Maintenance, Maintenance Technician ​/ Mechanic

CAVA is a category-defining Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant brand, bringing together healthful food and bold, satisfying flavors  non-negotiable? Taking care of the people and things that feed us. This is the cornerstone of our company culture and paramount to everything we do and achieve.

Our mission is to bring heart, health, and humanity to food—we do that through hiring great people who care about our commitment to hospitality and generosity.

At CAVA, we serve food you can be proud of. And we employ people you want to grow with. Discover the right opportunity for you and flavor your future.

At CAVA Foods we love what we do, and we manufacture every product to be as fulfilling as the last. At our manufacturing center we are looking for fanatics in food who take pride in our products and are ready to ensure every CAVA Restaurant and retail partner receives products that uphold the high-quality standards of our brand.

We lead with kindness. Our best work happens when we act in service of others.

We are eager to learn, grow, and explore beyond the obvious.

We welcome change; it’s the only constant. We embrace, adjust, adapt.

We greet each day with warmth and possibility.

We have high aspirations that are achieved when we work together with a shared purpose.

Love the food at our restaurants?
CAVA Foods team members enjoy a Restaurant Meal Benefit that provides free and discounted meals every day of the week.

The Maintenance Tech II is a highly skilled, independent contributor responsible for advanced troubleshooting, equipment reliability, and mentoring junior technicians in a food manufacturing environment. The Technician II supports and maintains a safe work environment and equipment reliability to improve the operations of CAVA Foods. The role supports safety, equipment, production, quality, and distribution to support the consumer-packaged goods business and our CAVA locations throughout the US.

This role reports to the Maintenance and Facilities Manager and Operations team to support production operations, including scheduled and unscheduled maintenance activities.

• Lead complex mechanical, electrical, and controls troubleshooting with minimal supervision.
• Identify and implement reliability improvements to reduce downtime.
• Provide training and technical guidance to Maintenance Technician I.
• Demonstrated ability to independently troubleshoot PLC I/O, sensors, drives, and HMI fault conditions.
• Actively contribute to your department in order to complete tasks and meet company goals.
• Perform daily, weekly, and monthly preventative maintenance in assigned area.
• Perform repairs and equipment installation/removal in an efficient manner.
• Maintain good housekeeping at workstations and work areas.
• Respond to plant emergencies including equipment malfunction, fires, severe weather, etc. as directed by supervision.
• Expert knowledge of Lockout/tagout procedures.
• Complete daily maintenance paperwork for assigned work orders/requests and checklists.
• Special projects/duties as assigned by maintenance supervisor or manager.
• Be willing to assist in operation of equipment throughout the shift.
• Abide by policies and procedures that support the service mindset.
• Manage timeline expectations within and across teams, deliver on our responsibilities accordingly

• Degree from a vocational school or college with a focus in the Mechanical or Electrical field
• Technical degree/ apprenticeship, current enrollment in apprenticeship program preferred
• 3-5 years industrial maintenance experience required
• Food manufacturing…