Automation & Maintenance Technician: PLCs, Setup & Commission

Zina's Fine Foods; SOUTH PLAINFIELD (NJ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Employee discounts

Free food & snacks

Paid time off

Job summary

Zina's Fine Foods in South Plainfield, NJ, seeks a skilled maintenance technician to keep production running and bring new equipment online. You will troubleshoot, install, align, and commission machines, often without manuals or vendors, and ensure first production runs.

You'll work on fillers, labelers, conveyors and other line equipment, read schematics, and improve reliability in a wet, GMP/SQF environment. This first-shift, on-site role offers growth as we expand lines and capacity.

Qualifications

• Several years maintaining production equipment in a plant, food, beverage or wet manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
• Strong mechanical ability: bearings, drives, belts, chains, gearboxes, pneumatics, hydraulics.
• Electrical troubleshooting up to 480V three phase.
• Experience with PLCs and VFDs (Allen-Bradley or Siemens).

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and repair production equipment: mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic.
• Set up, level, align and time machines so they run correctly, not just run.
• Install and commission new and used equipment from uncrating through the first production run.
• Work on fillers, labelers, checkweighers, conveyors and related line equipment.
• Read electrical schematics and wire or modify control panels.
• Troubleshoot PLC-controlled equipment and VFDs and make program changes.
• Identify root causes of failures and ensure fixes are lasting.
• Educate operators on how to run and set equipment, document changes.
• Maintain safety in a wet, washdown GMP/SQF environment.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Electrical troubleshooting

PLCs and VFDs

Education

Mechatronics/Electrical/Mechanical qualification

Tools

Allen-Bradley

Siemens

Job description

Zina's Fine Foods in South Plainfield, NJ, seeks a skilled maintenance technician to keep production running and bring new equipment online. You will troubleshoot, install, align, and commission machines, often without manuals or vendors, and ensure first production runs.

You'll work on fillers, labelers, conveyors and other line equipment, read schematics, and improve reliability in a wet, GMP/SQF environment. This first-shift, on-site role offers growth as we expand lines and capacity.