Utility Technician

1 month ago

Ennis, United States Freshpet, Inc. Full time
Who We Are

At Freshpet, our goal is to change the way people nourish their pets forever. We strive to strengthen the bond between people and our pets so that we both live longer, healthier, and happier lives while being kind to the planet. We believe that if we can create fresh, real foods that pets love and help them live healthier lives that their pet parents will also enjoy the many benefits of a rich life shared with a pet.

We started off with a mission to change the way pet parents feed dogs and cats, but we also wanted to be a company that had a thoughtful approach to how we operate. We wanted to do things differently, make great products but be gentle to the planet, good to the people who touch our business, and leave a positive impact with everything we do. We work hard every day to ensure that the original vision is met, starting with making the highest quality foods in our kitchens to running our business with integrity, transparency, and social and environmental responsibility. IT'S AMAZING WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU START COMPLETELY FRESH

What You Will Do

The Utility Technician - Night Shift is responsible for the upkeep of the Central Utility Building and support maintenance for the Wastewater Treatment Plant. The primary responsibility of this role is operating, maintenance, and upkeep of the site's utility equipment

NOTE: this position will be for Night Shift working 6pm-6am on a 2/2/3, 12-hour shift rotating schedule.

How You Will Make an Impact
  • Takes a critical role in operating & maintaining infrastructure systems for new greenfield facility through phased construction
  • Operate, monitor, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair utility systems including ammonia refrigeration, HVAC, steam, water, chiller, and compressed air systems
  • Support the operations, monitoring, and maintenance of the Wastewater Treatment Plant as needed
  • Assists with the implementation of new equipment, technologies, and practices to improve infrastructure reliability, sustainability, and to reduce operational costs
  • Supports continuous improvement and 5S projects for the central utility building and wastewater treatment plant
  • Assures the highest level of safety and compliance with safety and environmental requirements of ammonia refrigeration systems
  • Works with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) to capture preventative maintenance tasks, work orders, and work requests
  • Navigates and operate building management systems (BMS) to maintain and monitor plant utility systems
  • Supports safety initiatives and behavioral based safety observation program
  • Assures that outside service providers comply with plant GMP and safety programs
  • Performs peer-to-peer training with utility systems in a hands-on manner
  • Follows established company policies and those outlined in the Employee Handbook

What You Will Bring
  • Must have a minimum of 3 years of combined manufacturing/maintenance/technician experience
  • 3+ years of ammonia refrigeration, boiler, compressed air, and water system operations, troubleshooting and emergency protocol experience
  • Industrial wastewater experience desired
  • Experience in food/beverage or other FDA/USDA regulated environment is desired
  • Experienced with CMMS and BMS systems
  • Certifications in areas of responsibility highly desired but not required: (ammonia refrigeration, HVAC, boiler)
  • Ability to read P&IDs, general layout drawings, block flow diagrams, equipment parts lists & other technical documentation
  • Must be willing to shave to meet requirements of wearing a respirator in emergency and training situations
  • Must be able to operate forklifts, scissor lifts, and boom lifts
  • Ability to perform basic computer skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Passes all required drug screening, criminal background check, and has reliable transportation
  • Willing to travel for periodic technical training

What We Offer

At Freshpet, we offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package, including medical, dental and vision insurance, basic and optional life insurance, short- and long-term disability protection, flexible spending accounts, and a 401(k) plan with company match, paid parental leave, pet insurance, tuition assistance, a generous PTO plan and so much more

Our Commitment to a Diverse Workforce:

At Freshpet, we embrace and encourage our employees' differences in age, sex, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.

Freshpet aims to foster, cultivate and preserve a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our employees are our most valuable assets. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and company's achievement as well. Freshpet is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Disclaimers

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.

Freshpet is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Freshpet via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Freshpet. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Freshpet as a result of the referral or through other means.

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