Buckhead & Newport Meat and Seafood
Production Technician III
Buckhead & Newport Meat and Seafood, College Park, Georgia, United States
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Buckhead & Newport Meat and Seafood
The Production Technician III role is essential for supporting the operations team and is responsible for planning and performing highly diversified duties to include installing, moving, repairing and preventive maintenance on production equipment throughout the facility. Perform 5S and Lean manufacturing activities including material handling improvements, production line configuration, and safety procedures. This role must use and exemplify industry‑leading maintenance practices and methodologies to increase equipment safety, uptime, and performance.
Duties And Responsibilities
Champions company and industry standard safety policies and procedures - OSHA, NEC, NFPA, USDA, FDA, etc. Recognize, elevate, and act on unsafe work conditions and engage with co‑workers to ensure compliance.
Develop and execute inspections and preventive/predictive maintenance tasks on production and process utility equipment to increase quality, safety, and overall equipment reliability.
Diagnose and repair production and process utility equipment deficiencies and failures; includes mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic equipment. May include facility repairs as needed.
Use continuous improvement tools and methods to improve equipment reliability, including root cause analysis (RCA), failure mode analysis (FMA), and make recommendations to prevent recurrence. Coach and train team members on RCA and FMA.
Champion and lead production equipment rebuilds, line moves, installations, setups, and calibrations. Work with OEMs on emergency repairs as needed.
Read and interpret equipment work orders, manuals, assembly diagrams, electrical schematics, and P&ID’s to perform required maintenance and service. Coach and train team members on reading and interpreting such documents.
Effectively manage assigned planned work, unplanned failures, and work orders in a high‑paced, fluid work environment.
Accurately and concisely log work orders in a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) to track maintenance and equipment performance metrics—labor, uptime, preventive maintenance compliance, MTTR, MTBF, part usage, etc.
Qualifications Experience – Required
Five (5) plus years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing setting.
Experience using lockout tagout, job hazard analysis, hot work permits, confined space, etc.
Experience working in a food processing environment and familiar with USDA, FDA, and SQF policies and procedures.
Experience – Preferred
1 year experience in a leadership role.
Experience with condition diagnostic techniques including vibration analysis, oil analysis, ultrasonic testing, and thermographic testing.
Education High School Diploma or GED.
Certificates, Licenses, And Registrations
Must provide own tools (diagnostic equipment and major tools provided by Sysco) necessary to perform all maintenance, repair, and diagnostics.
Formal training in equipment maintenance repair, installation, and troubleshooting of electrical equipment is highly desired.
Skills
Extensive knowledge of OSHA safety regulations.
Extensive knowledge of environmental and food safety regulations.
Moderate computer skills and knowledge.
Extensive knowledge and skill in preventive maintenance inspections and repair.
Extensive knowledge and skill in diagnosis and repair of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
Extensive knowledge and skill with a multimeter, infrared thermometer, and megohmmeter.
Physical Demands
Representative of those that must be met to perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Occasionally required to sit and must frequently lift heavy items.
Repair work requires excellent hand and finger dexterity for wrenches, hand tools, and other shop equipment.
Ability to operate various pieces of equipment; stand, sit, walk, bend, reach, push/pull, lift/carry, grasp tools; perform repetitive motion with wrenches and hand tools.
Working Conditions The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate may encounter while performing the essential functions of the job.
Food processing temperatures. Occasionally exposed to wet, hot, extreme cold, and humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; may work in confined spaces. Non‑traditional business hours—including evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, and on‑call. Occasional travel to other operating companies or corporate office as business needs dictate.
Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Management and Manufacturing
Industries Wholesale Food and Beverage
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Production Technician III
role at
Buckhead & Newport Meat and Seafood
The Production Technician III role is essential for supporting the operations team and is responsible for planning and performing highly diversified duties to include installing, moving, repairing and preventive maintenance on production equipment throughout the facility. Perform 5S and Lean manufacturing activities including material handling improvements, production line configuration, and safety procedures. This role must use and exemplify industry‑leading maintenance practices and methodologies to increase equipment safety, uptime, and performance.
Duties And Responsibilities
Champions company and industry standard safety policies and procedures - OSHA, NEC, NFPA, USDA, FDA, etc. Recognize, elevate, and act on unsafe work conditions and engage with co‑workers to ensure compliance.
Develop and execute inspections and preventive/predictive maintenance tasks on production and process utility equipment to increase quality, safety, and overall equipment reliability.
Diagnose and repair production and process utility equipment deficiencies and failures; includes mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic equipment. May include facility repairs as needed.
Use continuous improvement tools and methods to improve equipment reliability, including root cause analysis (RCA), failure mode analysis (FMA), and make recommendations to prevent recurrence. Coach and train team members on RCA and FMA.
Champion and lead production equipment rebuilds, line moves, installations, setups, and calibrations. Work with OEMs on emergency repairs as needed.
Read and interpret equipment work orders, manuals, assembly diagrams, electrical schematics, and P&ID’s to perform required maintenance and service. Coach and train team members on reading and interpreting such documents.
Effectively manage assigned planned work, unplanned failures, and work orders in a high‑paced, fluid work environment.
Accurately and concisely log work orders in a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) to track maintenance and equipment performance metrics—labor, uptime, preventive maintenance compliance, MTTR, MTBF, part usage, etc.
Qualifications Experience – Required
Five (5) plus years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing setting.
Experience using lockout tagout, job hazard analysis, hot work permits, confined space, etc.
Experience working in a food processing environment and familiar with USDA, FDA, and SQF policies and procedures.
Experience – Preferred
1 year experience in a leadership role.
Experience with condition diagnostic techniques including vibration analysis, oil analysis, ultrasonic testing, and thermographic testing.
Education High School Diploma or GED.
Certificates, Licenses, And Registrations
Must provide own tools (diagnostic equipment and major tools provided by Sysco) necessary to perform all maintenance, repair, and diagnostics.
Formal training in equipment maintenance repair, installation, and troubleshooting of electrical equipment is highly desired.
Skills
Extensive knowledge of OSHA safety regulations.
Extensive knowledge of environmental and food safety regulations.
Moderate computer skills and knowledge.
Extensive knowledge and skill in preventive maintenance inspections and repair.
Extensive knowledge and skill in diagnosis and repair of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
Extensive knowledge and skill with a multimeter, infrared thermometer, and megohmmeter.
Physical Demands
Representative of those that must be met to perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Occasionally required to sit and must frequently lift heavy items.
Repair work requires excellent hand and finger dexterity for wrenches, hand tools, and other shop equipment.
Ability to operate various pieces of equipment; stand, sit, walk, bend, reach, push/pull, lift/carry, grasp tools; perform repetitive motion with wrenches and hand tools.
Working Conditions The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate may encounter while performing the essential functions of the job.
Food processing temperatures. Occasionally exposed to wet, hot, extreme cold, and humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; may work in confined spaces. Non‑traditional business hours—including evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, and on‑call. Occasional travel to other operating companies or corporate office as business needs dictate.
Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Management and Manufacturing
Industries Wholesale Food and Beverage
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