Maintenance Technician (1st Shift)

Websterville, VT
Full-Time

Job Description

Maintenance Technician (1st Shift)

Job Summary

The Maintenance Technician II is responsible for monitoring, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining plant processing, facility, and support equipment.

Location: Websterville, VT (Barre)

Hours: 1st Shift, Monday - Friday; 5am - 1:30pm

Pay: Starting at $31.42 per hour.

Sign-on Bonus: You will receive a sign-on bonus of $500.00 after 30 days of employment. After six months of employment, you will receive a $750.00 bonus, and after one year of employment you'll receive your second payment of your bonus of $750.00. All totaled you will receive $2,000.00 in sign-on bonuses.

Land O'Lakes, Inc offers a competitive salary and bonus potential. The company also provides a comprehensive benefits package as well as other company sponsored benefits.

Required Qualifications & Experiences

  • 18 years or older.

  • 2 years prior industrial maintenance experience, knowledge and/or education.

  • Moderate computer skills.

  • Communicates work order progress to supervisor and production operators.

  • Ability to read, write, comprehend, follow verbal and written instructions, and possess basic mathematical skills.

  • Possess mechanical aptitude. Some experience with mechanical systems, utilizing product manuals, troubleshooting mechanical breakdowns, and reading mechanical drawings.

Preferred Qualifications & Experiences

  • High School Diploma or GED.

  • 2+ years' experience with basic electrical systems, compressors, welding, plumbing, conveyers, hydraulics, packaging, PLC, pneumatics, preventive maintenance, and pumps.

  • Forklift experience preferred or willing to be trained for certification.

  • Ensures a safe working environment for self and others while performing assigned tasks.

  • Able to work in a fast-paced environment.

  • Ability to effectively work with a variety of people and departments.

  • Ability to be flexible in work performed and schedule.

  • Self-reliant and able to accurately work under limited supervision.

  • Customer focused and able to work in a collaborative team.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

  • Adhere to all standard operating procedures (SOPs). With the ability to modify and update outdated procedures.

  • Ability to work within Maintenance Computer System to find parts, create WO's, and complete WO details.

  • Communicates work order progress to supervisor and production operators.

  • Work in cold and/or hot temperatures throughout the day.

  • Ensures a safe working environment while performing assigned tasks. With the ability to spot and correct safety issues in the plant or on the lines.

  • Follows all procedures, GMPS, Safety, Quality, and Sanitation plans.

  • Ability to identify and report all potentially non-confirming product and equipment to Supervisor and the Quality Assurance Department.

  • Other duties as assigned.

Essential Physical Requirements

  • Frequent movement including walking, standing, bending/stooping, turning, twisting, pushing, pulling, raising arms, lifting, climbing and other active movements.

  • Performing duties while wearing personal protective equipment.

  • Working across temperature zones that may include cold and/or hot environments for extended periods and may include work in environments where dust is present.

  • Shift schedules that include days, nights, and weekends, some holidays and periodic overtime.

Applicants must successfully pass a pre-employment (post offer) background check.

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.


Benefits for most full-time roles include medical, dental, vision, PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401k and a variety of well-being resources. Most part-time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k).

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

Neither Land O'Lakes, nor its search firms, will ever contact you and ask for confidential information over the phone or in email. If you receive a call or email like this, please do not provide the information being requested.

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Maintenance Technician (1st Shift)

Job Summary

The Maintenance Technician II is responsible for monitoring, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining plant processing, facility, and support equipment.

Location: Websterville, VT (Barre)

Hours: 1st Shift, Monday - Friday; 5am - 1:30pm

Pay: Starting at $31.42 per hour.

Sign-on Bonus: You will receive a sign-on bonus of $500.00 after 30 days of employment. After six months of employment, you will receive a $750.00 bonus, and after one year of employment you'll receive your second payment of your bonus of $750.00. All totaled you will receive $2,000.00 in sign-on bonuses.

Land O'Lakes, Inc offers a competitive salary and bonus potential. The company also provides a comprehensive benefits package as well as other company sponsored benefits.

Required Qualifications & Experiences

  • 18 years or older.

  • 2 years prior industrial maintenance experience, knowledge and/or education.

  • Moderate computer skills.

  • Communicates work order progress to supervisor and production operators.

  • Ability to read, write, comprehend, follow verbal and written instructions, and possess basic mathematical skills.

  • Possess mechanical aptitude. Some experience with mechanical systems, utilizing product manuals, troubleshooting mechanical breakdowns, and reading mechanical drawings.

Preferred Qualifications & Experiences

  • High School Diploma or GED.

  • 2+ years' experience with basic electrical systems, compressors, welding, plumbing, conveyers, hydraulics, packaging, PLC, pneumatics, preventive maintenance, and pumps.

  • Forklift experience preferred or willing to be trained for certification.

  • Ensures a safe working environment for self and others while performing assigned tasks.

  • Able to work in a fast-paced environment.

  • Ability to effectively work with a variety of people and departments.

  • Ability to be flexible in work performed and schedule.

  • Self-reliant and able to accurately work under limited supervision.

  • Customer focused and able to work in a collaborative team.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

  • Adhere to all standard operating procedures (SOPs). With the ability to modify and update outdated procedures.

  • Ability to work within Maintenance Computer System to find parts, create WO's, and complete WO details.

  • Communicates work order progress to supervisor and production operators.

  • Work in cold and/or hot temperatures throughout the day.

  • Ensures a safe working environment while performing assigned tasks. With the ability to spot and correct safety issues in the plant or on the lines.

  • Follows all procedures, GMPS, Safety, Quality, and Sanitation plans.

  • Ability to identify and report all potentially non-confirming product and equipment to Supervisor and the Quality Assurance Department.

  • Other duties as assigned.

Essential Physical Requirements

  • Frequent movement including walking, standing, bending/stooping, turning, twisting, pushing, pulling, raising arms, lifting, climbing and other active movements.

  • Performing duties while wearing personal protective equipment.

  • Working across temperature zones that may include cold and/or hot environments for extended periods and may include work in environments where dust is present.

  • Shift schedules that include days, nights, and weekends, some holidays and periodic overtime.

Applicants must successfully pass a pre-employment (post offer) background check.

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.


Benefits for most full-time roles include medical, dental, vision, PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401k and a variety of well-being resources. Most part-time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k).

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

Neither Land O'Lakes, nor its search firms, will ever contact you and ask for confidential information over the phone or in email. If you receive a call or email like this, please do not provide the information being requested.

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About Land O'Lakes

A career at Land O’Lakes means working at the heart of the dynamic agriculture and food industries—and helping to solve some of the world’s greatest food challenges. If you know us as “the butter company,” you may be surprised to discover that we’re behind many trusted brands, including Purina®, WinField™ United, Kozy Shack®, Vermont Creamery®, and Philia™, among others. We’re #232 on the Fortune 500 list, with 8,000+ employees doing business in all 50 U.S. states and 50 countries around the world.

From crop inputs that grow into the grain that animals eat, to a final product on a store shelf, Land O’Lakes has a farmer-to-fork view. Pair this with our farmer ownership, and we're uniquely qualified to fulfill our purpose of Feeding Human Progress around the world, while always delivering on our responsibility to our owners. Just as we’ve been doing for nearly 100 years.

Explore a career with Land O’Lakes, and discover why Forbes, Indeed, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and many others have placed us on their best places to work lists.


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