Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Job Type: Full-Time

Pay Type:

Salary

Compensation: $32 to $36 hours

Education:

High School

High School/GED plus technical college, or a completed mechanical, millwright, or industrial maintenance apprenticeship 5+ years maintaining automated production or packaging machinery. Form/fill/seal, filling, and sealing equipment specifically.

• Working knowledge of pneumatics, servo and VFD-driven motion, gearboxes, bearings, chain and belt drives
• Able to read mechanical drawings, pneumatic schematics, and OEM manuals, and to work from them without a rep on site
• Comfortable with a multimeter. Basic electrical troubleshooting on 120/240/480 V circuits, motor starters, photo sensors, limit switches, and heater circuits. An electrician's license is not required.
• Experience in an FDA-regulated, cGMP, food, or pharmaceutical plant preferred, where the paperwork matters as much as the repair
• Lockout/tagout trained. Forklift or scissor lift certification is a plus.

Install, service, troubleshoot, and repair packaging and finishing equipment: pouch form/fill/seal lines, tube fill and seal machines, auger and powder fillers, pouch sealers, stampers, labeller, polybag machine, die cutter, automatic weigher, and the package insert folder.

• Set and verify machine parameters before a run. Seal temperature, air pressure, servo and conveyor lengths, print registration, and fill weight, checked against the documented setup for that product and format rather than from memory.
• Diagnose to root cause. A line that seals inconsistently has a heat pad, a sensor, a timing, or a worn part behind it, and the job is to find which one, not to restart the machine and move on.
• Replace wear parts on schedule: motor and shaft bearings, oil seals, belts, chains, seal jaws and heat pads, heater elements, cutting dies and blades, photo sensors, and pneumatic cylinders.
• Align, level, and time mechanical assemblies. Shafts, bushings, couplings, gearboxes, cams, and conveyor tracking and tension. Maintain pneumatic circuits end to end: FRL units, regulators, solenoid valves, cylinders, fittings, and routine leak checks.
• Support the rest of the plant's mechanical assets when packaging is running clean: cutters, grinder, CNC cutter, vacuum and homogenizer mixers, RO system, air compressors and dryers, fan filter units, walk-in cooler and freezer, and general facility mechanical work.
• Perform preventative maintenance against the PM form schedule for each machine, complete the form in full, and write down the corrective action taken rather than ticking the box.
• Fabricate and modify simple parts, guards, and brackets. Braze, solder, and light welding as the job needs.
• Verify repairs with instruments before releasing equipment back to production: gauges, thermocouples, tachometer, multimeter, and dial indicators. Record the readings.