What if your next fix kept thousands of packages moving today?
Do you thrive on tracking down the root causewhether it’s a misaligned sensor, a slipping belt, or a sticky solenoid? Can you read a schematic, swap a servo, and still make a 15minute changeover window? If yes, this role is built for you.
Role snapshot
Join our client, a food processing operation, as the go-to expert for packaging and materials handling equipment. You’ll blend mechanical know-how with electrical acuity to keep production safe, steady, and on spec.
You will:
- Diagnose and repair issues in mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems across the plant.
- Install, maintain, and rebuild machinery to sustain uptime and product quality.
- Maintain and improve conveyors, packaging lines, rotary gear, carton fillers, blow molders, bottle trimmers, baggers, and debaggers.
- Plan and execute preventive maintenance to head off failures and shrink downtime.
- Respond quickly to line stops; stabilize equipment and implement lasting fixes.
- Assist with changeovers, fine-tuning, and settings adjustments to meet throughput goals.
- Conduct inspections to identify wear and potential failure modes before they impact production.
- Accurately log all workrepairs, inspections, downtime, and parts consumption.
- Follow company safety procedures and verify machinery operates safely.
- Operate in full compliance with GMP and SQF guidelines.
Bring your strengths
- Experience as a Maintenance Mechanic, Electro-Mechanical Technician, Industrial Maintenance Technician, or similar.
- Strong troubleshooting across mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic domains.
- Background in manufacturing/production maintenance (food preferred).
- Hands-on time with conveyors, packaging equipment, and blow molding is a plus.
- Fluency in reading mechanical and electrical prints and schematics.
- Track record in preventive maintenance and precision repair.
- Own your tools.
- Capable of working independently and reacting effectively to breakdowns.
- Dedicated to safety, GMP, and SQF standards.
Where you excel
- Mechanical troubleshooting
- Electrical troubleshooting and repair
- Pneumatics diagnostics
- Service-oriented maintenance
- General maintenance and repair
- Heavy material handling
- Industrial electrical systems
- Hydraulic systems and components
- Mechanical system/component repair
- Low-voltage cabling installation
- Equipment installation, wiring, repair, and maintenance
Tech you’ll work with
- VFDs for motor control
- PLCs for automation and I/O
- Conveyor platforms of various configurations
- Servo motors and motion systems
