Multi Craft Technician

As the world leader in nutrition, health and wellness for children from birth to preschool, Gerber Products Company is committed to creating a strong future. We joined the Nestle Nutrition family in 2007, and have been a partner in parenthood ever since. Our Anything for Baby team works closely with experts to create products that enrich and establish healthy habits for children, and are good for the planet as well. A career at Gerber provides meaningful opportunities to develop professionally, and nurture generations to come. Now is the time to define your future, and ours too.

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Position Summary

Duties include the maintenance and repair of all equipment. Assist in start-up preparations. Must utilize improvement methods to drive performance and reliability such as scorecards, data collection systems, GO-THINK DOs, Breakdown Analysis, and Total Performance Management.

In alignment with Act 593(B), this position is considered safety sensitive as this employee responsible for repairing and maintaining all machinery.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for startup activities of: actively participating in pre-shift meeting, receiving PM's and work orders and getting tools ready for the day ahead.
• Employee must maintain operations by: answering calls on equipment, doing PM's and work orders, changing filters for operations, working on facility problems and repairing water leaks. Requires ability to work independently toward general results. Must originate, plan, adapt, invent and contrive to accomplish tasks. Job requires close attention to detail with work pace generally well above normal.
• Must create & maintain various forms of paperwork such as notifications, work orders, breakdown work orders as well as checking tasks and entering time in SAP.
• Maintain housekeeping in work area through sweeping, cleaning tools and shop equipment after being used and keeping work area clean.
• Must communicate to next shift by handing-off breakdown work to on-coming shifts so those employees can know what has been completed and what is left to be completed. Employee must also enter his/her time in SAP and put tools away. All partially completed and completed work must documented correctly in SAP and as per SOPs.

Requirements

Education

• In addition to high school graduation/GED, needs specialized training such as apprenticeship in a trade or technical courses. Additional training beyond high school graduation is required.
• Employee must support and comply with all Nestle programs and policies, including, affirmative action goals and commitments, SHE (Safety, Health & Environment) strategies, corporate citizenship initiatives, NCE (Nestle Continuous Excellence), TPM (Total Performance Management), GMP's (Good Manufacturing Practices) and Safety Policies to ensure employee safety and product quality.
• Employee must meet all requirements related to NQMS (Nestle Quality Management System) and ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standards for Quality, Food Safety, Environmental Compliance and Occupational Health and Safety.

Experience

• Position requires more than one-year experience on this job or related jobs in the plant or elsewhere.
• Incumbent is preferred to have 3 years of Journeyman experience maintaining, repairing and trouble-shooting the following:
  • Complex manufacturing equipment, hydraulic/pneumatic drive systems, mechanical drive systems, packaging equipment, basic electrical knowledge, welding and fabrication, basic machining skills, basic computer skills as well as being able to read blue-prints (P&ID) and operate CMM (SAP/EL) computer maintenance manager.

Skills

• Knowledge of complex manufacturing equipment

• Hydraulic/pneumatic drive systems

• Mechanical drive systems

• Packaging equipment

• Basic electrical trouble shooting skills

• Welding and fabrication

• Basic machining skills

• Good computer skills

• Able to read blue-prints (P&ID)

• Knowledge to operate CMM (SAP/EL) computer maintenance manager

• Attention to detail

• Self-Directed/Initiative

• Basic automation trouble shooting

Requisition ID

264483

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