Maintenance Mechanic

Benefits

• Sign-On Bonus for New Hires: up to $1,500.
• Pay: up to $35 per hour based on experience.
• 1st Shift.
• Outstanding benefits -
• Excellent full‑time career with a stable and growing company.
• Move your Career FORWARD with SYSCO FOODS.

This is an Operations position responsible for performing and managing routine and high‑level maintenance duties and other jobs assigned. Assists with material handling equipment and facility repairs.

• Each employee is responsible for the food safety and quality of our products.
• Independently perform semi‑skilled preventive, corrective and predictive maintenance on various types of equipment and machinery within the facility, following the equipment manufacturer’s guidelines.
• Perform complex troubleshooting and repairs on low/high voltage electrical power and control systems, bearings, sprockets, motors, belts and other moving parts.
• Respond to emergency maintenance requests; troubleshoot to determine root cause and solution.
• Inspect equipment and perform preventive maintenance.
• Assemble, install, replace, repair, modify and adjust all types of small operating equipment.
• Disassemble equipment, replace parts, relocate and reassemble equipment.
• Direct work of Tech I and Tech II crew members; instruct on equipment repair and maintenance.
• Able to work night shift and occasional weekends.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written and oral form.
• Know and understand the company’s safety and health goals and its objectives.
• Assist the company in achieving goals by participating in the safety program.
• Demonstrate proper operation of equipment and tools as needed to ensure employee safety and compliance with all OSHA guidelines.
• Provide management with written reports of unsafe conditions or unsafe acts as needed.
• Report all accidents, injuries, or illnesses immediately.
• Troubleshoot to determine causes of operating errors and decide on the most effective and efficient course of action to repair.
• Mechanical ability:
  Must be able to read and understand all electrical and mechanical schematics and diagrams.
• Repairing:
  Ability to work on equipment or systems using various hand tools, measurement, and testing instruments.
• Equipment maintenance:
  Able to perform routine preventative maintenance on equipment and determine the proper type of corrective maintenance needed.
• Tool use and organization:
  Maintain tools and maintenance equipment in working order and maintain the maintenance room and work areas in neat condition.

• High school diploma or GED.

• 8+ years of experience in facility maintenance/preventative equipment maintenance. Food Processing Equipment experience is a plus.
• Vacuum packaging:
  Experience with Roll Stock and Repack machines is a plus.

• Ability to learn various software programs associated with the facility.
• Strong technical, mechanical, and analytical skills.
• Ability to interact and communicate with all staff and management in English.
• Able to deal with difficult situations, resolve issues and concerns in a professional manner.

• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, climb, use ladders, and perform various types of manual labor.
• Occasionally, the employee may be required to lift up to 70 pounds.
• Regular exposure to extreme heat and cold temperatures and sometimes wet conditions.