Food-Plant Maintenance Technician — Preventive & Repairs

G.P. De Silva Spices Inc.; Pico Rivera (CA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Paid time off

Holidays

401(k) and 401(k) match

Job summary

De Silva Brothers & Company in Pico Rivera, CA is seeking a hands-on Maintenance Technician to keep packaging and blending lines running. You will troubleshoot, repair, and perform preventive maintenance on fillers, form-fill-seal machines, cappers, conveyors, and related equipment in a food plant.

On-site role requiring GMP familiarity, strong mechanical skills, and the ability to read manuals and schematics. Competitive hourly pay and benefits accompany the position.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of maintenance experience in food, beverage, pharmaceutical, or comparable manufacturing.
• Strong mechanical troubleshooting skills across motors, gearboxes, drives, bearings, belts, pneumatics, and conveyor systems.
• Ability to read and work from equipment manuals, schematics, and parts diagrams.
• Basic electrical troubleshooting — motors, starters, sensors, and photo eyes (diagnosing and replacing, not panel design).
• Comfort using hand and power tools; owns a basic set of hand tools.
• Understanding of GMP and sanitary design principles in a food environment, or the willingness to learn them quickly.
• Reliable attendance and the judgment to work independently when the plant is running.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, repair, and adjust packaging equipment — fillers (auger and volumetric), form-fill-seal machines, cappers, labelers, case packers, sealers, and conveyors
• Maintain blending and processing equipment including ribbon blenders, mixers, sifters, grinders, and dust collection systems
• Perform changeovers and line setups between products, jar and pouch sizes, and run formats
• Execute scheduled preventive maintenance and keep accurate PM records, work orders, and equipment history logs
• Support metal detector and checkweigher function checks, calibrations, and documentation
• Handle general facility upkeep — compressed air lines, plumbing, doors and docks, lighting, and minor building repairs
• Maintain the spare parts inventory and flag reorder needs before parts run out
• Follow lockout/tagout, confined space, and all plant safety procedures without exception
• Work clean: use food-grade (H1) lubricants, practice tool accountability, control foreign material risk, and return equipment sanitation-ready after every job
• Support SQF and customer audits by keeping maintenance documentation current and audit-ready
• Escalate recurring failures with root-cause observations rather than repeat quick fixes

Skills

Maintenance experience

Mechanical troubleshooting

Read equipment manuals

Basic electrical troubleshooting

Hand tools & tools ownership

GMP & sanitary design

Independent work

Reliable attendance

Tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Schematics & diagrams

Job description

De Silva Brothers & Company in Pico Rivera, CA is seeking a hands-on Maintenance Technician to keep packaging and blending lines running. You will troubleshoot, repair, and perform preventive maintenance on fillers, form-fill-seal machines, cappers, conveyors, and related equipment in a food plant.

On-site role requiring GMP familiarity, strong mechanical skills, and the ability to read manuals and schematics. Competitive hourly pay and benefits accompany the position.