Forklift Maintenance Technician

About High Liner

High Liner Foods was founded in 1899 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada as a small salt fish company, Lunenburg is still the current home of our Canadian Operations.

High Liner Foods is the seafood brand people trust. Every day we're Reimagining Seafood to Nourish Life through a focus on our customers, innovation, and of course, responsible operations. Our talented team is committed to the High Liner goal of becoming the leader in branded, value-added seafood in North America.

We offer professional, technical and operational career opportunities across Canada in within the United States. We believe in building a high-performance organization by investing in our people. We are focused on developing future leaders from within and fostering career growth and advancement.

We offer our team members the opportunity to grow personally and professionally. If you are talented and driven, your potential at High Liner Foods is unlimited!

It's our time to make waves.

We are looking to hire a Forklift Maintenance Technician in our Newport News, VA facility.

What you will do:

• Perform preventative maintenance schedules on a daily basis for identified assets. This function will be performed to OEM specifications unless signed off by engineering management.
• Assist in establishing and maintaining a computer based preventative maintenance program. This includes job descriptions, frequencies of service, parts required and time allotment.
• Maintain all battery charging stations to include electrical wiring and battery connectors.
• Perform daily operational checks on equipment that is in work area, battery charger, and eye was station.
• Perform non- routine maintenance by work order only. The work order should be entered by the planner before work is performed.
• Perform safety checks on the equipment after any service is provided.
• Fill out parts requisition forms for ordering by the maintenance purchaser.
• Maintain a minimum of spare parts inventory for fleet operations. This includes min/max and organization of the same.
• Operate drills, saws, grinders, welding apparatus, presses and a variety of manual tools to repair and maintain equipment.
• Use standard inspection forms during inspections. Maintain inspections on file for each lift.
• Communicate progress of repair work, potential problems and general functioning to engineering and warehouse management.
• Coordinate maintenance efforts with outside vendors as required expediting fleet maintenance uptime.
• Maintain work area in a clean and safe manner.

Must Haves:

• High school diploma or GED
• Two or more years of industrial maintenance (to include welding, hydraulic and pneumatic) with heavy emphasis on electrical skills
• Passing score on a pre-employment mechanical aptitude test administered by Icelandic USA, Inc.
• Ability to read, speak clearly, and understand detailed written and verbal instructions given in English
• Ability to interpret and understand documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, procedure and maintenance manuals, and instructions furnished in prose, diagram, or schedule form
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as percentages, area, circumference, and volume and apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry
• Ability to keep a routine maintenance log
• Strong and demonstrated ability to solve practical problems
• Passing grade (an 80% score) on an American Institute of Baking "Maintenance Engineering Course", within 24 months of hire date
• Ability to work in a varied temperature environment that ranges from hot (95F+) to cold (-10F)
• Ability to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach with hands and arms, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Color vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus, and correctable close and distance vision