Job Description

Job: Shift Technician - Maintenance

Shift: Nights

Location: Mars Petcare (Fort Smith, AR)

Mars Petcare is seeking a Shift Technician - Maintenance to join our exciting pet food business at a Fort Smith, AR, manufacturing plant. We focus on the unique needs of cats and dogs. Our obsession with detail allows us to deliver precise, effective nutrition and help them become their magnificent best.

As part of our overall total compensation package, Mars Petcare offers a competitive benefits package to all associates: Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance, Short- & Long-Term Disability, and 401k match. Associates are also immediately eligible (based on hire date) for up to three weeks of vacation, 12 Paid Holidays per year, Sick Pay, Maternity & Parental Leave, and annual bonus earning potential, plus many other ancillary benefits not listed here.

Maintenance Shift Technician

Shift technicians are multi-crafted (mechanical/electrical) front-line techs that will troubleshoot breakdown issues and repair them for the facility production equipment. They will work with the equipment operator, operation and maintenance leads to address the issues in a safe and efficient manner that complies with site quality and GMP standards. As troubleshooting requirements are accomplished, the Shift Technician will change focus toward preventive maintenance activities as assigned by the planner/scheduler thru planned work orders.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to company safety and quality processes and rules

• Provide technical skills required to systematically repair, adjust and maintain processing, filling, conveying, and packaging machinery as assigned using established maintenance reliability practices, consistent observation, repair, and follow-up of operational effectiveness.

• Must be able to work with others in a team atmosphere

• Other duties include participating in continuous improvement teams, working on new project activities and continuous training

Job Specifications/Qualifications

Education & Professional Qualifications

• HS Diploma or equivalent

• Associates degree or equivalent in mechanical or electro-mechanical engineering

• Technical training from an accredited school and/or military experience in related fields

• Be able to work 12-hour shift schedule

• Be able to work nights

• Be able to lift 50lbs

Knowledge/Education

• 5+ years’ experience maintaining mechanical systems on complex process and/or high-speed production equipment.

• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting, testing, and repairing instrumentation devices.

• Welding

• Machining

• Mechanical maintenance

• Electrical/Electronics-install and repair (some explosion proof environments)

• Single and 3-phase powered equipment (troubleshoot, test, and repair)

• AC and DC control systems (troubleshoot, test, and repair)

• AC variable speed and servo drives (troubleshoot, replace, program)

• Operate electronic test equipment (multi-meter, meg-ohm meter, amp probe)

About Mars, Incorporated

Mars is a family-owned business with over a century of history, making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $35 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, UNCLE BEN’S®, MARS DRINKS and COCOAVIA®. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD® Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl®, VCA® and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom