Maintenance Technician - C shift - Edgerton, KS

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Posted Date:
Sep 2, 2026

Requisition Number: 130231

Why Hershey:

At The Hershey Company, our culture is rooted in purpose and inspired by Milton Hershey’s enduring vision that business should create opportunity for others. Through our commitment to corporate philanthropy, we create positive impact by supporting communities, helping children thrive, and operating as a business for good. This includes our deep and long standing partnership with Milton Hershey School, where we invest in education, workforce readiness, and hands on engagement to help students succeed beyond the classroom.

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Location: Edgerton, KS
Job Type:Hourly

We are mixing up something new in Edgerton, KS. This is an exciting time to join our team. We hold ourselves to the highest of quality standards. Each bag of Dot's Pretzels tastes as if they were made straight from the home kitchen of Dot herself. Our foundation is build on relationships. We are family. We believe in our employees and lead by example.

The Dot's Pretzels brand has seen an enormous amount of growth, so we are looking for employees to come be part of our team. Come be part of our team at the Edgerton, KS location.

Pay:

• Starting Pay: $32.00 per hour
• Shift differential of $2.00/hr for C and D shifts
• $2000 sign-on bonus
• Overtime potential
• Manufacturing Incentive Plan (MIP) Eligible

Total Rewards

• 401 (k) Retirement Plan - with generous company match
• Hershey Stock Purchase Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability

• 12 HR Rotating Weekly
  
  Schedule:
• C shift:5pm to 5am;
  Sun
  - Tues;
  Sun
  - Wed.
• We require that you are flexible to work any shift,weekends, overtime, and holidays as needed.

• Qualified applicants will be contacted to schedule a phone screen.
• Post Offer Background Check, Drug Screen, and Physical required.

This position will be responsible for accomplishing assigned tasks on time and within budget. Must have excellent mechanical and electrical skills in project development as well as troubleshooting repairs and is a team player that is self-supervised with excellent communication and follow‑up skills. Works indoors and outdoors and has exposure to all weather conditions, and may be exposed to chemicals, fumes, odors, dust, and poor ventilation.

Will also work around mechanical, electrical, heat and explosive hazards.

• Maintains accurate maintenance records.
• Installation of new production machinery.
• Responsible for completing all daily, preventative, and predictive maintenance activities as assigned with regards to food safety and the reduction of equipment failures.
• Responds to production needs and troubleshoots machines and machine/line control schemes, performs repairs and preventative maintenance on production and non‑production equipment.…