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Maintenance Mechanic - Career Growth Opportunities

Newport Meat Company

Portland, OR
13 days ago

Job Description

Join the Newport Meat Company as a Maintenance Mechanic, where you'll ensure the smooth operation of our facility and equipment. You'll implement preventive maintenance, diagnose problems, and contribute to a safe and efficient working environment. This role offers opportunities for career growth within the company.

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform maintenance of the facility, equipment, and systems
  • Implement and maintain preventive maintenance on all equipment and machinery
  • Implement building maintenance
  • Diagnose problems, dismantle defective machines and equipment, and install new or repaired parts
  • Provide technical, customer relations, and personnel management for major programs and projects
  • Visually inspect and test machinery to detect malfunctions

Required Qualifications

  • High School diploma or GED
  • 1 year of maintenance experience in a food processing or manufacturing facility
  • Good reading and writing skills
  • Able to read blueprints, manuals, and schematic drawings
  • Mechanical aptitude

Preferred Qualifications

  • Respond to emergency maintenance requests
  • Troubleshoot to determine root cause and solution
  • Diagnose problems and repair defective machines and equipment
  • Building maintenance repairs and upkeep
  • Conduct preventative maintenance/repairs on Material Handling Equipment
  • Able to determine causes of operating errors
  • Ability to work on equipment or systems using various types of hand tools
  • Able to perform routine preventative maintenance on equipment
  • Maintain tools and maintenance equipment in working order