Technician- Facilities bei Mars

Facilities Maintenance Technician      

LOCATION

Gainesville, GA

BASIC PURPOSE 

The Maintenance Facilities Technician has ownership and is responsible for the effectiveness of facilities equipment and execution of facilities maintenance plans. Helps develop facilities preventive maintenance plans and procedures. Offers professional customer service on assigned projects concerning construction, development, installation and repair of facilities equipment. Performs maintenance plans and follows procedures to ensure efficiency of planned work. The facilities organization owns every aspect of the facility including the property, the building, parking lots and utilities. 

The Gainesville plant is one of the largest plants in all of Mars, encompassing 500,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space to provide the world's best chewing gum.

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Ownership of Facilities assigned equipment.
• Effectively execute work orders for facilities and site improvements. (Lifting of 50lbs or >)
• Help build technical skills (including AM and PM) of other facilities team members
• Communicate issues across shifts with details.
• Partner with the other members of the facilities team to improve, centerline and optimize faciility-owned equipment (HVAC, boilers, chillers, cooling towers, air compressors, etc.)
• Participation on Facilities equipment TPM teams.
• Works with the Facilities Maintenance Leader and team to ensure that all Departmental metrics are achieved.

Decision Making Authority, Recommendations and Impact:

• Drives maintenance plans accuracy.
• Operations of BMS data systems and utility monitoring.
• Participation in capital projects related to facilities improvements.
• Partners with maintenance lead to reapply ideas.
• Recommends sustainability improvements for facilities equipment efficiency improvements and follows through as appropriate on projects to execute the improvements.
   

Qualifications:

Minimum Education & Training

• High School Diploma coupled with 5+ years of industrial manufacturing experience in facility maintenance or operations/maintenance combination role.

OR

• 2-year associates degree in HVAC, or Stationary Engineer

Preferred Experience: 

• 2- year associate's degree in a technical field

Related Experience/Requirements:

Minimum:
•     Demonstrated leadership to achieve a common goal
•     Proficient in Microsoft Office programs
 

Preferred:

• Experience in a manufacturing environment with food products or consumer products
• Experience with air compressors, HVAC, chillers or boilers
• Wastewater certification, Class III
• CFC/EPA Certification

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: 

Minimum:

• Teamwork and collaboration with associates of all levels and functions.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Problem Solving
• Ability to apply engineering principles to real world problems
   

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to walk 1.5 miles a day within the facility
• Ability to climb ladders and lift items weighing 50 pounds

What are we looking for?

• Experience in a manufacturing environment with food products or consumer products
• Class III Wastewater certification
• CFC/EPA Certification
• Experience with air compressors, HVAC, chillers or boilers

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.

• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.

• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.