Maintenance Worker

Darling Ingredients is looking to hire a Maintenance Worker for our plant in Bastrop, TX. Are you ready to take your career to the next level with a stable worldwide company? This position earns a competitive wage of $16.40 to $19.15/hour, depending on experience. We also offer comprehensive full-time benefits, including full medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) plan, vacation time, and more. If this sounds like the right maintenance leadership opportunity for you in a manufacturing environment, consider applying today!

ABOUT DARLING INGREDIENTS

We began as a family business in 1882 and have continued to grow into the world's leading innovative developer and producer of sustainable organic ingredients for a growing population. Headquartered in Irving, TX with regional offices in Cold Spring, KY and Des Moines, IA as well as production facilities across the U.S., we have over 10,000 employees across the globe. We repurpose and reuse rather than discarding what others might consider waste. We capture valuable ingredients and nutrients to help maximize what nature has to offer, providing components for a wide range of products that include pet food, fertilizer, and biofuel. Giving nature a second life is our second nature.

Our greatest assets are our employees. Our inclusive global workforce and their wide variety of skills, abilities, experiences, and perspectives have been critical in helping us consistently deliver best-in-class results around the world. In order to attract and retain employees who share our values of integrity, transparency, and entrepreneurship, we offer competitive pay, excellent benefits, stability, and opportunities for career growth.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF MAINTENANCE WORKER

As a Maintenance Worker, you play a key role in helping us transform raw materials into finished products. Though we are a global company, we manage each production facility like a small family. You enjoy being part of this cohesive team and do your part efficiently and effectively. You perform preventive and corrective maintenance in the plant under management supervision. Under plant leadership, crew members are well-trained and motivated to take pride in their work. Our style of leadership fosters teamwork, respect, accountability, and trust.

You and your crew repair and replace pumps, gearboxes, electric motors, screw conveyors, boilers, process machinery, hydraulic equipment, and other mechanical equipment associated with a manufacturing environment. As needed, you rebuild production plant equipment such as presses and grinders. You are a troubleshooter and problem-solver. Passionate about safety, you ensure that new personnel are properly trained in accordance with OSHA. You keep all manufacturing equipment clean and ready for safety inspections. You feel good about keeping production moving efficiently while ensuring the safety of our plant and our people!

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR AN INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR LEAD

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Authorized to work in the US.
• High School diploma or GED.
• Experience in operating a forklift.

In addition, you need the following:

• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to pass a drug screen and background check.

Prior rendering experience and management experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or agricultural setting are preferred but multiple factors will be taken into consideration. Are you a team player who works well with others? Do you have leadership skills and enjoy coaching and mentoring others? Are you detail-oriented? Do you have good mat skills, as well as communication skills, both written and verbal? Are you organized and able to effectively prioritize and delegate multiple tasks? If so, you might just be perfect for this Industrial Maintenance and Repair Lead position!

READY TO JOIN OUR PRODUCTION TEAM?

We understand your time is valuable, and that is why we have a very quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this lead industrial maintenance job in a manufacturing environment, please fill out our initial 3-minute, mobile-friendly application. We look forward to meeting you!

Darling Ingredients is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military service, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state and local law. Know Your Rights: If you would like more information, please click on the link and paste into your browser: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster