1st Shift - Industrial Maintenance Technician

Description

Maintain safe, reliable production through preventive maintenance, systematic troubleshooting, and durable repairs. Support Matrix and All Fill vertical form fill seal equipment, roll stock horizontal form fill seal equipment used to manufacture brick products, and related mixing, pumping, conveying, and automated freezer handling systems.

Reports directly to the Director of Engineering, with a strong dotted line to the local Plant Manager. The Director of Engineering provides technical direction, maintenance standards, and performance oversight. Coordinate daily priorities and production support with the Plant Manager; elevate conflicting priorities promptly.

• Diagnose and repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and applicable hydraulic faults using schematics, OEM manuals, measurements, and a logical troubleshooting process.
• Maintain packaging film tracking, registration, sealing and cutting systems, machine timing, heaters, thermocouples, temperature controls, pumps, valves, bearings, belts, chains, gearboxes, and drives.
• Troubleshoot single-phase and three-phase motor circuits, control wiring, relays, contractors, sensors, VFDs, PLC inputs and outputs, and HMI alarms. Support 480V equipment only within demonstrated qualification and company authorization.
• Maintain automated freezer handling equipment, including conveyors, tower drives, actuators, sensors, and safety interlocks. Coordinate specialized refrigeration work with qualified service providers.
• Execute scheduled inspections, lubrication, calibrations, and preventive maintenance. Identify deteriorating conditions and recommend corrective work before failures occur.
• Investigate recurring failures and verify repairs restore safe operation, product quality, and established production speeds.
• Document work orders, failure causes, corrective actions, parts usage, and labor time in the CMMS. Flag critical spare-parts shortages and support reliability improvements.
• Coach operators in approved routine equipment care and early identification of abnormal conditions.

• Apply lockout/tagout and verify isolation of applicable electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, gravity, and stored-energy hazards before servicing.
• Follow guarding, electrical safety, PPE, work-at-height, hot-work, and confined-space procedures where applicable. Never bypass guards or interlocks to maintain production.
• Stop and escape work that exceeds personal qualification, requires unavailable qualified assistance, or cannot be completed safely.
• Verify guards and safety devices are restored and coordinate a controlled return to service after maintenance.

• High school diploma or GED; demonstrated industrial production-equipment maintenance capability. Three or more years of relevant experience preferred; equivalent technical training and hands-on capability considered.
• Practical mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills, including reading schematics and safely using appropriate diagnostic instruments.
• Experience maintaining automated manufacturing machinery, including motors, drives, sensors, and pneumatic systems.
• Ability to distinguish equipment faults from setup, material, or process problems and verify the underlying cause.
• Basic computer and CMMS skills, dependable attendance, clear communication, and effective collaboration with production teams.
• For second shift:
  Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot independently, manage competing breakdowns, and make sound repair-versus-escalation decisions without another maintenance technician on site.

• Experience with VFFS or HFFS packaging equipment;
  Matrix, All Fill, or comparable automated…