Black Tea Mechanic

Employee Type:
Full time

Location:

GA Marietta Job Type: Production Maintenance Job Posting

Title:

Black Tea Mechanic

Tree House Foods is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At Tree House Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families.

We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future. Named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values—Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together.

We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.

• Competitive compensation and benefits program!
• Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs!
• Paid holidays, vacation, and other competitive paid time off opportunities!
• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of people
• Leaders who are invested in supporting your career growth.
• Opportunities to be recognized for outstanding contributions to your team through our employee recognition programs.

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, and improving a group of machines used to package tea products for consumer consumption. This role supports safe, reliable, and efficient production operations while ensuring compliance with all safety, quality, and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards. You will be performing the following tasks, including but not limited to:

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on high-speed packaging equipment and supporting production systems.
• Operate power tools and shop machinery to complete repairs, modifications, and equipment improvements.
• Troubleshoot mechanical issues and collaborate proactively with managers and production teams to identify and resolve equipment concerns.
• Read and interpret equipment manuals, SOPs, technical drawings, and blueprints to support maintenance activities.
• Assemble and disassemble mechanical components including bearings, bushings, gears, sprockets, and related equipment.
• Follow all company safety requirements, GMP standards, Lockout/Tagout procedures, and quality expectations.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on equipment reliability, downtime reduction, and operational efficiency.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

This is a full-time permanent role on the 2nd shift, which operates Monday through Friday, with some Saturdays. Overtime may be available, depending on the needs of the business.

The anticipated starting wage rate for this position is $ + $0.60 shift differential

Candidates must be willing to work flexible hours, overtime, and weekends as needed to support business operations.

The role requires standing and walking for 8-12 hours per shift and routinely lifts up to 25 pounds from waist to chest level.

• One to two years of hands-on maintenance experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Experience maintaining high-speed packaging equipment in consumer food products or pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Experience with overhead box conveyor systems and bulk delivery and storage equipment.
• The ability to use precision measuring tools including calipers, tape measures, and micrometers.
• Knowledge of the metric system and common units of measurement.
• The ability to read and comprehend machine manuals, SOPs,…