Apprentice Engineer

Job Summary

We are seeking an Apprentice Engineer to join our team at The J.M. Smucker Co. in Emporia, KS. As an Apprentice Engineer, you will perform a full range of maintenance and repair assignments using independent judgment to make decisions requiring the application of procedures and practices to specific work situations.

Key Responsibilities

• Repairs and maintains machinery and mechanical equipment, such as motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines and equipment.
• Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts.
• Inspects used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements.
• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments.
• Repairs or replaces defective parts.
• Installs special functional and structural parts in devices.
• Starts devices to test their performance.
• Lubricates and cleans parts.
• May set up and operate lathe, drill press, grinder, and other metalworking tools to make and repair parts.
• Requisitions supplies, materials, tools, machine parts, and other necessary equipment.
• May repair electrical equipment.
• Ensures the proper use, care, and storage of tools and equipment.
• Perform bearing analysis and installation.
• Analyzes electrical circuits, wiring diagrams and drawings, and installs, repairs, calibrates, services or replaces electrical devices and systems, and power generation devices to prevent overload.
• Welds various types of metal to repair or fabricate metal assemblies.
• Performs preventive maintenance on uninterrupted power supply systems, generators, and air compressors to maintain system operation and reliability.
• May be required to respond to 24-hour emergency calls for assigned work area to perform emergency building or equipment repairs during off-duty hours.

Requirements

• Ability to work night shift.
• High school diploma or equivalent (GED) and additional post-secondary education in area of Industrial Engineering preferred.
• Previous work experience in industrial engineering preferred.
• Prefer previous safety training.

Physical Requirements

Ability to sit (5%), stand (25%), walk (25%), kneel/squat (25%), and bend (20%) for 8 hours. Ability to lift approximately up to a maximum of 75 pounds, approximately 2 times per week from floor to waist. Ability to reach overhead various times per day and to ground various times per day. Climbing stairs and ladders various times per day. Ability to push/pull refrigeration compressors, 55-gallon barrels, motors, gearboxes, and panels weighing heavy amounts, upper and lower body various times per day.

Ability to tolerate temperature extremes daily. To be in unprotected heights approximately daily. Exposure and sugar dust, refrigerants, and chemicals daily.