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Job Title: Industrial Maintenance Technician

Job Description

Provides maintenance support required to sustain continuous operation of packaging and processing equipment. The role involves preventative maintenance for the plant, assisting with breakdowns and other mechanical issues, and performing minor repairs to all plant equipment.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventative maintenance for the plant.

• Assist in major overhauls and minor repairs of plant equipment.

• Work on 3 phase motors.

• Conduct basic cleaning and maintenance of the facilities.

• Work on conveyors and belting for different lines.

• Operate forklifts and fork trucks when needed.

• Change drive belts, timing belts, and other machinery parts.

• Change filters and oils in plant equipment.

• Change packing/mechanical seals and gaskets in all pumps.

• Maintain water chemistry in necessary systems.

• Identify and replace bearings and seals as required.

• Troubleshoot both AC and DC electrical systems (programming not necessary).

• Perform TIG, MIG, and arc welding on carbon and stainless steel.

• Repair and replace vari-drives, speed reducers, vacuum pumps, and product pumps.

• Troubleshoot a 208V-AC 3 phase electric motor & circuit.

• Troubleshoot a DC motor and circuit.

• Troubleshoot and follow schematics for control circuits (both 110 AC and DC voltage).

• Understand and troubleshoot Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs).

• Troubleshoot hardware components of a Programmable Logic Controller (no programming necessary).

Essential Skills

• 2+ years of industrial maintenance/electrical experience.

• 2+ years of VFD or PLC experience preferred.

• Experience troubleshooting equipment.

Why Work Here?

We offer advancement opportunities as we need leads on all shifts due to upcoming retirements. You'll receive training from our lead techs to expand your skills. Benefits include 10 days PTO effective immediately upon hire, 2 floating holidays, and medical, dental, vision, and 401k available starting the first of the month following 30 days of employment. We conduct monthly employee engagement activities and take pride in providing a safe and quality product. We empower our people to share responsibility and think like an owner, with the potential for yearly raises based on performance.

Shift/Pay

The work environment includes multiple shifts: A shift (overnight) Sun 7pm-7:30am; Mon-Thurs 11pm-7:30am, B Shift (days) Fri-Tues 7am-3:30pm, C Shift (afternoon) Mon-Fri 3pm-11:30pm. May require overtime, weekends, and holidays as needed. Pay shift differences include an additional $1.35/hour for A shift and $1.00/hour for C shift. Pay is starting between $30-$35 depending on experience level.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.