Associate Maintenance Engineer - Hormel Foods - Dubuque, IA or Wichita, KS
Associate Maintenance Engineer - Hormel Foods - Dubuque, IA or Wichita, KS
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To save time applying Hormel Foods does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas for this position at this time.
ABOUT HORMEL FOODS Inspired People. Inspired Food.
Hormel Foods Corporation based in Austin Minnesota is a global branded food company with approximately $12 billion in annual revenue across more than 80 countries worldwide. Its brands includePlanters SkippySPAMHormelNatural Choice Applegate Justins Wholly HormelBlack Label Columbus Jennie-O and more than 30 other beloved brands. The company is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats was named one of the best companies to work for by U.S. News & World Report one of Americas most responsible companies by Newsweek recognized by TIME magazine as one of the Worlds Best Companies and has received numerous other awards and accolades for its corporate responsibility and community service efforts. The company lives by its purpose statement Inspired People. Inspired Food. to bring some of the worlds most trusted and iconic brands to tables across the globe. For more information visit.
Job Purpose: Supervises maintenance personnel and directs the modification improvement and installation of high-tech equipment in a manufacturing facility to maximize equipment and facility productivity at minimum cost.
Responsibilities:
- Makes departmental decisions regarding maintenance (maintenance management)
- Develops an understanding of the equipment and manufacturing processes
- Trains and supervises mechanics electricians plumbers and other skilled trades
- Offers sound technical and engineering advice for facilities performance improvement
- Utilizes a CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System)
- Uses CAD to gather information and design custom alterations to equipment
- Selects vendors for equipment purchases
- Troubleshoots mechanical processes
- Installs and starts-up new equipment and processes
- Develops creative ideas to cut costs
- Supervises equipment design changes
- Monitors and controls energy use
- Researches alteration requests and provides justification
- Negotiates and oversees contract work
- Authorizes delegates and follows-up with maintenance work-orders schedules preventive maintenance for equipment
- Ensures safety and security of physical plant and facilities
- Verifies and completes administrative work
- Communicates department projects with plant management
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering Industrial Technology Engineering Technology Electrical Engineering Civil Engineering Agriculture Engineering or a related field with a minimum 2.7 cumulative GPA preferred.
- Innovative have good technical and mechanical knowledge and possess excellent interpersonal communication and leadership skills
- Must be a Citizen or National of the United States a lawful permanent resident or have authorization to work in the United States
- Applicants must not now or any time in the future require sponsorship for an employment visa
- Must be open to relocation
Locations include:
- Wichita KS
- Dubuque IA
Training:
- Spend up to six weeks in a hands-on training environment before being assigned to a department
- The training program consists of shadowing experienced Maintenance Engineers and training in Environmental and Regulatory Compliance Economic Value Added (EVA) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)
- Maintenance Engineers attend a virtual Inspired Hires orientation. This will include presentations by different divisions to increase product knowledge company knowledge and leadership skills.
Advancement:
- Maintenance Engineering is often the stepping stone to corporate engineering project engineering design engineering or plant management. Corporate engineers do mostly project and design work.
- Additional opportunities may exist in different departments facilities or subsidiaries
- Hormel Foods promote-from-within philosophy rewards outstanding performance
Benefits:
- Hormel Foods offersan excellent benefits package. Competitive base salary plus bonus annual merit increase performance reviews medical dental vision non-contributory pension profit sharing 401(k) stock purchase plan relocation assistance paid vacation FREE two-year community/technical college tuition for children of employees and more.
Hormel Foods Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color age religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
