Take your maintenance career to the next level. As a Maintenance Technician III, you’ll bring advanced technical expertise to a collaborative and diverse team focused on keeping plant operations safe, reliable, and running at peak performance. You’ll play a hands-on role in improving machinery performance and maintenance reliability while continuing to expand your skills through on-the-job learning, advanced training, and additional certifications. This role is designed for experienced technicians who have a strong foundation in industrial maintenance systems and are ready to apply their knowledge at a higher level while helping drive operational excellence every day.

• Schedule: Night Shift 6pm-6:30am (2-3-3 schedule)

Principal Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Perform highly technically complex tasks, demonstrate a higher degree of independence, and may occasionally make decisions.

• Must be able demonstrate/achieve and maintain Maintenance Tech III proficiency within 10 months of hire.

• Diagnose and repair complex machinery, conducts preventive maintenance, and ensures production efficiency.

• Provide Operators with support around machine overall equipment reliability. Collaborate well with production associates and other technicians to solve problems with reliability and urgency.

• May assist in troubleshooting equipment set up and production changeovers.

• Respond to equipment breakdowns in a timely manner. Recognizes and report unusual, inefficient, or dangerous mechanical and electrical situations.

• Understand and follow all safety standards and quality protocols to ensure production exceeds the standards. Learn and observe all safety precautions as required by Perdue.

• Utilize appropriate safety precautions, methods, and apparatus to minimize and withstand exposure to chemicals, dust, and mechanical and electrical hazards. 

• Maintain work records and prepare clear and concise oral and written reports.

• Work all required work schedules.

Minimum Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or GED and Equivalent Experience. 

• 5-8 Years experience in Industrial maintenance, troubleshooting and repairs on Mechanical and Electrical Equipment, and/or Equivalent Military Experience.

• Expert Proficiency in Hydraulics, Mechanics, Electrical, Welding and Rigging.

• Intermediate Proficiency with PLC.

• Commitment to Continuous Learning to achieve increasing levels of expertise.

• Communicates effectively, both orally and in writing.

• Maintain Perdue Farms QEW Certification.

Preferred Education and Experience

• 2-year Technical Degree in Engineering or Industrial Maintenance.

Physical Requirements and Environmental Factors

• Sitting, standing, walking, climbing, kneeling, reaching overhead and/or at shoulder level, lifting (50 lbs.) and/or repetitive tasks throughout the day. 

• Position requires occasional moving to other offices or buildings. 

• Day travel to nearby locations is sometimes required. 

• May need to access files, supplies, and equipment.

When in a plant environment: 

• Exposure primarily consists of wet and moist floors which include metal and plastic grating surfaces. 

• May be exposed to temperatures of 28 degrees to 100 degrees Fahrenheit with both ambient and 100% humidity. 

• May handle products from 25 degrees to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. 

• May be exposed to noise ranges of 50 db to 110 db. 

• May be exposed to all chemicals used in poultry, food, processing plant.

• Must wear and use protective and safety equipment required for the job as directed by the Company. 

• May be exposed to all chemicals used in poultry, food, processing plant.