Maintenance Technician

Required Skills & Experience

• Maintenance experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Strong mechanical troubleshooting and repair skills
• Experience working on conveyors, pumps, motors, gears, and pneumatic systems
• Basic electrical troubleshooting experience
• Ability to read blueprints, schematics, manuals, and technical documentation
• Own basic hand tools (wrenches, screwdrivers, socket sets, Allen wrenches)
• Ability to wear steel-toe boots and work in a production environment
• Experience performing preventive maintenance and responding to equipment breakdowns

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Food manufacturing maintenance experience
• Experience with ovens, mixers, filling machinery, and packaging equipment
• PLC and automated control systems experience
• Hydraulic systems knowledge
• Welding, fabrication, or machining experience
• Knowledge of GMP, HACCP, FDA, and OSHA regulations
• Continuous improvement experience

Schedule:

• 1st Priority Shift (3rd Shift): 10:00 PM-6:00 AM, Sunday-Friday
• 2nd Priority Shift: Saturday-Tuesday, 6:00 AM-4:30 PM (4x10 schedule)
• 3rd Priority Shift: Saturday/Sunday plus 3 flex days, 10:00 AM-6:30 PM
• 30-minute lunch

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking Maintenance Technicians for a leading food manufacturing client. This candidate will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing production and packaging equipment in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. The technician will play a critical role in maximizing equipment uptime, reducing production interruptions, and ensuring safe and efficient plant operations. The ideal candidate has strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting abilities, experience with preventive maintenance programs, and a passion for keeping manufacturing equipment operating at peak performance. Experience within food manufacturing and automated production environments is highly preferred.

Day-to-Day:

• Troubleshoot and repair production and packaging equipment
• Respond to maintenance calls and work orders throughout the plant
• Perform preventive maintenance on manufacturing equipment
• Diagnose equipment failures and minimize production downtime
• Support conveyors, pumps, motors, gears, ovens, and pneumatic systems
• Partner with production teams to keep operations running efficiently
• Maintain maintenance logs and repair documentation
• Assist with installation and startup of new equipment
• Support spare parts inventory management
• Ensure compliance with FDA, OSHA, and food safety standards
• Participate in plant continuous improvement initiatives