Apply Job Type Full-time Description  Lactalis North America is currently seeking candidates to join our Maintenance team in Buffalo, NY. 

Lactalis Group, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do.

If you’re looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise, and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirt, hands-on responsibility and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you!

Lactalis North America: inviting you to share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE.  

From your PASSION to ours

Responsible for a variety of tasks that requires knowledge and/or ability to learn packaging equipment and assist when needed on major utility systems. Ability to progress and desire to learn of high importance. 

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

· Maintains machines with respect to bearings, assembly, disassembly, power transmission, rigging, and lubrication. 

· Effectively completes bench work utilizing common hand tools.

· Can work effectively with an upper-class mechanic to work on electrical systems and components. 

· Learns to do rudimentary pipefitting of water, steam, and air lines with steel, plastic, and copper pipe materials.

· Performs routing preventative maintenance on designated equipment. Will assist upper class mechanic on major overhauls. Learns to identify potential issues and reports these to the necessary persons.

· Trains and learns most shop equipment and machinery.

· Works with upper classification mechanic on job layouts and ordering of materials necessary to complete job.

· Assists in troubleshooting and diagnosing most machine failures. 

· Prepares for work daily with complete set of hand tools as mandated by the supervisor’s list.

Requirements

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

Education/Experience

· High School Diploma Required.

· Trade School level of Electrical or Mechanical training preferred.

· Dairy Experience Preferred.

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Specialized Knowledge

· Attention to detail and accuracy in work required.

· Strong communication abilities, written and verbal.

· Valid Drivers License required.

Salary Description Starts at $28.538 per hour