Keep the lines running. Keep quality at its best.
Join Ken’s Foods in Marlborough, MA and help power a fast-growing food manufacturer known for dressings and sauces. Your mission: protect uptime and product quality by maintaining and repairing complex packaging and process systems in a climate-controlled environment.
Impact you’ll make
You’ll be the go-to problem solver on third shift, working a steady four 10-hour-day schedule. From a PLC-controlled filler to a high-voltage panel or a pneumatic cylinder that’s losing pressure, you’ll diagnose precisely and repair safely to get production back on track.
Core responsibilities (built on 3+ years of experience)
- Proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve issues across facility equipment and systems
- Operate, maintain, and repair automated packaging machinery
- Use pump theory to operate, troubleshoot, and repair pump systems
- Apply pneumatic principles for application support, troubleshooting, and repair
- Apply hydraulic principles for application support, troubleshooting, and repair
- Read and interpret electrical schematics to guide diagnostics and repairs
- Work safely on low- and high-voltage electrical circuits
- Diagnose motors, motor controls, and device control issues
- Troubleshoot and repair electrical control and power circuits
- Service electrically controlled equipment, including PLC-controlled and solid-state systems
- Perform welding (gas and arc) and soldering tasks
- Support facility systems: steam, hot water, compressed air, and refrigeration (foundational knowledge)
- Handle basic plumbing and carpentry work
- Identify and order parts and materials using manufacturers’ manuals and prints
- Communicate clearly; follow and provide both oral and written instructions
Qualifications and growth
- High school diploma or GED; or 3+ years of related experience/training; or an equivalent combination
- Standard Timing Model mechanical test: 60% minimum score
- Massachusetts requirement: Special to Operate Engineering License (Steam Plant)—we provide license training if you do not already have it
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401k
- Tuition reimbursement
Compliance
**QUALIFICATIONS **
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Employment with Ken’s Foods is contingent upon successful completion of a drug test, background screening, and pre-employment assessment.