Sr. Maintenance Technician - Blow Mold

At Niagara, we’re looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

The Sr. Maintenance Technician ensures equipment uptime through timely, in-depth troubleshooting and repair of all equipment failures. The role involves sharing knowledge of all production equipment with the maintenance team and operators, acting as a subject‑matter expert on plant equipment such as injection molders, blow molders, fillers/cappers, labelers, case packers, conveyors, palletizers, stretch wrappers, chillers, air compressors, Reverse Osmosis, and other water filtration equipment.

The Sr. Maintenance Technician works directly with maintenance technicians, machine operators, supervisors, and managers to resolve mechanical issues, develops and implements best practices, and champions continuous improvement efforts while assisting in training within their focus areas.

• Adhere to and enforce the highest standards in safety and good manufacturing practices plant‑wide.
• Train and lead operators, mechanics, and supervisors on technical procedures related to high‑speed bottle manufacturing and packaging.
• Work directly with plant leadership to develop and execute projects involving continuous improvement, upgrades, and the resolution of re‑occurring problems.
• Rapidly identify machine problems to minimize equipment downtime, conduct root‑cause analysis, and prevent re‑occurrence.
• Partner with other Sr. Maintenance Technicians to resolve cross‑functional problems.
• Use available software systems to analyze and identify issues to drive throughput performance.
• Define requirements and lead overhaul efforts to rebuild equipment to like‑new status during planned downtime.
• Transfer knowledge to Niagara team members to develop operating and troubleshooting procedures in bottling production specialties:
• Blow molding, inclusive of PET processing, machine set‑up, mold changes, and quality inspection systems.
• Filling/capping, beverage processing methods, cap feeding systems with light closures, vision inspection systems and laser date coders, quality/sanitation standards, and conveying systems.
• Labeling technology, roll‑fed and/or cut and stack, machine set‑up, hot‑melt gluing systems, and conveying systems.
• Dry‑end packaging including case packers, case conveyors, conventional and robotic palletizers, and stretch wrappers.
• Machine set‑up required for all pack size changes.
• Common OEMs for production equipment:
  Krones, Sidel, KHS, Sacmi, Tech Long.
• Transfer knowledge to Niagara team members to develop operating and troubleshooting procedures in injection technology:
• Husky injection molding machines consisting of hydraulic, pneumatic, and electromechanical systems.
• Auxiliary systems including resin handling/blending, resin drying, dehumidification, vision inspection, conveying, and cooling systems.
• Mold systems, internal hot runner and cold half maintenance, identification of component wear and troubleshooting through detailed inspection of produced products.
• Plastic processing at high speeds while maintaining tight part tolerances and acceptable levels of acetaldehyde (AA).
• Create SOPs for troubleshooting machines, upload them to the BDA system; responsible for machine reliability and meantime between failures.
• Regular and predictable attendance, as well as required on‑call availability, are essential functions of the job to ensure equipment and facility uptime.
• Ability to stand or walk for extended periods of time in a manufacturing environment; ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Will need own toolbox and basic tools.
• Job duties…