Tyson Foods

Refrigeration Trailer Technician – Full Time – Macon, GA 31216

Posted on: 6 Feb 2021

Macon, GA

Job Description

Job Purpose/Summary:

Our organization is searching for a refrigeration trailer technician who excels in a self-directed environment. This position is responsible for preforming preventative maintenance and repairs on Tysons refrigeration trailers from a mobile unit located at a designated distribution center. This position will be in a traffic area and will always need to be aware of surroundings. In addition, this candidate will be communicating with vendors on parts inventory, leadership on major repairs, and writing work orders.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

* Perform preventative maintenance/repairs on refrigeration units & trailers
* Perform DOT inspections on equipment
* Diagnose failures of vehicles and disassemble, repair, reassemble parts as necessary
* Maintain vehicle records as required, both paper and computerized
* Maintain compliance with OSHA, D.O.T and EPA regulations.
* Will be working in the elements

Requirements:

Education/Certifications: Listed below

Experience: Must have two years of verifiable experience to preform DOT inspections and overall experience of at least 5 years mechanical experience

Computer Skills: Basic computer skills, Knowledge of SAP preferred

Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills

Special Skills:

Must have a valid license to drive.

Must be able to lift, push, pull up to 75lbs occasionally and lift up to 50lbs frequently.

Must have own hand tools and tool box

Must be 608 / 609 certified

Must be able to read schematics and use a volt meter

Must be periodic inspector certified

Leadership experience preferred

Supervisory: N/A

* Travel: 1-2 times year

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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Tyson Foods

Springdale, AR

Tyson Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Prepared Foods. The company processes live fed cattle and live market hogs; fabricates dressed beef and pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts, as well as case ready beef and pork, and fully-cooked meats; and raises and processes chickens into fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products.

It also supplies poultry breeding stock; sells allied products, such as hides and meats; and manufactures and markets frozen and refrigerated food products, including ready-to-eat sandwiches, flame-grilled hamburgers, Philly steaks, pepperoni, bacon, breakfast sausage, turkey, lunchmeat, hot dogs, flour and corn tortilla products, appetizers, snacks, prepared meals, ethnic foods, side dishes, meat dishes, breadsticks, and processed meats. The company offers its products primarily under the Tyson, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Wright, Aidells, ibp, State Fair, Gallo Salame, and Golden Island brands.

It sells its products through its sales staff to grocery retailers, grocery wholesalers, meat distributors, warehouse club stores, military commissaries, industrial food processing companies, chain restaurants or their distributors, live markets, international export companies, and domestic distributors who serve restaurants and foodservice operations, such as plant and school cafeterias, convenience stores, hospitals, and other vendors, as well as through independent brokers and trading companies. The company has a collaboration with IdentiGEN Ltd. Tyson Foods, Inc. was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas.

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