El Sol Mexican Cafe' & Bakery was founded over 30 years ago by Daniel and Beatriz De La Cruz in Chandler, Arizona. Initially salsa was made in their kitchen and sold to friends and family. El Sol Foods new manufacturing facility was built in 2005 by the granddaughter, Marisol and her husband Ryan Bullock, to keep up with consumer demands of their salsa. In 2019, El Sol was acquired by Cacique Inc. Cacique is one of the largest Hispanic perishable food companies in the country.

The Maintenance Mechanic will be responsible for Food Safety and practicing and enforcing all GMPs and appropriate food defense techniques. In addition, the Maintenance Mechanic will be responsible for reporting all production and maintenance issues to the Production Supervisor/Manager.

Benefits of this role:
- Company paid life and AD&D insurance, as well as medical, dental, vision, pet, and other insurances available
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid holidays, paid birthday day off
- Paid sick and vacation time
- Annual bonus
- Working for a small plant - 25 people total at this site - with the resources of a larger company (500+ teammates total)
- Chips and salsa readily available at all times!

Duties/Essential Job Functions:

- Responsible for both mechanical and electrical engineering maintenance issues around the facility.
- Undertake planned maintenance, breakdown repair and condition monitoring activities of plan and equipment.
- Report to Operation staff on status of machine breakdowns
- Manage and deliver departmental based projects
- Attend and contribute to regular tam meetings (some of which will occasionally be outside of your normal working hours)
- Produce Excel and Word-based production reports as required.
- Proactively identify and implement improvements to operational machine and resource efficiencies while considering the impact on other departments. Promoting a continuous improvement culture within the department.
- Work in conjunction with Operations staff on daily operational engineering related issues and continuous improvement teams.
- Manage sub-contractors as needed.
- Identify creative ways to reduce cost by streamlining processes and systems.
- Responsible for ensuring that a clean, tidy and hazard free working environment is maintained to defined standards.
- Contribute to Six Sigma activities as they relate to own area of responsibility.
- Perform general administration tasks as necessary.
- Follow all required work safe practices. This would include wearing of all required PPE in designated areas, confined space safety, safe chemical handling, fall restraints, etc.
- Complete assigned work within scheduled time
- Ensure that machines are working properly and safely
- Notify Manager about equipment and production problems
- Follow all GMPs and safety company policies and procedures
- Attend all required training programs sponsored by the company such monthly safety meeting, GMP, Chemical handling, etc.
- Excellent attendance required, dependable, trustworthy, strong work ethic, respect for others.

All El Sol employees are expected to produce and promote our products and services in a manner that exceeds the quality and value expectation of our customers and consumers by adhering to Good Manufacturing Practices and Quality/Food Safety Management Systems.

**Management retains the discretion to add or change the duties of the position at any time.**

Required Skills:
- Willing and able to work flexible shifts and hours, including overtime, weekends, and holidays
- Ability to demonstrate and practice safety work habits
- Ability to effectively work in a team environment
- Ability to exhibit sense of ownership and accountability

Required Knowledge:
- Demonstrated comfort with data entry and accuracy
- Basic Computer Skills (Outlook, Excel and Word)
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to write and read English
- Ability to demonstrate alpha and numeric matching skills
- Ability add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measurements

Physical Requirements:
- Physical, able to stand, walk, bend and lift to 50 pounds if necessary.
- Ability to work in wet and loud environment.
- Ability to work in confine spaces

Required Experience:
- 5 years of Maintenance Mechanic work experience or equivalent knowledge within a food grade manufacturing facility
- Packaging machinery an experience
- 5 years of PLC experience.
- Fluid Processing experience
- Excellent troubleshooting and diagnostic abilities
- 5 years of Electrical knowledge of control, low and high voltage systems