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MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

Industrial Equipment Technician | Position Profile

PRIMARY PURPOSE

Keep production equipment safe, reliable, food-safe, and running efficiently through troubleshooting, repairs, inspections, preventive maintenance, and continuous improvement.

MAINTENANCE PRIORITY HIERARCHY

1. Food Safety: Eliminate contamination risks, damaged food-contact parts, leaking seals, loose hardware, improper temporary repairs, and other conditions that could compromise product safety.

2. Equipment / Employee Safety: Identify and correct issues involving guards, interlocks, bearings, electrical or mechanical hazards, and other unsafe equipment conditions.

3. Equipment Reliability & Efficiency: Reduce downtime, correct recurring failures, improve equipment performance, and complete mechanical adjustments needed to maintain consistent production.

4. Preventive Maintenance: Complete scheduled inspections, lubrication, wear-part replacement, equipment-condition checks, and accurate documentation of maintenance findings.

5. Continuous Improvement / Projects: Support equipment upgrades, stronger component designs, guarding improvements, changeover improvements, fabrication, and reliability-focused projects.

EQUIPMENT ENVIRONMENT

The technician should be comfortable troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining production equipment including:

• Mixers and blending equipment
• Conveyors and material-handling systems
• Ovens and baking equipment
• Pumps and depositors
• Packaging equipment
• Gearboxes and motors
• Pneumatic systems
• Stainless-steel food-processing equipment

PREFERRED MECHANICAL & TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Bearings, shafts, sprockets, chains, belts, and mechanical power-transmission components
• Gearboxes and electric motors
• Pneumatics and basic hydraulics
• Pumps and mechanical seals
• Conveyor systems
• Stainless-steel food equipment
• Welding and fabrication
• Troubleshooting recurring mechanical failures and identifying root causes
• Preventive maintenance procedures and equipment inspections
• Reading equipment manuals, schematics, and mechanical drawings
• Basic electrical troubleshooting
• Sensors, switches, and motors
• Lockout/tagout (LOTO)
• Food-manufacturing sanitation, GMP, and hygienic repair requirements

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• Equipment is repaired correctly and returned to service safely and efficiently.
• Recurring failures are investigated to determine root cause rather than repeatedly replacing the same part.
• Food-safety and employee-safety risks are identified and escalated immediately.
• Preventive maintenance work is completed consistently and documented accurately.
• Equipment condition, required parts, and outstanding maintenance needs are clearly communicated.
• The technician contributes ideas that improve equipment reliability, maintainability, and production efficiency.