Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

Cargill Animal Nutrition is a global business that serves large-scale feed mill operators and retailers, as well as individual farmers. Our business has provided better nutrition for better lives for more than 120 years. By leading, innovating, and transforming the animal nutrition & health industry, we ensure that the customers we serve, the animals we feed, and the consumers who rely on that protein, thrive.

Working at Cargill is an opportunity to thrive a place to develop your career to the fullest while engaging in meaningful work that makes a positive impact around the globe. We depend on creative, responsible, hardworking individuals like you to operate our business successfully!

A typical work day may include:

• Completing preventative, predictive, and reactive industrial maintenance throughout the facility, with limited direction.
• Leveraging knowledge and ability to operate 1 or 2 standard maintenance tools such as power tools, basic hand tools, electric tools, precision maintenance tools and preventative maintenance technology tools.
• Demonstrating experience in 1 or 2 maintenance trades and components (ex. electrical, welding, pipefitting, fabrication, gearbox and bearing maintenance, lubrication, pumps and piping systems, mechanical maintenance, and hydraulic and pneumatic systems).
• Modifying with some direction or instruction in either electrical or mechanical schematics, blueprints, and operation manuals.
• Documenting completed work and the conditions found utilizing maintenance computer software and interacting regularly with peers and management to pursue continuous improvement of facility operations.
• Operating forklifts, loaders, scissor lifts, and aerial lifts following standard production documentation to deliver to the correct location.
• Understanding and adhering to all safety policies and procedures.
• Maintaining a safe and clean work environment.
• Other duties as assigned

What you will need:

• Eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
• Must be 18 years or older
• Ability to perform physical job duties which may include bending, lifting up to 50lbs, kneeling, climbing, crawling, and twisting, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Ability to work in varied indoor and outdoor conditions which may include heat, cold, dust, loud noise, etc., with the use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Ability to work in elevated areas (4 feet and above)
• Ability to understand and communicate in English (verbal/written)
• Ability to work in confined spaces
• Basic computer skills
• Ability to work overtime including holidays, nights, weekends, or different shifts with advance notice
• Demonstrate experience in 1 or 2 maintenance trades and components (ex. electrical, welding, pipefitting, fabrication, gearbox and bearing maintenance, lubrication, pumps and piping systems, mechanical maintenance, and hydraulic and pneumatic systems).

What will put you ahead:

• Experience performing maintenance trades such as rigging systems, bearings, and lubrication.
• Experience with safe work practices, such as Pre-Job Hazard Analysis (PJHA), confined spaces, job task permitting, etc.
• Trade school certification or degree in a maintenance related field, or relevant military experience
• Experience with precision maintenance, such as laser alignment and/or dial indication

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.