Batesville Casket Company is looking for a Maintenance Controls Technician (2nd Shift) to join our team in Manchester, TN. This role supports the maintenance manufacturing department by providing a lead support role in troubleshooting during equipment breakdown activities. Assists the maintenance shift group leader with equipment breakdown countermeasures and tracking. Leads the maintenance associate skill-up activity for their shift. Leads assigned project work from design to completion. Coordinates, job planning and improvement processes to the equipment and production efficiency improvements. Occasional travel to equipment vendors. Communicates and interacts with all areas to resolve issues and to improve lost cycles.

Who we are:

A cornerstone in the death care industry, Batesville has distinguished itself from all others through our commitment to quality, service, and innovation. For more than 100 years, Batesville has been dedicated to serving the needs of licensed funeral professionals and helping families honor the lives of those they love.® With annual revenues of approximately $600 million, Batesville is a leader, providing a comprehensive portfolio of burial and cremation products, memorialization offerings, profit-enhancing merchandising systems and leading-edge technology solutions.

At Batesville, our associates are our strongest asset, and we strive to attract, hire and develop the best and brightest to ensure our place in the future. Batesville has a strong culture of achievement, which is underpinned by these five core values:

• Individual worth and integrity
• Excellence in execution
• Spirit of continuous learning and improvement
• Courage
• Customer focus and partnership

Batesville is an operating company of Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand (www.Hillenbrand.com) is a global diversified industrial company with businesses that serve a wide variety of industries around the world. We pursue profitable growth and robust cash generation to drive increased value for our shareholders. Hillenbrand's portfolio includes industrial businesses such as Coperion, Milacron Injection Molding & Extrusion, and Mold-Masters, in addition to Batesville, a recognized leader in the death care industry in North America. Hillenbrand is publicly traded on the NYSE under "HI."

What We Offer

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance, which includes MD Live, RX help center, Medical Advocate Program, short term disability, among others.
• Onsite wellness center with FREE office visits, FREE physical therapy & many FREE generic prescription medications (available in Cincinnati, OH; Batesville, IN; Batesville, MS)*
• Revolutionary Bod Pod Assessment & Weight Management Program
• Generous 401K Matching Program – 4% (base pay) automatic contribution + $.50 for each additional dollar saved on the first 6% of pay saved*
• Competitive pay
• Vacation, paid holidays, and floating holidays
• Opportunities for development and advancement
• Bonus eligibility

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following.

• Assists the maintenance associates within the plant during breakdown activities.
• Determine, develop, and execute technical projects (electronic and programming) to be complete, along with developing specifications required for completion.
• Release and award bid(s) for technical projects.
• Schedule technical projects to avoid production interruptions and assign tasks for completion of projects.
• Review technical drawings and other reference materials to select and recommend new supplies and maintenance methods to improve plant operations.
• Confer and assist contractors to resolve problems with the installation of new equipment.
• Review inspection and repair reports and observe progress of work on unplanned downtime and planned major overhauls to evaluate efficiency and work quality.
• Resource planning including project/work order materials availability, PPE, and work permits.
• Policy deployment, root cause, countermeasure analysis.
• Interaction and coordination with quality, production and engineering to plan preventive maintenance programs/work orders and to schedule inspections and major overhauls.
• Troubleshoots systemic issues within the plant and effects maintainable countermeasures.
• Leads associate training for their respective shift. Assists the group leader in assessing skill level of the associates, and coordinates with the group leader training regimens based upon those observations.
• Recommends and makes improvements to maintenance systems, processes, and work, flow. Seeks associate involvement for problem solving and needed shop improvement ideas. Actively engages the entire workforce in the problem, solving process.
• Other duties may be assigned as necessary.

Travel

• Employee must be able to travel <5% of the time

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Technical school, mechatronics, or equivalent.
• Seven years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Skills/Experience

• Basic Microsoft Office skills
• Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s): (Allen Bradley Preferred) Knowledge and ability to troubleshoot and modify/create programs is preferred (creating, editing and troubleshooting)
• Pneumatic/Hydraulic: Ability to read schematics, understand fluid power concepts
• Electrical Maintenance: ability to read schematics, understand/troubleshoot motor control circuits, from low voltage to 480V, 3-phase
• Safety: Work in a safe manner at all times being aware of potential hazards in the area and safeguarding those hazards.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Experience in Robotic Programming (Fanuc)

What Sets Us Apart

We Develop From Day #1: We promote an on-boarding experience focused on individual training through our Experience Batesville program. Our focus on intentional talent development continues through our Batesville University offerings and education events. We encourage associates to create Individual Development Plans (IDPs) to help drive career focused discussions and advancement opportunities.

We Support Each Other: Our mission is to help families honor the lives of those they love® and to carry that mission through to our team, we host an annual Remembrance Day to help our associates honor the lives of those they love who have passed as well as honoring those who have and continue to serve our country on Memorial and Veteran’s Day.

We Have Fun!: We work hard, but when it’s time to play hard, our Tree is Me team focuses on planning and promoting team events such as: our annual Associate Christmas & Children’s Parties, Summer Picnic, March Madness & Putt-Putt tournaments, Super Bowl and many other fun activities.