinery and troubleshoot maintenance problems.

Minimum Qualifications (required)

• 3+ years of experience in Production, Operations, and/or Maintenance

Additional Qualifications

• • High School diploma or GED preferred
  • Vocational/technical school training in production maintenance preferred
  • Experience in repair and preventive maintenance of plant machinery including packaging and material handling equipment.
  • Experience working with:
    • Pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical controls including PLC's.
    • Plumbing
    • Steam fitting
    • Welding
    • Pump maintenance
    • General facility maintenance
  • Boiler license
  • Working knowledge of the operations, control, and functions of equipment and machinery
  • Ability to be on-call 24/7
  • Ability to work extended hours as needed
  • 2+ years of experience as a maintenance supervisor (essential).
  • Effective budgeting and performance management.
  • Great time management skills along with Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills
  • Pre-employment screening is based on the job requirements and industry guidelines and may or may not be required for the position. If required, selected candidates must pass pre-employment screenings to include all or a combination of drug, criminal, physical requirements and FMSCA Clearinghouse.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to work in noisy, dusty and all weather conditions

CHS offers a competitive total compensation package. Benefits include Health, Dental, Vision, Hearing, Life Insurance, Health and Day Care Savings Accounts, Paid Vacation, 401K, Company Funded Pension, Profit Sharing, Long and Short Term Disability, Tuition reimbursement, and Adoption assistance.
CHS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.