Ice Cream Plant Maintenance Technician (Night Shift)

Magnum Ice Cream Co.; Covington (VA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401K with match

Tuition Reimbursement

Life Insurance

Uniforms Provided

Company Store Access

Free Ice Cream

Job summary

Magnum Ice Cream Co. in Covington, VA, is seeking a Maintenance Technician for our 24/7 production facility. You will repair and maintain packaging and process equipment, ensuring minimal downtime on a fast-paced line that runs around the clock.

The role requires hands-on electrical, mechanical and PLC troubleshooting, with 3+ years in industrial maintenance, preferably in food manufacturing. Night shift flexibility is essential to align with business needs.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• Associate degree in mechanical/technical program or 1 year of technical school training in electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, electronic, programmable logic controllers or completion of an approved apprentice program.
• Related experience in these fields and/or advanced training or any equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.
• A minimum of three (3) years industrial maintenance experience.
• Experience in Food Manufacturing environment preferred.
• Must be able to pass the NOCTI exam if selected to interview onsite.

Responsibilities

• Responds immediately to equipment-related problems and installs, maintains, troubleshoots and repairs all equipment in the business area to ensure minimal downtime.
• Makes repairs on operating equipment in the processing and/or packaging operations.
• Observes and tests operation of sophisticated electronic, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic and/or mechanical devices to evaluate, identify and resolve operating problems.
• Dismantles equipment and machinery to identify, remove, repair and/or replace damaged or deteriorated components and reassembles appropriately.
• Replaces faulty electrical components such as relays, switches, motors and position sensing devices.
• Monitors equipment meters and adjusts temperatures as needed.
• Monitors all equipment, instruments and connections of the scheduled sterilization process and identifies the required preventive maintenance, calibration and line checks.
• Performs preventive maintenance on equipment and machinery to include repair/replacement of electrical wires/connections, welding, re-soldering, lubrication of parts, cleaning of filters, recalibration of controls, changing line gaskets, adjusting components and/or cleaning of equipment.
• Maintains maintenance logs and work order documentation on equipment repairs.
• Troubleshoots programmable logic controls (PLCs) and PLC controlled equipment with a computer and various modules as diagnostic tools.
• May use a digital voltmeter, mega‑ohm meter and/or AMP probes to diagnose electrical problems.
• All other duties as assigned.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate degree or 1 year tech school training in electrical/mechanical/pneumatic/electronic/PLC

Job description

Magnum Ice Cream Co. in Covington, VA, is seeking a Maintenance Technician for our 24/7 production facility. You will repair and maintain packaging and process equipment, ensuring minimal downtime on a fast-paced line that runs around the clock.

The role requires hands-on electrical, mechanical and PLC troubleshooting, with 3+ years in industrial maintenance, preferably in food manufacturing. Night shift flexibility is essential to align with business needs.