Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance Technician

About the Role

The Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance Technician will support and maintain Clover's milk processing, bottling, and distribution facilities and reports to the Engineering/Maintenance Manager.

As a purpose-driven, certified B corporation, Clover is leading the way for conscious businesses by demonstrating care for all stakeholders and moving the world forward. We are committed to lowering our environmental impact and meeting our sustainability targets, by providing kids and adults with healthy, nutritious, and delicious products that are made with care for animals, people, and the planet.

Hourly pay rate: $41.99

A Day in the Life

• Preventative Maintenance and repair of filling machines and related equipment, casing, stacking, conveying machinery, palletizing, and wrappers

• Preventative Maintenance and repair of valves, pumps, separators, HTSTs, and CIP systems

• Preventative Maintenance and repair of HVAC systems, boilers, pneumatic systems, refrigeration systems, lighting, electrical systems, natural gas and wastewater systems

• Keep and maintain records and documentation to track and allow for effective forecasting of machine and equipment failure and service requirements to keep equipment at optimum working status

• Systems knowledge and trouble-shooting skills for programmable logic controllers, variable frequency drives, control voltage (24 VDC and 24 VAC - 120VAC), and electrical single and 3 phase (120, 208, 220, 380, 480 VAC)

• Maintain sanitary conditions for machinery and personal habits in accordance with State and Federal regulations and company policy

• Execute all job duties in accordance with Clover's rigorous Food Safety and Quality programs and policies

• Fully understand your role and associated responsibilities for maintaining food safety and quality at Clover

What You Bring to the Team

• High school diploma or GED

• Minimum 5 years applicable experience

• Certificates for completed classes in the following areas: welding, electrical, pneumatics, and hydraulics; or equivalent experience

• Strong electrical and mechanical skills

• Intermediate plumbing skills

• Previous manufacturing equipment repair experience

• Physical labor may require lifting up to 50 pounds

• Ability to work independently

• Ability to work under pressure.

• Interact well with personnel in multiple departments.

• Experience following Good Manufacturing Procedures

• Must have basic knowledge of computers

• Ability to read and comprehend manuals

• Working knowledge and understanding of dairy processing processes (preferred but not required)

• Pasteurization, homogenization, sanitation, CIP theory, legal system controls, fluid flow and dynamics (preferred but not required)

Physical Requirements

Ability to lift and/or carry at least 50lbs; bend, twisting.

Working Hours

Clover Sonoma is a 24 hour/7 days a week work environment. Work schedules vary, flexibility is critical. Shifts are typically, (4) days, ten (10) hours a day.

Pursuant to Clover Sonoma's Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Policy, applicants to this position are required to take and pass a drug test with results satisfactory to the Company following a conditional offer of employment and before commencing work.

We value Clover Sonoma's company culture and values and an ideal candidate would: Have an overwhelmingly positive attitude; Value and listen to other team members; Possess the aptitude for creative problem solving and critical thinking; and Have the courage to do the right thing even when difficult or unpopular.

About Clover Sonoma

Based in Petaluma, California, in the heart of beautiful Sonoma County, Clover Sonoma offers high quality dairy sourced from its network of local family farms. A pioneer in sustainable dairy farming Clover has the largest organic acreage of regeneratively farmed land in the state and is committed to reducing its carbon footprint by lowering on-farm methane emissions, regenerative farming practices focused on soil health and packaging innovation. The first dairy in the US to become American Humane certified across all of its farms, Clover has delivered on its promise of producing the highest-quality dairy products - including milk, cheese, butter, and more - for more than a century. As a Certified B Corporation Clover gives back 5% of net profits to help make nutritious food more accessible and uses its business as a power for good across its support for people, farms, animals, community and planet. For more information, please visit www.cloversonoma.com and join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube.

We appreciate your interest in Clover Sonoma!

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Clover Sonoma is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to these factors.