2nd Shift Maintenance Mechanic - Food Processing Equipment

VetJobs; Fairfield (CA); On-site; USD 43,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Ferrara in Fairfield, CA seeks a Maintenance Mechanic to install, maintain, and repair food processing and packaging equipment. Core duties include keeping gearboxes, motors, conveyors, sensors, and Pneumatic and hydraulic systems in optimal condition, with strong emphasis on preventive maintenance and root-cause analysis.

2nd shift, 2:30PM-11:00PM, Mon-Fri, overtime as needed; strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills required. Benefits include comprehensive health and PTO support.

Qualifications

• Strong mechanical aptitude required.
• Able to perform precision alignment of pumps, motors, gearboxes, sprockets, and sheaves.
• Experience with troubleshooting and maintaining pneumatic systems, air compressors, hydraulic systems, mechanical power, pumps, gearboxes, valves, heat exchangers, and mechanical components.
• Ability to perform basic electrical troubleshooting.
• Experience completing preventive maintenance activities.
• Welding experience preferred (MIG, TIG).
• Understanding of shop equipment (mill, lathe, grinder, bend, break, shear, and press).
• Able to work with minimum supervision and be results driven, proactive, able to work effectively individually and within a team.
• Excellent communication skills, able to clearly articulate issues, opportunities and risk.
• Ability to analyze problems and error conditions, identify root causes, and implement viable long-term solutions.
• Versed in lock-out/tag-out procedures.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair food processing and packaging equipment and associated components.
• Installs and maintains gearboxes, shafts, bearings, bushings, sprockets, sheaves, belts, and general mechanical equipment. Performs equipment lubrication.
• Installs and maintains electric motors, motor starters, sensors, switches, and general electric/electronic devices.
• Troubleshoots and maintains pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
• Analyses mechanical operations of production equipment and initiates maintenance and repair actions as needed.
• Uses Computerized Maintenance Management System to report completed work.
• Generates parts requisitions using parts inventory control system.
• Completes preventive maintenance routines as assigned.
• Identifies root cause of problems. Proposes and implements solutions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Welding

Electrical troubleshooting

Schematics reading

Communication skills

Education

High School/GED

Tools

Lock-out/Tag-out

Pneumatic systems

Hydraulic systems

Preventive maintenance

Job description

Ferrara in Fairfield, CA seeks a Maintenance Mechanic to install, maintain, and repair food processing and packaging equipment. Core duties include keeping gearboxes, motors, conveyors, sensors, and Pneumatic and hydraulic systems in optimal condition, with strong emphasis on preventive maintenance and root-cause analysis.

2nd shift, 2:30PM-11:00PM, Mon-Fri, overtime as needed; strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills required. Benefits include comprehensive health and PTO support.