Maintenance Associate Technician

Meaty Meats Inc. • Mississauga • 15h ago

Job Overview Reporting directly to the Maintenance Manager or designate, Maintenance Level 1 Associates ensure that Meaty Meats' BlueRock facility and all relevant resources are ready and suitable for the production of the company’s goods. Maintenance Associates are responsible for meeting all sanitary and operational guidelines.

As a maintenance department member Level 1 Associates are tasked with maintaining the facility and all of its equipment. This ranges from washing and sanitizing through to general preventative and operational maintenance, all to HACCP standards and specifications. Maintenance Associates will document and report required maintenance as well as physically complete regular greasing and lubrication of parts, basic level troubleshooting, parts exchange and installation, and even assist in more involved installations and repairs. Maintenance Associates are required for new equipment and line installation as they are the primary healthy facility operatives.

The position requires candidates who can equally complete physical and administrative tasks both documenting and organizing work as well as completing it. Collaborative team software is primarily used at the Meaty Meats Inc. BlueRock facility as opposed to more traditional software suites such as email, word processors, and spreadsheets.

A Meaty Meats Inc. Maintenance Associate is a tactful and pragmatic thinker who can logically assess and resolve any operational problem set and one who brings a measured and creative approach to completing their tasks. This candidate aspires to a role of Maintenance Level 2 - Maintenance and Repair or Sanitation Lead.

Main Duties Assist Maintenance Associate Level 2 Complete schedule maintenance items as assigned including: Machine and equipment assembly/disassembly Minor repairs and fixes Intermediate troubleshooting Safely operate equipment Complete daily logs and checklists: startup shutdown HACCP operational metric data PostOperational inspection Complete and maintain relevant certifications: WHIMS First Aid Meaty Meats Inc. HACCP team member Meet all KPI targets such as: Break-fix versus scheduled maintenance Line down times Scheduled supplies versus emergency supply procurement Quality based metrics Sanitation deviations or observations Equipment maintenance upkeep Equipment and Sanitation operation optimization Knowledge transfer and learning database maintenance Digitized information systems use Maintain safe practices Clean and sanitize the facility nightly as assigned Clean the areas immediately surrounding entry and/or exit doors Clean and sanitize employee welfare areas Report all maintenance items Maintain and upkeep sanitation equipment, and utensils including personal equipment Proficiently communicate in written and oral forms Work with different cleaning chemicals and detergents and sanitizers Tidy and organize equipment storage areas Organize and adapt to differing work conditions Understand rudimentary equipment assembly/disassembly/function/safety/use Organize work schedules as required Additional duties as assigned Base Maintenance function duties Clean and sanitize the facility nightly as assigned Clean the areas immediately surrounding entry and/or exit doors Clean and sanitize employee welfare areas Report all maintenance items Work with different cleaning chemicals, detergents, and sanitizers Tidy and organize equipment storage areas Organize and adapt to differing work conditions Additional duties as assigned

Communications Internal – All departments External Service providers, As required to complete job duties: New and existing Vendors, Customers

Working Conditions Food manufacturing environment – wet or damp floor, heavy food processing equipment, animal fat/grease, noise below 85 decibels Temperature ranges from 4 degree Celsius to -18 degree Celsius Occasional requirements to perform duties and responsibilities outside regular hours.

Education and Skills High School diploma Excellent time and work management skills Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with a variety of team members Competent problem-solving skills Drivers license G with Z endorsement Highly organized and meticulous in maintaining all systems and operational items Practical and working knowledge of 5S, lean manufacturing, Kaizen, HACCP and CFIA WHIMS and applicable Meaty Meats Inc. HACCP certification Demonstrated excellent use of the Information Systems and their overall value to facility and operations management