Maintenance Technician - Entry Level

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There's much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There's many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Perform routine and more complex repairs, preventive maintenance and installation of equipment with minimal supervision and in a timely manner to minimize disruptions of site operations.

Core Responsibilities

• Perform preventative maintenance and advanced troubleshooting and/or repairs of production and facility equipment, proactively identifying and resolving recurring maintenance issues in the assigned area of activity.
• Conduct electrical or mechanical installation, repair, and troubleshooting of motors, instrumentation and/or controls.
• Identify deviations and document/communicate them in compliance with Standard Operating Procedures. Monitor contractors on small maintenance projects.
• Work in accordance with all relevant requirements including, but not limited to ATEX, GMP, AIB, OSHA, HACCP, FDA, USDA and internal safety guidelines.
• Maintains level of housekeeping/sanitation/food safety and safety which meets Company's standards and guidelines.
• Perform administrative duties including but not limited to creating and closing work requests using Maintenance management system (SAP).
• May assist the Maintenance Lead and/or Supervisor in delivering technical training for the staff and following up on work orders.
• May perform other tasks as assigned.

Vocational diploma in Technical engineering or related discipline (pre-university level). Certification required in forklift operation as well as in at least one of the following: pipefitting, welding, or hydraulics.

Overall work experience of 5 to 6 years in manufacturing or plant operations (experience in matrixed organization preferred).

Up to 1 year of experience in people management is desirable.

• Strong understanding of electric motors, rotation, windings, operation, and all major motor/motor system troubleshooting and testing procedures.
• Proficient in 480VAC.
• Rigging, hoisting, and machinery placement.
• Conduit bending and wiring, adjust, rebuild, replace or modify machines, parts fabrication on the engine lathe, welding and cutting.
• Evaluate, design and test new equipment, provide daily, weekly and monthly reports, write, complete and verify work orders, input, update and modify maintenance program and participate in lean activities.
• Ability to safely use hand tools and equipment for installation, disassembly and testing of electronic, pneumatic and electrical devices.
• Good mechanical and/or electrical abilities within e.g. welding, plumbing, pipefitting or electrical areas. Ability to draw/sketch/redline standard machine and process drawings, write and provide simple and accurate instructions.

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people's lives.

You work within an inspiring teamwork culture - where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.

Every essence of you enriches our world.

Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.

Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.