This position is responsible for performing preventative maintenance and responding to facility and manufacturing equipment maintenance & repair. Our facility is expanding, which provides the opportunity to be involved in new line and/or new product start-ups and development of maintenance department process and procedure development.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Complete maintenance on all production lines, which includes coffee roasting equipment, conveyers, forklifts, and high-speed packaging line equipment to minimize downtime.
• Assist in the scheduling and responsible for performing preventative maintenance on all equipment.
• Ability to communicate with PLCs, robots, and other processors.
• Involved in new line start-ups, new product or packaging testing process, and installations.
• Partner with production line operators to meet production schedules, including troubleshooting. and identification of root cause issues and corrective actions to prevent reoccurrence.
• Demonstrate a leadership position within the company to assist and teach operators basic preventative maintenance procedures and adjustments to settings to improve efficiency.
• Assist production line team during equipment tear down, sanitation and reassembly process to ensure proper execution of procedures and minimization of downtime or changeover process time.
• Identify process improvements resulting in cost savings, efficiency improvements, and quality or safety improvements.
• Communicate and coordinate with outside vendors as needed.
• Responsible for facility maintenance and ensuring safe work conditions.
• Assist other areas of production or equipment operators as needed.
• Maintain proper documentation and record keeping, including data entry in computer system.
• Removing, issuing, or notifying the need spare parts.
• Provide on-call support, as required.
• Responsible for following food safety/quality/regulatory policies and procedures, executing responsibilities as identified in standard operating procedures, and reporting food safety/quality/regulatory concerns to the Production or Quality Manager.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associates Degree in a related field is highly preferred, high school diploma or GED required. Related technical training or education is strongly preferred.
• Food processing or packaging industry experience strongly preferred.
• Understanding of food safety, workplace safety, and food quality standards is strongly preferred.
• Previous maintenance technician or maintenance mechanic experience, preferably in a food or similar manufacturing environment.
• Electrical, automation and controls maintenance and PLC experience preferred
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and experience using an ERP system.
• Ability to perform the physical job demands.
• Successful completion of a post offer drug screen and background check.
• Self-directed, personally motivated with strong attention to detail.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment, while focusing on meeting or exceeding customer expectations
• Team player able to work well with others and contribute to a positive work environment.
• Excellent attendance and performance track record.
• Ability to perform all essential functions of the position.

• Responsible for following food safety/quality/regulatory policies and procedures, executing responsibilities as identified in standard operating procedures, and reporting food safety/quality/regulatory concerns to the Production or Quality Manager.

HOURS AND PAY:

Positions are available 6p-6a on a 2-2-3 schedule at our Little Chute, Wisconsin facility. We offer competitive base pay rate and comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees.

Physical and Mental Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, and bending throughout the shift. The employees must frequently lift and/or move items up to and including fifty (50) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job are close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This employee may occasionally have to operate business machinery. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Mental demands include multi-tasking, decision making, problem solving, comparing, copying, computing, compiling, analyzing, coordinating, and synthesizing data.

Safety Statement:

At Trilliant Food and Nutrition safety is every employee’s first responsibility. We expect all employees to adhere to all safety practices, have the moral courage to stop other individuals from performing unsafe acts, and immediately report unsafe conditions.

Disclosures:

• The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
• Responsible for following food safety/regulatory policies and procedures, executing responsibilities as identified in standard operating procedures, and reporting food safety/regulatory concerns to the Production or Quality Manager.
• Trilliant Food & Nutrition is a Drug Free Workplace. All applicants are subject to a drug screen and background check as a condition of employment.
• EEO/AA including Vets and Disabled
• If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at jobs@trilliantfood.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information

Trilliant Food & Nutrition, formerly Victor Allen’s Coffee, headquartered in Little Chute, Wisconsin, has been a pioneer in the U.S. specialty coffee market since 1979. We have used our years of experience and skill in the traditional coffee segment to produce one thing: great coffee. We continually strive to be the best in coffee selection, precision roasting and brewing. Today, Trilliant Food offers three distinctive brands — Victor Allen’s Coffee™, Rio Grande Roasters™ and Thirstix™ as well as private label, customizable products for our customers. To keep up with consumer demand, Trilliant Food & Nutrition has continued to make advances and improvements and has expanded into numerous distribution channels and regions throughout the country including retailers, foodservice distributors and coffee houses. Learn more about our growing company at www.Trilliantfood.com.