Food-Grade Maintenance Tech for High-Speed Automation & R&D

NCSL International; Missouri; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Bertagni USA is seeking a hands-on, technically curious Maintenance Technician for our new St. Charles operation.

This role focuses on the pilot line, new product development, and supporting high-speed production with preventive maintenance and rapid troubleshooting, while upholding food safety and GMP standards. You will diagnose mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and automated systems, read schematics, and implement improvements.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED with 3+ years manufacturing maintenance experience.
• Strong mechanical and industrial electrical troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to read schematics, drawings, and manuals and safely use industrial tools and diagnostics.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive, predictive, corrective, and emergency maintenance on production and facility equipment.
• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and automated systems; diagnose failures and complete safe repairs.
• Read electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, manuals, and technical documentation.
• Support dough preparation, sheeting, filling, forming, cooking, cooling, chilling, conveying, and product-transfer systems.
• Support packaging, sealing, labeling, coding, inspection, and palletizing equipment.

Skills

Mechanical troubleshooting

Industrial electrical troubleshooting

Read schematics

CMMS

Teamwork

Communication

Lean/5S

Root-cause analysis

Education

High school diploma or GED

Technical degree / diploma in industrial maintenance or mechatronics

Tools

Allen-Bradley/Rockwell

Siemens controllers

VFDs

Diagnostics meters

Job description

Bertagni USA is seeking a hands-on, technically curious Maintenance Technician for our new St. Charles operation.

This role focuses on the pilot line, new product development, and supporting high-speed production with preventive maintenance and rapid troubleshooting, while upholding food safety and GMP standards. You will diagnose mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and automated systems, read schematics, and implement improvements.