Overview
Mars Cheese Castle is seeking a dependable and motivated Maintenance Technician to help keep our facility operating safely and efficiently. This position is responsible for performing preventative maintenance, troubleshooting equipment, completing repairs, and maintaining the overall appearance and functionality of the building and grounds. The ideal candidate is mechanically inclined, takes pride in their work, works well independently, and responds promptly to maintenance needs in a fast-paced environment. This role is essential to ensuring a safe, clean, and well-maintained experience for our customers and employees.
Hours:
This position is scheduled Tuesday through Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Regular attendance is expected and considered an essential function of the position. Occasional schedule adjustments or additional hours may be required to support business needs, including emergency maintenance or special projects. A standard forty-hour workweek is expected.
Key Objectives:
- Ensure proper working order and function of all equipment (including safety equipment and code compliance), buildings, and grounds to satisfy a “new” or “like new” condition.
- Keep work spaces (namely the workshop) clean, neat, orderly, and organized to the order that anyone could enter that space find tools easily
- Keep and maintain highly organized records (user/owner manuals, equipment servicing documents, etc.)
- Schedule appointments for work to be done by external companies (for work that cannot be completed internally and with Upper Management’s permission) then oversee such work to ensure it is done correctly
- Assume responsibility for evaluating each assigned task for potential safety hazards and determining the equipment, personal protective equipment (PPE), resources, assistance, or other measures necessary to perform the work safely. The Maintenance Technician is responsible for ensuring that appropriate safety precautions are identified, implemented, and followed before, during, and after the performance of work. Any additional equipment, PPE, resources, or assistance required to safely complete a task must be promptly communicated to management, and any required purchases must receive approval prior to incurring expenses. Work is expected to be performed safely and in accordance with all applicable safety requirements and established procedures.
Examples of Common Tasks Expected to Perform:
- Train, educate, supervise, and strategically utilize subordinate staff of your department (if any).
- Utilize computer, windows operating system, Microsoft office suite.
- Inspect, operate, or test machinery or equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions.
- Dismantle machines, equipment, or devices to access and remove defective parts, using hoists, cranes, hand tools, or power tools.
- Perform routine maintenance, such as inspecting drives, motors, or belts, checking fluid levels, replacing filters, or doing other preventive maintenance actions.
- Diagnose mechanical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, or parts catalogs, as necessary.
- Repair machines, equipment, or structures, using tools such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills, wrenches, or equipment such as precision measuring instruments or electronic testing devices.
- Assemble, install, or repair wiring, electrical or electronic components, pipe systems, plumbing, machinery, or equipment that does not require a licensed electrician.
- Clean or lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, or other parts of machinery.
- Adjust functional parts of devices or control instruments, using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, or straightedges.
- Order parts, supplies, or equipment from catalogs or suppliers as directed.
- Plan and lay out repair work, using diagrams, drawings, blueprints, maintenance manuals, or schematic diagrams.
- Perform general cleaning duties of buildings or properties.*
- Paint or repair roofs, windows, doors, floors, woodwork, plaster, drywall, or other parts of building structures.
- Operate cutting torches or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts (if properly trained to do so).
- Record type and cost of maintenance or repair work.
- Test and treat water supply.
- Install equipment to improve energy demands or operational efficiency.
- Set up and operate machine tools to repair or fabricate machine parts, jigs, fixtures, or tools.
- Set up and supervise work of subcontractors.
- Align and balance new equipment after installation.
- Assemble fixtures.
- Make safety improvements to fixtures.
- Provide groundskeeping services, such as landscaping or snow removal.*
- Inspect used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements, using rules, calipers, micrometers, or other measuring instruments.
- Fabricate or repair counters, benches, partitions, or other wooden structures, such as sheds or outbuildings.
- Position, attach, or blow insulating materials to prevent energy losses from buildings, pipes, or other structures or objects.
- Estimate costs to repair machinery, equipment, or building structures.
- Grind and reseat valves, using valve-grinding machines.
- Reliable and predictable attendance is an essential function of this job.
- Any other duties as assigned by a supervisor/manager.
**Some of this work may be shared by other members of internal staff or external companies. This is not a total list of routines or expectations but serves as an example.
Examples of Knowledge:
- Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Building and Construction - Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair equipment, facility, and grounds.
- English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Basic Mathematics - Knowledge of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and their applications.
- Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, and federal requirements for food safety.
Examples of Skills:
- Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
- Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
- Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
- Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
- Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
- Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Installation - Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
- Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Examples of Abilities:
- Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
- Static Strength - The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
- Multilimb Coordination - The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
- Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
- Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine to exact positions.
- Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Trunk Strength - The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
- Dynamic Strength - The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
- Extent Flexibility - The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
- Far Vision - The ability to see details at a distance.
- Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
- Stamina - The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
- Category Flexibility - The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Depth Perception - The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
- Rate Control - The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
- Selective Attention - The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Number Facility - The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide correctly using calculator.
- Prolonged Standing - The ability to stand on one’s feet for long periods of time throughout a given day.
- Flexibility - The ability to work with, manipulate, arrange tools and utensils in a variety of height levels: close to the ground (squatting) all the way up to high up on a shelf (using step stool or other equipment and reaching).
- Lifting Strength - The ability to periodically lift as much as 100 pounds of weight.
Join our team as a Maintenance Technician and play an essential role in keeping our facility safe, clean, and operating at its best. If you take pride in solving problems, working with your hands, and making a difference every day, we'd love to hear from you.
Pay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- Facilities maintenance: 2 years (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Kenosha, WI 53144 (Required)
Work Location: In person
