Industrial Maintenance Technician (Experienced) - 3rd Shift

CTI Foods; Owingsville (KY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

CTI Foods in Kentucky is seeking a maintenance technician to routinely inspect equipment and perform basic preventative maintenance, ensuring reliable plant operation. You will evaluate equipment condition, identify worn parts, and troubleshoot controls and interlocks to keep systems safe and productive.

The role requires reading technical English, performing basic math, and reading mechanical/electrical schematics.

Qualifications

• Read, write, and understand English at a technical level.
• Associate degree preferred for Industrial Maintenance roles.
• Experience in maintenance helps with troubleshooting and preventive tasks.

Responsibilities

• Routinely inspect equipment.
• Perform preventative maintenance on facility equipment and machinery.
• Identify worn parts and determine replacements (e.g., bearings, sprockets, gears).
• Understand and troubleshoot controls and equipment interlocks.
• Understand and perform electrical shutdown procedures.
• Understand fire system operation and valve locations.
• Operate all plant equipment (conveyors, augers, pumps).
• All other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Skills

English technical literacy

Electrical/Mechanical troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

Reading schematics

Education

Associate Degree in Industrial Maintenance

Job description

CTI Foods Overview

We are a customer focused custom manufacturer of quality food products to exacting standards that delight our customer and their consumers. The people of CTI Foods are our #1 ingredient that drive us to be the best custom food and culinary solutions team that has seven state-of-the-art food processing facilities and over 1,800 employees from, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, and Texas. We are a company that “Thinks Big and Acts Small.” Employees are treated like family. In order to succeed, it takes every person working together, being nimble, and executing at the highest levels. It is our responsibility to provide you every opportunity and resource to achieve that success. Make an impact from day ONE at CTI Foods!

Job Overview

Responsible for routinely inspecting equipment and performing basic preventative maintenance duties as necessary or scheduled

Responsibilities

Routinely inspect equipment

• Evaluate integrity of equipment and determine potential equipment failure or actual equipment failure.
• Perform preventative maintenance on all facility equipment and machinery including office auxiliary equipment.
• Identify when mechanical parts (e.g. sprockets, bearing shafts, chain, gearboxes) are worn and need to be replaced.
• Understand and troubleshoot controls and equipment interlocks.
• Understand and perform electrical shutdown procedures.
• Understand the fire system operation and where the valves are located.
• Able to operate and setup all equipment in the plant.
• Report concerns or problems to the maintenance lead and/or manager.
• Perform preventive maintenance repairs as needed.

Perform basic maintenance duties as necessary

• Maintain operational ability and integrity of all machinery.
• Lubricate all equipment as necessary and verify that the equipment or parts accepts lubrication properly
• Understand pneumatics, hydraulic basic controls, pumps and general operations.

Operate Equipment

• Operate all equipment (e.g. conveyors, augers, pumps, etc.) in order to perform necessary Pre-Operational maintenance procedures.

All other duties as assigned by Supervisor

Qualifications

• Lift up to 50lbs
• Frequently move between warm and cold environments
• Read, write, and understand English at a technical level
• Complete basic math problems
• Able to read and understand mechanical & electrical schematics
• 3 yrs of previous experience in maintenance
• Associate Degree in Industrial Maintenance Preferred