Electrician

The Michigan Milk Producers Association is looking for an experienced Electrician to join the team, in our Ovid, MI facility. As an Electrical Facility on 1s shift, you will be responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient operation of electrical systems within our milk processing facility. As a crucial team member, you'll play a vital role in maintaining and repairing electrical equipment to minimize downtime, enhance productivity, and ensure compliance with safety and regulatory standards.

About Us:

The Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) – established in 1916 – is a dairy farmer-owned and operated milk marketing cooperative and dairy processor. As the 10th largest dairy cooperative in the U.S., MMPA serves dairy farmers throughout Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Indiana, employing approximately 625 people in four states. In addition to a cheese plant in Indiana called the Middlebury Cheese Company, and a dairy product plant in Ohio called Superior Dairy, MMPA operates two SQF Level 3 dairy ingredient plants in Michigan. Products made at MMPA’s plants include fluid milk, cheese, ultra-filtered milk, ice cream, butter, nonfat dry milk, cream, and condensed skim milk.

Why you’ll love working here:

• Competitive salary
• health and wellness benefits with medical coverage through Blue Cross Blue Sheild, including mental health benefits
• Disability insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement including 401k with employer contributions
• Personal and professional growth opportunities
• Employee appreciation events and recognition awards
• Employee wellness initiatives
• Employees feedback and suggestion forums

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Production Equipment Repair:

• Motor testing, maintenance, and repair.
• Conduit piping installation and repair.
• Control valve calibration, testing, maintenance, and repair.
• Plant instrumentation calibration, testing, maintenance, and repair.
• Variable speed drive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair.
• Control system troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair.

Production Utility Systems Repair:

• Steam electrical control system troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair.
• Compressed air control system troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair.
• Well, Process, and Soft Water control system troubleshooting, maintenance, repair.
• Refrigeration control system troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair.
• Chemical control system troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair.

Plant Electrical System Repair:

• Safe use of electrical test equipment for troubleshooting and monitoring of plant electrical systems.
• Proper use of electrical personal protective equipment, such as gloves, grounding straps, etc.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Must possess and maintain a current State of Michigan Journeyman Electrician license or Master Electrician.
• Willingness to attend continuous training and improvement courses.
• Awareness of and compliance with HACCP, USDA, FDA, SQF, MDA, GMP, and Food Safety Standards.
• Ability to train new operators and perform other assigned duties.

Additional Requirements:

• Potential exposure to industrial cleaning and water treatment chemicals, permit-required confined spaces, and ammonia and fuel gases.
• Ability to work any shift, weekends, or holidays (plants operate 24/7).
• Must pass a drug screen and background check.
• High school diploma or General Education Degree (GED) required.
• Compliance with good manufacturing practice regulations.
• Ability to read and understand standard operating procedures.
• Prior experience in manufacturing or dairy preferred.

Physical Requirements and Essential Functions:

• Walking distance up to 1000 feet.
• Climbing stairs or ladders up to 100 feet above grade.
• Bending, twisting, and standing for periods of up to 5 minutes collecting data.
• Walking on wet floors and/or catwalks, lifting, carrying, and/or pulling up to 80 pounds.

Join us in maintaining the highest standards in the dairy industry! Apply now and become part of our dynamic MMPA team!

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each responsibility satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the responsibilities.

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of responsibilities that are required of the role. Responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.

MMPA provides the opportunity for meaningful work that makes a difference in the dairy industry and in our communities. The diverse talents and perspectives of our employees help us to meet the needs of our member farms and the customers we serve.

MMPA is an equal opportunity employer.

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States.

We are not interested in unsolicited candidate introductions, referrals or resumes from third party recruiters or staffing agencies for this position.