Lead Industrial Maintenance Technician | Food Processing
Location: Blue Island, IL (On-site)
Pay: $40.00 to $65.00/hour based on skills and experience
Schedule: 1st or 2nd shift
Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package
Overview
A fast-growing food processing operation on the south end of the Chicago area is adding a senior hands-on mechanic to a lean maintenance department that supports a three-shift plant. The site is in the middle of a big capacity buildout, and the culture is entrepreneurial and open to lean, 5S, and kaizen ideas from anyone on the team.
This is a true industrial plant. It gets hot, there are odors, and the work gets dirty. People who do well here take that in stride.
What the Job Involves
- Handle mechanical and electrical maintenance across a three-shift food processing plant
- Diagnose and fix mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic problems, including 480V equipment
- Weld (MIG and stick), fabricate, and rig as jobs call for it
- Install, align, and service pumps, conveyors, motors, gearboxes, screens, and tanks
- Use SCADA, PLCs, VFDs, sensors, and instrumentation to track down equipment faults
- Complete PM work in the CMMS and keep work and parts records accurate
- Follow and enforce LOTO, confined space, hot work, and OSHA rules
- Help the maintenance manager plan and prioritize work
- Be the person any shift can count on when something breaks
What They Need
- Electrical experience with 480V three-phase systems required
- Mechanical troubleshooting and repair experience in an industrial plant; food, chemical, or similar process environments preferred
- MIG and stick welding preferred
- SCADA, PLC, or VFD exposure a plus
- CMMS experience preferred
- Working knowledge of OSHA requirements and LOTO required
- Comfortable in a physical environment without air conditioning