Do you want to join a growing company with highly competitive comprehensive benefit plans? Then LT Foods Americas is the place to be. Join our Team now! We are located in Missouri City, TX.
We're looking for an experienced Maintenance Mechanics Technician to support our Team!
We offer competitive pay, benefits, vacation time, and more!
What we offer:
- Morning and evening shift - Must flexible for overtime and Saturdays.
- Matching 401k Plan
- Annual Performance Review
- Quarterly Bonus
- Employee Sponsored Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, FSA) after 30 days.
- Paid time off after 30 days (up to 26 days off annually!)
- Employee discount on company product
- Holiday festivities
Role Summary:
The Maintenance Mechanic Technician will ensure the work areas and equipment are in a clean, safe, and efficient operating condition and is responsible for the safe maintenance, repair, or replacement of equipment and systems to ensure maximum production efficiency while supporting the policies, goals, and objectives of the Company. Additionally, this position requires the individual to understand, troubleshoot, and repair electrical and operational equipment. This position takes direction from Maintenance Team Lead.
Key Responsibilities:
- Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain plant equipment both mechanical and electrically.
- Perform preventative maintenance on all equipment.
- Makes recommendations for improvement and solving maintenance-related problems.
- Communicate parts inventory tracking based on usage to Group Engineering Head.
- Ability to follow company GMP's (Good Manufacturing Practices) and Food Safety practices
- Monitor machinery to minimize unplanned downtime, anticipate solving problems in a timely manner and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Responsible for all necessary reporting and required paperwork.
- Facilitate open communication between the maintenance department and other departments to ensure all equipment problems and food safety issues are handled on a timely basis.
- Perform other duties as may be required and/or assigned.
- Ordering and installing parts.
Minimum Requirements:
- Experience in a related technical field or certificate or diploma from trade school in a related field or three years experience in the maintenance of industrial/food manufacturing equipment or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Computer/Software Skills– SAP, Excel, Outlook, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint
- Ability to troubleshoot and repair electrical/mechanical systems.
- Possess basic electrical skills
- Familiarity with Food Manufacturing equipment
- Solid work history and willingness to function in a team environment successfully. Must be able to communicate with various levels of personnel effectively
Desired Qualifications:
- Manufacturing experience is ideal, as the incumbent will be troubleshooting manufacturing equipment (Toyo machine, retort, robotics, conveyors) and more
Physical Demands:
- Standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day.
- Must frequently lift and/or move items over 50 lbs. assisted.
Work Environment:
This position is required to work in a manufacturing environment facility. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts; and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
LT Foods Americas (LTFA) is part of LT Foods Limited, an emerging global food company with Net Sales in excess of $600 million globally, operating across a range of categories, including specialty rice, organic foods, and convenience rice-based products. The Company is engaged in milling, processing and marketing branded and non-branded basmati rice, and manufacturing rice food products in India & the international market. LT Foods has a global presence including India, Middle East, United Kingdom, Europe and United States. Its operations include contract farming, procurement, storage, processing, packaging and distribution. Its rice product portfolio comprises brown, white, steamed, parboiled, organic, quick cooking brown rice, and ready-to-heat rice. The Company's brands include DAAWAT®, ROYAL®; 817 ELEPHANT®, INDUS VALLEY®, ECOLIFE® & GRAPEOLA®.
