Maintenance Technician

Requisition ID: 55169
Position Type: (US)Full Time
Workplace Arrangement: #LI-Onsite

Who Kerry Is

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

Where You'll Work

Kerry, boasting over 45 facilities across North America, the Byesville, OH, USA plant is an integral part of our Beverage division, dedicated to processing and packaging fruit-based juice mixes, syrups, extracts, and other similar liquid ingredients. Kerry is on the lookout for career-oriented individuals to support the increasing demand for high-quality ingredients. You'll find yourself in a dynamic and enjoyable work setting! We take pride in our products that enhance food flavors, often featuring strawberry, banana, coconut, or lemon. Our team members are passionate about their community, their colleagues, and the outcomes we achieve daily. If you're seeking a manufacturing environment where you can develop a career and enjoy the process, our team could be the perfect fit for you!

What You'll Do:

The Maintenance Technician has responsibility for maintaining the facility and industrial maintenance. This includes maintaining, repairing and rebuilding various production machines and equipment. You will perform the set up and use of tools and equipment before production use in order to ensure the optimum level of safety. Familiarity with a variety of the production floor’s concepts, practices and procedures will help you as you Rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

The candidate added to our team will proficiently:

Provide general facility maintenance and repair.
Provide repairs and modifications to plant equipment.
Ability to research repair parts.
Responsible for reading, understanding and interpretation of blueprints, sketches and drawings.
Experience with calibrating, maintaining, repairing and troubleshooting instrumentation and equipment for laboratory and manufacturing plant to ensure conformance to establish calibration standards.
Experience with 3 phase and high voltage electrical systems.

What You'll Need to Succeed:

High School diploma or equivalency required; Associates degree in area of specialty or completion of a Technical School program preferred.
3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.

Proficient in electrical, mechanics, pneumatics, and hydraulics Able to read and interpret schematics and drawings
Practiced in safe work habits
Team players with obvious enthusiasm, initiative, and pride in work well done
Self-starters dedicated to continual quality improvement
Basic computer skills with MS Excel, Word and Outlook Email.

Kerry is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Kerry will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen. Additional information can be found at: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (dol.gov).

Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a “starter kit,” investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.

Recruiter: #LI-ES1
Posting Type: LI

Nearest Major Market: Columbus

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