Maintenance Mechanic
This role keeps processing and packaging equipment operating during a high-volume seasonal food-production cycle. You will troubleshoot breakdowns, complete repairs and adjustments during pack season, and perform rebuilds, installations, overhauls, and preventive maintenance during the off-season.
The best fit is a hands-on mechanic who can turn wrenches, diagnose equipment problems, work safely, and contribute within an experienced maintenance team. Industrial maintenance is valuable, but strong automotive, heavy-equipment, millwright, fabrication, or mechanically intensive production backgrounds can also transfer.
Location: Glencoe, MN
Shift: Off-pack target schedule is four 10-hour days, Monday-Thursday. During pack season, approximately mid-June through the first week of November, shifts are 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. or 7:00 p.m.-7:00 a.m. Employees switch between days and nights multiple times as pea, corn, and carrot packs progress. The normal staffed days-off rotation is 7 on/2 off, 7 on/2 off, and 7 on/3 off; first days off may be delayed while startup stabilizes.
Work Setting: Onsite
Role Type: Direct hire, full-time hourly, non-union
Openings: 1
Compensation: Typically $28.00-$32.00 per hour, with the ability to go higher based on relevant experience, industry background, and tenure. Night shift differential is $1.00 per hour.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Paid time off
- Life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Optional and supplemental benefits available under the company plan
Responsibilities
- Inspect, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair processing, conveying, canning, packaging, and support equipment.
- Respond to breakdowns, identify root cause, and complete safe repairs.
- Monitor machine operation and make adjustments to maintain product flow and quality.
- Dismantle, repair, rebuild, align, install, and test machinery.
- Replace and adjust bearings, belts, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, shafts, seals, drives, pumps, and other components.
- Read blueprints, sketches, manuals, parts diagrams, and mechanical drawings.
- Fabricate, weld, modify, and install guards, brackets, supports, chutes, piping, or equipment components.
- Complete preventive maintenance and document work performed.
- Support off-season projects, installations, overhauls, and preparation for the next processing season.
- Work with operators, electricians, mechanics, supervisors, and production leadership.
- Follow lockout/tagout, machine-guarding, confined-space, hot-work, food-safety, sanitation, and GMP requirements.
- Maintain a clean, organized work area.
Qualifications
- Strong mechanical aptitude supported by hands-on repair or maintenance experience.
- Ability to troubleshoot mechanical equipment logically.
- Experience using hand tools, power tools, measuring tools, and shop equipment.
- Ability to work effectively within a maintenance team.
- Attention to detail and ability to complete accurate maintenance records.
- Availability for 12-hour day and night shifts and multiple rotations.
- Reliable attendance during pack season.
- Ability to work around moving equipment, elevated surfaces, noise, heat, moisture, and sanitation conditions.
- Ability to follow safety, food-safety, and GMP requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Industrial maintenance, millwright, food-processing, packaging, canning, conveying, or high-speed production experience.
- Welding, fabrication, machining, or mechanical-installation experience.
- Ability to read blueprints, sketches, manuals, and mechanical drawings.
- Experience with bearings, chains, belts, sprockets, gearboxes, pumps, conveyors, drives, pneumatics, or hydraulics.
- Preventive-maintenance and CMMS experience.
- Technical diploma or associate degree in industrial maintenance, mechatronics, machine tool, welding, diesel, automotive, or a related field.
- Familiarity with GMP, sanitation, and lockout/tagout.