Facility Maintenance Technician

About Glanbia

Glanbia is a global nutrition company dedicated to providing better nutrition for every step of life’s journey. Using pure and clean ingredients such as milk, whey, and grains, Glanbia creates high‑quality nutritional ingredients and branded consumer products for customers and consumers worldwide.

Glanbia Performance Nutrition (GPN), headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Glanbia. Our brand portfolio includes Optimum Nutrition, BSN, Isopure, Think!, Nutramino, Body & Fit, LevlUp, Amazing Grass,and SlimFast. We manufacture and market a full range of performance and lifestyle nutrition products sold across retail, online, gyms, and global markets.

GPN operates state-of-the-art facilities with more than 2,500 employees worldwide and is part of Glanbia plc, a global nutrition group with over 6,000 employees in 34 countries.

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation for roles at Glanbia varies depending on a wide range of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience. Glanbia provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in Illinois. This range may not be applicable to other locations. The hourly rate for Illinois based employees for this role is between $31.00-$41.00/hour plus shift differential, if applicable.

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Coverage, FSA, HSA, Life & Disability Insurance, 19 Days Paid Time Off and 6% 401K match!

Position Summary

The Facilities Maintenance Technician is responsible for maintaining building equipment and correcting malfunctions of that equipment for the 898/948/1100/4255 Aurora Locations and 3500 Downers Grove Location. This role takes direction from the Maintenance Supervisor and develops and maintains Building Programs, assists outside Service Contractors as needed, supports the Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operations as required on technical issues, and provides Customer Service to Office Personnel as requested.

This position requires flexibility to work 40+ hours per week, including weekends, holidays, overtime,and on‑callrotation.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform Building equipment repairs such as, but not limited to, HVAC Systems, Plumbing Systems, Electrical / Lighting Systems, Furniture Systems, Warehouse Equipment, Boilers/Hot Water Systems, etc.
• Relieves maintenance supervisor of detail by performing routine investigations; gathering, compiling, and interpreting data; and preparing recommendations and reports.
• Orders needed components for routine PM’s and work orders through maintenance planners.
• Travels to pick up repair parts and supplies from Supply stores for emergency needs and maintains purchasing records for expense reports.
• Provides outside contractor personnel with safety orientation to the facility, requirements of the hazard communication standard, and personal protective equipment such as hearing protection, etc.
• Inspects and maintains Safety Systems for Buildings, including Emergency Exit signage and lighting, Fire Equipment, Fire Alarm and notification Systems, etc.
• Plan, organize and follow-up on projects in a thorough manner.
• Maintain and develop job skills through internal and external training programs.
• Effectively contribute to CMMS performance through timely PM & Repair Work Order completion while ensuring compliance to safety and quality requirements.
• Help develop and implement Continuous Improvement projects to improve production efficiencies and Safety.
• Support the breakdown analysis program (BDA) and tracking of repairs to completion along with implementation of preventative actions.
• Provides Customer Service to all Employees with regards to requests for help with Building related functions.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Maintenance Manager.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and preferred Qualifications

• Ability to troubleshoot/diagnose potential problems/hazards and propose viable solutions.
• Strong multi-tasking competency with keen attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization. General industrial mechanical, electrical, plumbing and pneumatic skills including troubleshooting.
• Experience in reading Electrical, pneumatics and mechanical drawings.
• Basic knowledge of NEC.
• Basic knowledge of UL508A and NFPA 79 codes preferred.
• Lock Out Tag Out Safety procedures.
• Arc Flash and PPE Requirements.
• Must follow GMP policies and procedures for working in a food environment.
• Strong ability with time management and task prioritization skills.
• Working knowledge/skill using Microsoft Office, Excel, and Word.
• Working knowledge/skill using CMMS such as SAP or UpKeep preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge/skill in Root Cause Analysis, Problem identification and troubleshooting.
• Excellent safety record, attendance, and punctuality.
• Ability to work independently and as a team.
• Spanish as a second language (preferred).

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of Building and Facilities Maintenance experience, preferably in a service-oriented Office and Manufacturing environment
• High School Diploma
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, and MS Office programs
• English required (read and write)
• Must have own hand tools
• Vocational School education is considered a plus

Physical Demands

The work is classified as Light - Medium Physical Demand Level (PDL) by the US Dept. of Labor’s Dictionary of Occupational Titles.

Frequencies:
Occasional (1-33%); Frequent (34-66%); Continuous (67-100%)

Lifting Demands:

• Lift up to 55 lbs. on an occasional basis floor to waist
• Lift up to 30 lbs. on an occasional basis waist to shoulder
• Carry up to 30 lbs. on an occasional basis up to 25 feet
• Climb on an occasional basis up an 8’ ladder

Postural Demands:

• Sitting – Occasional
• Standing – Frequent
• Walking – Frequent
• Mobility – Able to travel freely throughout the plant/office areas and to other GPN sites/vendors

Work Environment

• Work with known allergens – Occasional
• Work with powders – Occasional
• Work with temperature changes (indoors/outdoors) – Frequently

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a wide variety of candidates, and we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia our culture will celebrate individuality, knowing that together we are more.