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Maintenance Technician
Posted: 09/18/2026
Job Number: 359
Salary: $62k-$75k
Job Description
About the Opportunity
Our client is seeking a skilled Maintenance Technician to support a growing food manufacturing operation. This position plays a critical role in maintaining production equipment, minimizing downtime, and ensuring safe and efficient plant operations.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on troubleshooter with experience working in manufacturing, food production, packaging, or similar industrial environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain production, packaging, refrigeration, cooking, and facility equipment.
- Perform preventive and predictive maintenance activities.
- Respond quickly to equipment breakdowns and production support requests.
- Diagnose mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and control-system issues.
- Replace motors, bearings, belts, chains, sensors, pumps, valves, and other mechanical components.
- Maintain maintenance work orders and accurately document repairs.
- Assist with new equipment installation, setup, and improvement projects.
- Coordinate with Production, Quality, and Operations teams to minimize downtime.
- Maintain a safe work environment and follow lockout/tagout procedures.
- Support general facility maintenance as needed.
- Previous maintenance experience in manufacturing, food processing, packaging, commercial kitchens, or similar environments.
- Strong mechanical troubleshooting skills.
- Working knowledge of electrical systems, motors, controls, pneumatics, and hydraulics.
- Experience with preventive maintenance programs.
- Ability to read equipment manuals, schematics, and technical drawings.
- Welding, fabrication, HVAC, refrigeration, or PLC experience is a plus.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and adapt to changing operational needs.
- Schedule: Sunday-Thursday | Primarily 2:00 PM-11:00 PM
Compensation: $30-$40 per hour, depending on experience
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