Maintenance Technician

The Role: 

Join our mission to provide nutritious, affordable food for all. Be a part of a team that takes pride in making climate friendly, nutrient-dense alt-proteins from Mycelium- the muscular root structure of mushrooms. You’ll lead a team of maintenance techs and perform day to day maintenance, repair, and equipment troubleshooting including the following major tasks and responsibilities: 

Responsibilities: 

• Diagnose, inspect, and repair complex interrelated process machinery in a sanitary food manufacturing environment.
• Trains other non-Maintenance technical operators on basic troubleshooting activities.
• Provides preventative maintenance and repair of equipment and facilities with mechanical, pneumatic, steam, and basic electrical skills. 
• Responds to equipment breakdowns and emergency repairs to maintain production equipment in a full safe working capacity. 
• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment. 
• Consistently follow food safety and good manufacturing practices.
• Maintains compliance with SQF standards and use of appropriate PPE and meet all EH&S requirements. 
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Requirements: 

• High School degree or equivalent. 
• Maintenance and Food Manufacturing Industry experience preferred.
• Highly motivated, hardworking individual who enjoy working as a team, possess a strong work ethic, attention to detail, the ability to meet deadlines, and an obsessive commitment to customer safety, service, quality, and consistency.
• Must have a strong mechanical intuition and be proficient with hand tools and repair techniques.
• Ability to work at height with proper fall protection equipment.
• Ability to prioritize and manage workload efficiently with and without assistance and oversight.
• Ability to work in wide range of environments, including range of temperatures with proper PPE and safe practices when required.
• Must have basic math and computer skills including email communication, and ability to use computer-based maintenance work order scheduling systems and reporting.
• Must be able to stand for periods of time, bend, stoop, reach, push, pull, squat, turn body and walk.
• Sufficient mobility and dexterity to safely and properly use hand and power tools. 

The Work Schedule:

In this role, you will follow a bi-weekly schedule as outlined below:

Week 1:

• Four shifts, each lasting 12 hours (6:00p - 6:30a Thursday - Sunday)
• Three consecutive days off

Week 2:

• Three shifts, each lasting 12 hours (6:00p - 6:30a Friday - Sunday)
• Four consecutive days off

This recurring schedule ensures a balanced and predictable work routine, allowing for ample rest periods between shifts.

Compensation:

The starting wage for this role is $31.50 hourly, with opportunities to increase compensation to up to $39.50 through a level progression program. Additionally, Meati provides a $2.00 weekend night shift differential. In addition to the hourly wage, this position is eligible for a potential quarterly bonus and equity! Actual compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.