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Sysco

Supplies food and kitchen goods to restaurants

Material Handling Equipment Technician 2

Equipment MaintenancePosted on Nov 9
Full-timeMesa, AZ, USA$31

About the Job

Requirements

  • Four years in a material handling equipment maintenance position, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
  • A high school diploma or GED is required.
  • A valid state driver's license and proof of liability coverage meeting company standards are required.
  • Complete a Sysco-approved defensive driving program.
  • Obtain a Powered Industrial Equipment Certification from Sysco within three months.
  • Obtain an eight-hour material handling equipment maintenance technician certificate from a manufacturer such as Crown, Raymond, or Hyster.
  • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures or governmental regulations.
  • Ability to perform arithmetic using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
  • Ability to perform work that may require standing, walking, sitting, handling objects, reaching, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and occasionally lifting or moving up to 100 pounds.
  • Ability to work non-traditional hours, including evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, and on-call.
  • Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

  • Assist a Material Handling Equipment Technician III with maintenance activities for material handling equipment and industrial batteries.
  • Demonstrate understanding of and adherence to work safety policies, procedures, and governing requirements.
  • Complete small electrical repairs and welding projects as needed.
  • Maintain powered material handling equipment, including performing preventive maintenance, checking and replenishing oil, checking, adjusting, or replacing belts and chains, troubleshooting electrical controls, replacing motors and controls, and completing manufacturer-recommended safety checks and preventive maintenance.
  • Complete building or grounds special projects as requested, including moving furniture or fixtures, changing lights or bulbs, light carpentry, painting, light plumbing, and repairing minor electrical devices.
  • Assist battery technicians with charger repairs, material handling equipment battery changes, repair of battery and charger plugs and tips, watering and washing batteries, acid spill cleanup, battery rack cleaning, battery-area cleaning, and setting equalizing charges.
  • Participate in the departmental on-call program as designated.
  • Log time and materials daily in the computerized maintenance management system through work orders and preventive maintenance records.
  • Keep maintenance and work areas clean and orderly.
  • Maintain tools and equipment in clean, safe, working order and wear required personal protective equipment.
  • Respond to emergencies to ensure employee and facility safety and promote departmental safety.
  • Comply with Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other local, state, and federal regulations, as well as organizational and Facilities Department policies and procedures.
  • Travel occasionally to other operating companies or the corporate office for business needs such as training or business continuity.

Desired Qualifications

  • Two years of technical school or equivalent is preferred.
  • Basic knowledge of hydraulic systems, schematics, and components; AC and DC electrical systems and schematics; drive motors; power amplifiers; electrical controls, including programmable logic controller systems; and mechanical systems including transmissions, drive units, differentials, braking systems, telescopic masts, reach mechanisms, steering systems, and suspension systems.
  • Knowledge of low-voltage AC and DC electrical controls.

About the Company

Sysco

Supplies food and kitchen goods to restaurants

Sysco buys, stores and delivers food, kitchen supplies and equipment to restaurants, hospitals, schools, hotels and other businesses that cook away from home. Alongside national brands, it sells its own Sysco Brand line of foods and supplies, which fills a large share of the cases it ships. Its biggest product groups are fresh and frozen meats, canned and dry goods, and frozen produce and baked goods. Customers order through Sysco sales representatives or online, and Sysco delivers from distribution centers across North America and Europe, earning money on the difference between what it pays suppliers and what customers pay for delivered goods. Sysco was founded in 1969, began public operations in 1970 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Houston, TX
Founded
1969

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