GMP Maintenance Technician – Equipment Reliability

Cirona Labs; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Cirona Labs in Rochester, NY is seeking a Maintenance Technician to keep production equipment and plant systems running safely and in GMP compliance. You will perform preventive and corrective maintenance, troubleshoot electrical and mechanical issues, and document work in MaintainX.

You will collaborate with Production and Packaging teams, support continuous improvement, and remain inspection-ready with strong problem-solving in a fast-paced cannabis/hemp manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED plus 2+ years of industrial or manufacturing maintenance experience (mechanical and/or electrical).
• Experience troubleshooting industrial manufacturing equipment, including mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
• Working knowledge of industrial electrical systems, including 3-phase motors, control wiring, and voltages from 24VDC to 480VAC.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, blueprints, and technical documents.
• Experience using multimeters, test equipment, and common maintenance tools such as drill presses, chop saws, and band saws.
• Basic math skills, including calculating proportions, percentages, area, and volume.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive and planned maintenance on production, packaging, and utility equipment, including cleaning, inspecting, setup, rebuilding, replacement, and testing.
• Install, set up, repair, and maintain mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
• Measure, calibrate, and adjust equipment and instruments, and maintain required calibration records.
• Perform equipment changeovers and format/size adjustments to support production schedules.
• Reassemble and test repaired equipment before returning it to service.
• Respond to calls from the production floor and equipment breakdowns with urgency to minimize downtime.
• Diagnose mechanical and electrical malfunctions, including motors, control wiring, sensors, PLC/control systems, and VFDs.
• Read and interpret equipment manuals, electrical schematics, blueprints, and technical documents to troubleshoot.
• Use multimeters, electrical test equipment, hand tools, and power tools safely and correctly.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Problem solving

Read electrical schematics

CMMS documentation

Basic math

Team collaboration

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate or technical degree in industrial maintenance

Tools

PLCs (Allen-Bradley or Siemens)

VFDs

HMI configuration

Multimeters

Electrical test equipment

Job description

Cirona Labs in Rochester, NY is seeking a Maintenance Technician to keep production equipment and plant systems running safely and in GMP compliance. You will perform preventive and corrective maintenance, troubleshoot electrical and mechanical issues, and document work in MaintainX.

You will collaborate with Production and Packaging teams, support continuous improvement, and remain inspection-ready with strong problem-solving in a fast-paced cannabis/hemp manufacturing setting.