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Job Description
Maintenace Technician
- Title: Maintenance Technician
- Location: Multiple Sites (Storrs, Preston and Willimantic, CT)
- Industry: Pharmaceutical/Life Sciences
- Salary: $22/hr and up depending on experience
- Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30am to 4pm
- Employment Type: Direct Hire
Overview:
Perform and/or assist with duties related to house recycles and pen recycles, minor equipment repair, flock removal and blood testing.
- Recent Trade School Grads Encouraged to Apply****
Company Overview:
For over five decades, our client has been recognized as the world s largest and most trusted producer of Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) eggs and adjacent laboratory products and services for the development and manufacture of biologics and vaccines that are used for both human and animal health. Our client supplies leading manufacturers with critical bioprocessing inputs, including SPF eggs, antigens, and cell products. In addition, offer numerous diagnostic testing and manufacturing support services, including virus propagation and isolation, custom cell production, and quality control testing. Our client also supports the development of new therapeutics by providing antibodies such as IgY for use in clinical trials.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Perform small engine repair (pressure cleaners, mowers, tractors)
- Perform house and pen recycles including disassemble of houses and related equipment, washing, repairing, sanitizing, disinfecting, and reassembling of houses.
- Perform minor equipment repair.
- Assist with flock removal, bird receipt and bird moves
- Perform general maintenance on lab and farm equipment including refrigerators, freezers, incubators, etc.
- Maintain accurate records of maintenance repairs, services, permits, and licenses.
- May operate yard equipment such as tractors and pallet jacks.
- Perform all duties following prescribed safety procedures and use personal protective equipment as required.
- Perform other farm related duties such as ground maintenance (plowing, mowing).
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Job Conditions and Physical Effort:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and in outside weather conditions. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock and vibration.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. (High if using pressure washer or power tools)
- Working in Hot or cold environmental temperatures.
- This position requires occasional day travel using own transportation.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, and walk; talk and hear; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, bend, kneel, crouch and/or crawl.
- The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 60 pounds and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 80 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or General Education Degree (G.E.D.) preferred
- 1-2 years related experience and/or training
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
- Valid driver s license
- Basic maintenance skills and experience; basic carpentry skills and experience
SRG offers flexible staffing solutions with a national presence. We provide contract, contract-to-hire, direct hire and executive search services. SRG utilizes an innovative approach to identify and qualify talent that is unique to the Staffing industry, featuring a cutting-edge platform that allows us to match professionals rapidly and precisely to client requirements. We have a proprietary database of over one million candidates and maintain continuous contact with our qualified talent.
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