Mechanic Packaging

About Lamb Weston

About Lamb Weston
Lamb Weston is a leading manufacturer that inspires and brings people together with foods they love and trust, serving international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries worldwide.

Repairs and maintains equipment and systems including grading, sorting, conveying, weighing, packaging, palletizing, and auto‑truck loading equipment. Advises supervisory personnel on maintenance requirements, performs repairs, and sustains equipment reliability to maximize plant production and uptime.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain and promote safe work practices, participate in safety programs.
• Perform and document line checks, corrective maintenance, and preventive maintenance including lubrication and inspection of equipment.
• Examine parts to detect imperfections, identify reasons for failure, and take corrective action.
• Document troubleshooting of electrical, pneumatic, and mechanical systems and controls.
• Document removal, installation, disassembly, repair, and assembly of plant equipment.
• Evaluate equipment performance, perform adjustments as needed to ensure optimal performance and quality of potato products.
• Perform non‑routine maintenance jobs assigned by leadership with minimal supervision.
• Understand and follow plant safety policies, including lockout/tagout procedures.

• Maintain 5S standards (Sort, Set, Systematize, Shine, Sustain); keep work area neat and orderly.
• Identify and name stainless steel, mild steel, and aluminum.
• Follow instructions in work logs and equipment manuals.
• Assist in repairs in other plant areas as directed by maintenance lead or management.
• Cut, weld, and repair/install piping and equipment to company specifications using prints, sketches, diagrams, and blueprints.
• Lay out and mark dimensions and reference lines on material for pattern development or tracing.
• Weld, solder, bolt, rivet, screw, clip, caulk, or bond materials together.
• Construct foundations for machines; align machines and equipment.
• Set up and operate fabricating machines such as shears, brakes, presses, nibblers, and routers.
• Operate powered lift trucks, scissor/man lifts, and snorkel lifts to facilitate maintenance activities.
• Coach new employees in proper and safe equipment repair techniques.

• High school diploma or GED preferred; two‑year certificate from college or technical school or equivalent combination of four years education and related experience.
• Language skills: ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English.
• Mathematical skills: add, subtract, multiply, divide, calculate proportions and percentages, and apply basic algebra and geometry.
• Reasoning ability: solve practical problems and interpret instructions in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Physical demands: walk, use hands to manipulate objects, reach, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, stand, sit, lift 30–50 pounds regularly; maintain close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth vision.
• Work environment: use personal protective equipment; occasionally work in high or precarious places, outside weather conditions, and near fumes, chemicals, or electrical shock.

• Health Insurance Benefits – Medical, Dental, Vision.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts.
• Well‑being programs including company wide events and a wellness incentive program.
• Paid Time Off.
• Financial Wellness – Industry‑leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, financial planning services, employee stock purchase program, and health savings accounts; life and accident insurance.
• Family‑Friendly employee events.
• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and concierge services.

08/06/2026

Estimated hourly pay: $34.01

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor under federal, state, or local law.