The Maintenance Technician will maintain and troubleshoot production machines and facilities at Bay Center. This role will be responsible for day-to-day maintenance tasks as well as identifying and resolving problems that may arise with the production machines or other plant equipment. The position requires the flexibility to work some Saturdays on a rotating basis.

Bay Center is establishing a state-of-the-art food processing production facility to create critical product components for an existing business, while also creating new B2B revenue streams. The Maintenance Technician will report to the Senior Team Leader, Maintenance. This position is based in Valencia, CA.

As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this position is $36.06-$40.87 per hour. This pay scale takes into account a wide range of business factors and may change over time. 

3rd Shift:  Monday-Thursday 7:00pm - 5:30am

• Maintains the production machines and facilities
• Executes preventative maintenance activities and scheduled items in a timely manner
• Proactively engages with the production team to monitor and maintain all equipment
• Troubleshoots and solves issues that may arise on the machines, operating lines, raw storage units, and forklifts
• Identifies complex technical problems and reports them to the Maintenance Lead
• Runs and analyzes manufacturing execution systems (MES) reports
• Opens and closes job orders and work paths
• Monitors key parts inventory to ensure parts and tools are readily available
• Responds to reactive maintenance and equipment issues in a timely manner
• Performs maintenance activities during production and tooling changeovers
• Supports meeting or exceeding standard production efficiencies on all production lines

• Experience maintaining and troubleshooting food manufacturing equipment (including pumps, valves and various packing machinery)

• Experience with High Pressure Processing (HPP) is preferred, but not required

• Tig welding experience is beneficial, but not required

• Maintenance experience in a multi-stage manufacturing and production process

• Ability to read blueprints and shop drawings

• Intermediate computer skills

• Creating documentation and procedures and training others on maintenance processes

• Maintaining and tracking parts inventory of high demand items

• 5 years in maintenance of a food manufacturing facility
• High School diploma

Self-starter with excellent attention to detail

•    Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

•    Hands-on engineering experience in a manufacturing environment is a plus

•    Proficiency in mechanical design and assembly

•    Highly motivated with strong interpersonal skills; a team player, yet able to work independently

      when necessary

•    Excellent problem solving and communication skills

•    Able to anticipate needs and manage shifting priorities

•    Good written and verbal communication skills