Maintenance Technician

TreeHouse Foods; Richmond Hill; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

TreeHouse Foods seeks a Maintenance Technician for their Richmond Hill facility. The role involves performing preventative maintenance, troubleshooting equipment issues, and ensuring safety standards in a high-paced environment. Ideal candidates will have experience in the food industry and strong interpersonal skills, contributing to a collaborative team culture.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits

Wellness and employee assistance programs

Paid holidays and vacation

Opportunities for career growth

Employee recognition programs

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of maintenance experience in the food industry.
• Experience with Tetra Pak and flexible packaging equipment is an asset.
• Ability to work rotating shifts in a multi-skilled environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventative maintenance and troubleshooting on packaging equipment.
• Repair mechanical and electrical equipment as required.
• Communicate effectively during shift changeovers.

Skills

Problem solving

Troubleshooting

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Job description

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

ON Richmond Hill

Job Type:

Production Maintenance

Job Posting Title:

Maintenance Technician

About Us:

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

Named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values—Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together. We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.

What You Gain:

• Competitive compensation and benefits program!

• Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs! Paid holidays, vacation, and other competitive paid time off opportunities!

• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of people

• Leaders who are invested in supporting your career growth.

• Opportunities to be recognized for outstanding contributions to your team through our employee recognition programs.

Job Description:

Position Summary: This position is responsible for preventative maintenance activities, changeovers, volume conversions, break-down troubleshooting, and improvement projects in a high paced flexible packaging environment. This position will be supporting our night shift 7:00PM to 7:30AM.

Shift: Night, 12 hours continental

Key Responsibilities may include but not limited to the following:

• Safety first: Understand and adhere to all safety procedures, utilizing appropriate safety equipment and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at all times.
• Perform all work in accordance with health and safety standards, rules, regulations, and practices of the facility.
• Read diagrams/schematics and manufacturers maintenance manuals for work procedures.
• Troubleshoot and diagnose equipment’s electrical, mechanical, Pneumatic, and hydraulic issues failure or breakdowns.
• Repair and perform maintenance on high-speed packaging equipment, dismantling and assembling mechanical and electrical equipment, repair, and replacement of defective parts as required.
• Maintain, repair, and reassemble production equipment: including but not limited to pumps, pasteurizers, valves, pipes, etc.
• Understand and perform maintenance activities on all support equipment: boiler, air-compressors, condensers, vacuum pumps, water meters, etc.
• Communicate with various parties on the work performed during shift changeovers.
• Perform preventative maintenance following standards and schedules as outlined in the PM program. This includes lubrication, adjustment, cleaning, etc.
• Control downtime by managing and performing routine preventive maintenance and operation techniques.
• Participate in maintenance improvement projects as required.
• Create WO’s, issue parts needed for the WO and confirmed WO using SAP platform.
• Maintains daily cleanliness of the Maintenance shop, fabrication shop and parts washing area.
• Do daily, weekly, and monthly lubrication route for all equipment.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2 - 3 years of maintenance specific experience within the food industry.
• Experience with Tetra Pak equipment and aseptic food processing an asset.
• Experience with high-speed flexible packaging equipment and retort food processing an asset.
• Strong problem solving, troubleshooting and decision-making skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, capable of working in a diverse and multicultural atmosphere.
• Ability to effectively communicate (both written & verbal).
• Ability to work in a multi-skilled, rotating shift environment.
• Demonstrated regard for personnel and product safety.

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Click on the “Apply” button or go directly to www.treehousefoods.com/careers to let us know you’re ready to join our team!

At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time”. TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact [e-mail]

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