Maintenance Mechanic

The role

The Maintenance Mechanic will maintain facility, utilities, and production equipment. This role involves troubleshooting mechanical and basic electrical issues and performing equipment changeovers.

What you will do

• Work safely in a team environment as a service unit to operations.
• Troubleshoot and repair mechanical and basic electrical issues with production equipment.
• Perform changeover and set-up of production equipment.
• Use a CMMS application to process work orders and perform preventative maintenance.
• Assist on equipment installations within the plant structure.
• Follow Food Safety Plan, Safe Quality Food Program, Good Manufacturing Practices, and Good Documentation Practices.
• Follow all OSHA safety rules and food safety laws and regulations.
• Perform other assigned duties.

Required qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum 5 years experience as a maintenance mechanic in the food processing industry or trade-school/education may be considered in place of work experience.
• Must be able to troubleshoot and repair production equipment.
• Must have available and be proficient with mechanics tools and a vom.
• Must be able to read mechanical diagrams and identify vendor parts numbers.
• Must be able to look up misc. parts in catalogs or through the internet and create reqs.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Must be available to work any shift including weekends.
• Must be agreeable to occasional call in emergency repair work.

Nice to have

• Technical course completion beneficial.
• Electrical training with 2 years experience preferred.
• Experience in some type of leadership role is beneficial.
• Experience with basic machining with mill and lathe preferred.
• Experience with fabrication and welding preferred.

About the company

J&J Snack Foods provides branded snack foods to foodservice and retail supermarket outlets across the U.S. Its products include brands such as SUPERPRETZEL, ICEE, and Dippin’ Dots.