Job Description

Ready for more than just a job? Build a career with purpose.

At Lactalis in the USA, we’re committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive—whether you’re just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed.

As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we’re proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together.

In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®.

At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued.

Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy.

From your PASSION to ours

Lactalis US Yogurt, part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a Maintenance Mechanic based in Reed City, Michigan.

Position Overview:

The Maintenance Mechanic supports the plant departments by responding in a timely manner to service and/or repair plant equipment and facility. The Reed City Plant operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Reasons you will LOVE working here:

Our #1 Priority is Human and Food Safety!

Shift Information:

· 2nd Shift (3pm to 11pm)

· Shift is scheduled for 40 hours (5-day work week), Sunday - Thursday

· Ability and willingness to work overtime, any shift, including days, nights, weekends and for emergency events

Wages:

· $30.73 per hour with opportunity to advance in skill level up to $39.40 per hour.

· Shift differential of $.35 per hour for hours worked on 2nd or 3rd shift

Benefits:

· Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

· Paid Vacation and Holidays

· 401k

· And more!

Main Responsibilities:

In this role, you will:

· Follow all company safety policies and procedures to ensure a safe working environment

· Install, maintain, trouble-shoot, and repair industrial yogurt processing and packaging machinery, work tools and equipment

· Provide technical support and plant leadership for equipment troubleshooting and equipment modifications

· Perform both uptime and down time preventative maintenance in adherence to the master PM schedule

· Perform corrective maintenance work order

· Repair and maintain building utilities

· Ability to learn and perform minor machining and welding tasks

· Design and layout circuits, install fixtures, wiring conduits, motors, and other electrical equipment/components

· Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance

· Assist with training new employees as needed

· Attend meetings and trainings as required

· Perform additional related tasks as assigned3

Requirements

Requirements

• 3 years of experience in manufacturing maintenance or related experience
• Experience with PLC
• Working knowledge and demonstrated skills in the installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of piping systems
• Working knowledge and demonstrated skills in arc welding, gas welding and solder practices
• Mechanical, math, troubleshooting and problem-solving and basic computer skills
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Proficiency in basic computer skills
• Must be able to lift, move, push, pull 50lbs on a regular basis
• Must be able to perform physical tasks for extended periods of time, including standing, walking, climbing, bending, squatting, pushing, pulling and twisting over surfaces
• Willing and able to work any shift schedule, including nights and weekends, daily overtime or overtime outside of your regular scheduled hours as required (more than 40 hours per week)
• Ability to wear protective clothing and equipment such as safety shoes, face masks, safety glasses, hearing protection, hard hat/bump cap, hair/beard net and gloves when required
• Ability to work in hot, cold, noisy, dusty, wet environmental working conditions
• Ability to climb and/or work at heights while utilizing stairs, ladders, personnel lifts, or platforms
• Ability to work with allergens that might be present in a food environment
• Ability to work around industrial high-speed moving machinery
• Willing and able to adhere to all grooming requirements necessary for a food manufacturing environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in welding
• Experience in Vertical Mill
• Experience in Lathe machining
• At Lactalis, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options. We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement plans, and offer Paid Time Off from day one. We are committed to your professional growth, providing training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement. Join us and grow your career.

Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities. Further, any division of the Company that is an Affirmative Action Employer will comply with all related legal obligations.