Maintenance Tech (Hoskins)

Job Description :

Job Title : Maintenance Technician

Shift : Nights

Location : Topeka, Kansas

Mars is looking to hire a Maintenance Tech for our state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Topeka, Kansas! Being a Mars Associate is all about opportunity. The opportunity to do challenging, exciting work that shapes the world's best-loved brands. To work with real purpose, supported by talented, friendly people from different backgrounds. Access the tools, training, and experience you need to positively impact our business, the planet, and, most importantly, your career. Being a Mars associate is more than a job. It's the opportunity to start your day tomorrow.

As part of our overall total compensation package, Mars 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.

The purpose of being a Maintenance Technician is to maintain conditions of operating equipment. Repair or replacement of failed components, the ability to troubleshoot unknown issues with equipment, and adjust centerline operational output of assigned equipment.

As part of our overall total compensation package, Mars offers a competitive benefits package to all associates which includes : Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance, Short & Long Term Disability, and 401k match. Associates are also immediately eligible (based on hire date) up to three weeks of vacation, 11 Paid Holidays per year, Sick Pay, Maternity & Parental Leave and annual bonus earning potential, plus many other ancillary benefits not listed here.

Responsibilities

• Perform mechanical and electrical P.M.s on various manufacturing and packaging equipment and electrical panels. Document WO's / PM's using computerized maintenance management system.
• Troubleshooting and repairing routine electrical and mechanical problems on assigned equipment, conduct preventative maintenance, and support Operations in equipment setup and changeover.
• Participate on MSE teams, train operators in AM activities, and conduct Breakdown Analysis.
• Own PM systems for the Line, focusing on Maintenance Planning and Scheduling and Breakdown Elimination DMS's.
• Drives results in Planned and Unplanned Downtime, and owns :
• Maintain & Repair costs for line
• Planned Maintenance and PM compliance.
• Breakdown reduction
• Technical expert of related equipment and discuss, coach, and train technicians and operators on this equipment.
• Owns Abnormality Handling DMS
• Makes business decisions based on quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
• Participates in the development and owns portions of the Line's 90-Day loss-elimination plans.
• Represent maintenance team in the daily FMOS meetings. Provides performance data for selected machines and communicates action plans and completed work effectively.

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About Mars, Incorporated

Mars is a family-owned business with more than 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 - inspire its more than 100,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.