Maintenance Technician

Europeancareers Americold

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Lote 3 Polo 1 Plataforma Logistica do Porto de Leixoes, STA CRUZ BISPO, PT Until 8/23/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted March 22, 2025 Last posted April 12, 2025
Job description

Overview

About the company 

Americold, is dedicated to delivering fresh and frozen food handling solutions through our international facility network using local market knowledge with a focus on customer care and sustainability. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and respect for its rich heritage. Our culture is characterised by integrity, teamwork, customer service, giving back, accountability. We are passionate about what we do, and we want to provide the highest quality of service to our customers and a great working environment to our staff. We value our employees’ contributions to the business and give them the space to grow personally and professionally with the company.

Qualifications

What you'll need 

• Degree in electrical/mechanical Engineering or similar. Or demonstrate a professional career with previous experience in a similar position. (essential)• Basic Level Training in Occupational Health and Safety.• Excellent time management, analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.• Practical-minded, flexible, proactive and dynamic person. Promote a positive attitude in everything you do. • Person who is governed by and identifies with the company's values (determination, trust, responsiveness, responsibility and proactivity)• Independent person who generates/creates trust with the rest of the team• Person committed to the basic general objectives (punctual, meticulous, orderly and clean) who seeks to become a versatile person and who ensures the overall safety of the company

Responsibilities

What you'll be doing 

• Installation, manipulation and adjustment of machine controls that regulate operating functions to ensure they meet specifications.• Perform all maintenance tasks (technical cleaning, assembly, disassembly, etc.) of the Facility in accordance with the company's specifications and policies.• Consult work orders and specifications to determine machines and/or equipment that require repair or maintenance.• Supervise the correct execution and internal procedures and policies of the work carried out by external companies• Collection of worn machine parts and other waste for maintenance of machinery and work areas. Eliminate, is already within other points such as preventive.• Replace, empty, or supply machines or containers with empty equipment, such as gas tanks or boxes.• Transport between work areas and warehouse of machinery parts, tools, equipment, and other materials through the use of crane, forklift, or rolling jack.• Carry out the inventory and request from the Maintenance Chief the parts, equipment and other machinery supplies to maintain the stock, deregistering or registering all spare parts in the CMMS. Extract automated inventories for a Level 1 audit and respond to SEL.• Ensure the safety, cleanliness and order of the facilities.• Under prior authorization and training by the company, use of production machinery and/or vehicle driving.• Ensure the control and monitoring of control points and prerequisite programs (PC, PCC, PPR of chamber temperature, prerequisite programs: maintenance).

• Registration and maintenance of inventory on the production, repair and care of machines.• Carry out periodic reviews of the state of the safety devices implemented in facilities, for themselves and work equipment, as well as personal protective equipment.• Ensure that workers effectively comply with the use of the protective and safety equipment necessary for the development of the work.

• Compliance with applicable procedures and instructions regarding HACCP standards for food safety or comparable, Occupational Health and Safety, Quality and Environment, ISO and IFS. • Foster a positive work ethos and environment by maintaining a close working relationship with other departments and promoting proactivity, communication and togetherness by ensuring compliance with policies, procedures, workflows and requirements while respecting the company's code of ethics

• Follow the Occupational Safety regulations implemented and report any non-compliance with them that may be detected. Ensure food safety, occupational health and safety, quality and environmental standards.

About this role

Summary

Perform maintenance tasks and ensure safety and compliance standards.

Job title

Maintenance Technician

Experience level

entry level

Industry

logistics

Location requirements

Located in Portugal, remote work not allowed.

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

degree in electrical engineeringdegree in mechanical engineeringoccupational health and safetytime managementproblem-solving

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

electricalmechanicalsafetymaintenanceHACCP
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Unknown location

On-site