Blow Mold Maintenance Tech - 8 Hour Shift

Join the Western Container Hattiesburg team and begin molding your potential today! The ever-evolving team is looking for a Blow Mold Maintenance Technician to join our team! This person should have flexible shift availably.

This position will be on be an 8 hour shift position, Monday - Friday with some weekends required.

For more than 35 years the Western Container team has been ensuring that Cola-Cola Bottlers have the highest quality preforms and bottles available to them. Western Container is a $400 million supplier of PET plastic bottles to the #1 soft drink brand in the world - Coca-Cola. We supply over 5.8 billion bottles and preforms annually to Coke bottlers throughout the western United States.

Our Mission is to maximize value for our Coca-Cola shareholders by providing the lowest cost, high quality and service, and an assurance of supply for them. Our plants are highly automated with new technology being introduced regularly. Our team is highly collaborative and motivated. Together we strive to keep our Core Values of Personal Responsibility, Professional Behavior, Mutual Respect, and Integrity at the forefront of what we do each day.

Blow Mold Maintenance Technicians perform maintenance on high-speed automated production machinery and support equipment. Technicians should have open shift availability.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoots, repairs, and makes adjustments to electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic systems on production machinery and support equipment.
• Performs inspection of blow mold machines, palletizers, strappers, wrappers, and laser date coders
• Performs changeovers of blow molders, palletizers, and conveyor lines per production demands
• Rebuilds sub-assemblies to OEM specifications
• Performs preventive maintenance on blow molders, conveyors, palletizers, strappers, and wrappers
• Troubleshoots electrical control and distribution systems to include 24vac, 120vac, 277vac and 480vac controller and monitor control systems
• Some programming and troubleshooting of PLC’s
• Orders and installs replacement parts for machines
• Prepares reports documenting work performed
• Coordinates with managers to schedule regular maintenance on machines
• Fabricates and welds basic steel projects
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Mechanically inclined with great problem-solving skills
• Works well independently and with others
• Good communication skills
• Organized with attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and stressful environment
• Interested in Continuous Improvement and able to thrive in a self-directed environment

Education and Experience:

• HS Diploma/GED Required. Three years of relevant experience (one employer) may be substituted
• Some vocational or community college with related coursework or equivalent experience, required

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods standing and walking