Overnight Industrial Maintenance Technician

Description

Keep production moving, grow your trade skills, and enjoy long weekends.

Location: Middlebury, VT

Vermont Hard Cider Co., d.b.a. Green Mountain Beverage, is a leading co-packaging partner and manufacturer of hard cider, alcoholic, and specialty non-alcoholic beverages. Are you a hands‑on problem solver who enjoys keeping equipment running and production moving? Join our Middlebury maintenance team and troubleshoot, repair, inspect, and maintain production, packaging, utility, and facility equipment in a fast‑paced beverage manufacturing and co‑packaging environment.

This is a great fit for someone who enjoys variety, takes pride in quality work, and values safety, reliability, and teamwork. Apply today and bring your experience to Green Mountain Beverage.

Schedule: Monday–Thursday, 10:00 p.m.–8:30 a.m. |
Pay: $24.00–$38.00/hour plus $2.00/hour overnight differential plus bonus and benefits eligibility. Final pay depends on experience, qualifications, internal equity, and business needs.

• Four‑night schedule with long weekends and consistent overnight hours.
• Competitive hourly pay plus overnight shift differential.
• Hands‑on work with varied production and packaging equipment.
• Opportunities to build mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and troubleshooting skills.
• Room to grow into advanced maintenance, equipment reliability, and leadership opportunities over time.

• Troubleshoot, repair, set up, adjust, inspect, and maintain production, packaging, utility, and facility equipment.
• Support bottling, canning, kegging, and variety pack lines during changeovers, startups, shutdowns, sanitation/CIP activities, and emergency repairs.
• Work with conveyors, pumps, valves, motors, gearboxes, sensors, controls, pneumatic/hydraulic systems, electrical components, and related equipment.
• Complete preventive maintenance, work orders, inspections, parts documentation, and shift handoff notes accurately and on time.
• Partner with Production, Quality, Sanitation, Warehouse, and Management to reduce downtime and support safe, reliable operations.

• High school diploma or GED required; technical training, apprenticeship, military maintenance training, or equivalent hands‑on experience preferred.
• Industrial maintenance experience in food, beverage, packaging, manufacturing, automation, or a related environment preferred.
• Mechanical aptitude and interest in troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and controls‑related issues.
• Ability to follow SOPs, work orders, equipment manuals, safety procedures, and basic technical documentation. Comfortable working overnight in a hands‑on production environment and performing physical job requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance to support you and your family. Paid time off starting at 3 weeks in the first year, plus up to 10 paid holidays.
• Generous paid parental leave and company‑paid life and disability insurance.
• Annual bonus opportunity and monthly product allowance.
• Training and hands‑on experience that can help you grow your technical skills and build a long‑term career.

Vermont Hard Cider Company is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals. Employment is subject to verification of background investigation.