Maintenance Generalist C; Day Shift RVI-Hanceville Plant B

Job Details

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Shift

Schedule:

C Shift 4 Days on and 3 Days off 6 am to 6 pm

Pay Range $22.90-$32.75/hr

At River Valley Ingredients, we responsibly use poultry by‑products to make high‑quality protein ingredients that supplement animal feed, pet food, and other specialty products.

From our earliest years as a company, our founder, John W. Tyson, made chicken feed to ensure the quality and quantity he needed for a growing business. Soon, Tyson’s Feed and Hatchery was a trusted name in the business and every bag of feed proudly proclaimed: “There is no substitute for quality.” We believe that statement is as true today as it was then.

We strive to:
Be honorable and operate with integrity. Be faith‑friendly and inclusive. Serve as stewards of the resources entrusted to us. Provide a safe work environment.

This position is responsible for troubleshooting, maintaining, and repairing all equipment and company assets while maintaining a safe work environment and adhering to Tyson policies and procedures.

Position is responsible for maintaining equipment in good working condition. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock; and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

• Perform routine preventative maintenance repairs
• Perform preventing maintenance
• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic Plant equipment
• Minimize downtime due to equipment failure
• Support production in addressing equipment problems during shift
• Handle all mechanical problems that may arise
• Ensure work area is clean at all time
• Record keeping and attention to details
• Ability to push, pull, and lift up to 20 pounds repeatedly during shift
• Ability to push, pull and lift up to 75 pounds occasionally
• Ability to stand on hard surface for up to 12 hours per day
• Repetitive bending, reaching, squatting, and gripping
• Frequent overhead work
• Lock Out Tag Out certification required

• Must have at least 1 year of industrial maintenance work experience and 6 months of work history with 1 employer within the last 2 years listed on application.
• Physical requirements:
  
  push, pull, lift up to 20 pounds repeatedly; lift up to 75 pounds occasionally; stand on hard surface up to 12 hours per day; repetitive bending, reaching, squatting, gripping; frequent overhead work.
• Rehabilitation criteria: minimum waiting period of 180 days. Rehire rule of no more than 3 times worked at Tyson Foods.
• Relocation assistance:
  Not eligible.

We offer great benefits, advancement opportunities, and steady work.

We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.

Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

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