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Tyson Foods

Processes and sells chicken, beef and pork

Industrial Maintenance Generalist

Equipment MaintenanceConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCaseyville, IL, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least two years of documented mechanic work experience, or graduation from an industrial maintenance training program; the experience may be combined across employers.
  • Basic computer skills for logging information, processing daily work orders, and completing documentation, with the ability to learn and use a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
  • Effective communication and basic mathematics skills, including percentages, fractions, and measurements.
  • Ability to lift, push, and pull up to 75 pounds occasionally and lift 20 pounds frequently.
  • Ability to stand on a hard surface for up to 12 hours per day.
  • Ability to work in confined and tall spaces, walk, climb, use a ladder, operate a lift, bend, and stoop.
  • Ability to perform repetitive gripping, pushing, and pulling, and frequent overhead work.
  • Ability to work in plant temperatures ranging from -25 to over 100 degrees and perform outside work as needed.
  • Willingness and ability to work overtime and weekends as needed.
  • Willingness and ability to furnish personal tools.
  • Willingness and ability to perform the physical requirements of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Responsibilities

  • Provide maintenance support with moderate supervision to ensure the safe and effective operation of equipment and the team.
  • Perform routine preventive maintenance repairs on mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic plant equipment.
  • Conduct emergency mechanical or electrical repairs as needed.
  • Troubleshoot issues related to mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic equipment.
  • Apply knowledge and troubleshooting skills safely to assigned production equipment.
  • Interact with plant personnel to accomplish plant and individual goals.
  • Minimize downtime caused by equipment failure.

About the Company

Tyson Foods

Processes and sells chicken, beef and pork

Tyson Foods processes chicken, beef and pork and sells fresh meat and packaged foods to grocery stores, restaurants and other food businesses in the US and abroad. Its grocery brands include Tyson chicken, Jimmy Dean breakfast sausage, Hillshire Farm smoked sausage and lunch meat, Ball Park hot dogs and Wright bacon. The company runs separate chicken, beef, pork and prepared foods businesses, processing animals in its own plants into raw cuts and cooked, ready-to-heat products. It earns money selling those products by the pound to retailers and foodservice buyers and under its own consumer brands. Tyson Foods was founded in 1935 and is based in Springdale, Arkansas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Springdale, AR
Founded
1935

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