1st shift Maintenance Technician

Kent Quality Foods Inc; Jamestown (MI); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attendance bonus

Health benefits

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Kent Quality Foods, a premier manufacturer of specialty meat products, is seeking a Maintenance Technician for our Hudsonville facility. This role is a great fit for someone who enjoys variety, likes solving hands‑on equipment and facility challenges, and wants to work for a company that invests in its people and operations.

Starting pay is $26.00 per hour with an attendance bonus; a benefits package includes health and retirement benefits.

Qualifications

• 3 years of relevant experience in maintenance or similar environment.
• Strong electronic, pneumatic and mechanical troubleshooting skills.
• Experience using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Ability to stand/walk for extended periods in a refrigerated environment and lift up to 70 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventative maintenance and emergency repairs on equipment.
• Complete work orders using procedures, schematics or manuals.
• Conduct daily inspections and walk-throughs as time allows.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Safety compliance

Communication

Independent work

Math & measurements

Tools

CMMS

Electrical meters

Power tools

Job description

Kent Quality Foods, a premier manufacturer of specialty meat products, is seeking a Maintenance Technician for our Hudsonville facility. This role is a great fit for someone who enjoys variety, likes solving hands‑on equipment and facility challenges, and wants to work for a company that invests in its people and operations. We are a well‑established business with almost seven decades of success, and even if you do not know our name, you will surely know our products.

As Maintenance Technician you will use your strong electronic, pneumatic, and mechanical system troubleshooting capabilities to ensure our equipment and facility operates properly by performing preventative maintenance and emergency repairs in breakdown situations. You will complete assigned work orders in accordance with procedures, schematics or manuals in a timely manner and conduct daily inspections and walk throughs as time allows.

Qualified candidates will bring:

• 3 years of relevant experience in a production, manufacturing, industrial maintenance or similar hands‑on maintenance environment.
• Strong electronic, pneumatic, and mechanical system troubleshooting capabilities.
• Respect and adherence for safe work practices and quality control.
• Experience using a Computerized Maintenance Management System.
• A willingness to learn from and share best practice approaches with peers within the maintenance department.
• Ability to communicate maintenance updates to peers, other departments, management and employees.
• A strong work ethic; able to work independently.
• A results‑oriented mindset with a willingness to take ownership for outcomes.
• Basic math skills plus fractions, decimals, percentages, rates, and ratios.
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods, work in a refrigerated production environment, and occasionally lift up to 70 lbs., and use a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters and equipment to perform duties.

This is a 1st shift position, Monday through Friday, with shifts beginning at 5:00 am and averaging 8-12 hours per day. Occasional Saturday work may be required based on facility needs.

Starting pay rate of $26.00 per hour. Eligible for attendance bonus valued at $1 per hour. Kent Quality Foods offers a competitive benefits package including comprehensive health benefits and retirement benefits.