Description

General Summary:

Diagnoses malfunctions and repair all equipment and complete daily work orders in the  feed mill. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

A RESUME IS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION.

Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
Fixing, servicing, aligning, setting up, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical principles.

Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
Inspecting or diagnosing equipment, structures, or materials to identify the causes of errors or other problems or defects.

Performing General Physical Activities
Performing physical activities that require moving one's whole body, such as in climbing ladders repeatedly on any given day, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, where the activities often also require considerable use of the arms and legs, such as in the physical handling of materials and working in confined spaces. Equipment may be up to 120ft upwards to 20ft below ground reached via ladders and/or man lift (when operable).

Controlling Machines and Processes
Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).

Monitor Processes, Material, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, often to detect problems or to find out when things are finished.

Communicating With Other Workers
Providing information to supervisors, fellow workers, and subordinates.

Evaluating Information against Standards
Evaluating information against a set of standards and verifying that it is correct.



Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Mechanical
Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, benefits, repair, and maintenance

Physics
Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, and applications including air, water, material dynamics, light, atomic principles, heat, electric theory, earth formations, and meteorological and related natural phenomena

Repairing
Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools

Equipment Maintenance
Performing routine maintenance and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed

Problem Identification
Identifying the nature of problems

Troubleshooting
Determining what is causing an operating error and deciding what to do about it

Operation Monitoring
Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly

Equipment Selection
Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job

Strength
The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects up to 70lbs at heights up to 120ft and/or 20 ft below ground. 

The ability to use one's abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing in excess of 12 hours per day and available on weekends when needed