Industrial Maintenance Technician: Optimize Production

essity; Bordentown (NJ); On-site; USD 51,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer match

Medical & Dental & Vision insurance

Wellness program

FSA

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

PTO

Job summary

Essity in Bordentown, NJ is seeking an Industrial Technician to support production quality and efficiency by maintaining equipment, executing preventive and predictive maintenance, and troubleshooting downtime. You will work with engineering, maintenance, and production teams to optimize processes and apply Root Cause Analysis.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field and 1+ years in industrial operations, with knowledge of maintenance planning and SPC methods.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field preferred.
• Manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
• Experience understanding preventive maintenance schedules.
• 1+ years of experience in industrial operations or related technical environment.
• Experience in manufacturing, consumer products, chemical processing, or heavy industrial operations preferred.
• Experience with process optimization, data analysis, and operational performance improvement initiatives preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Promote safe work practices and a culture of safety among team members.
• Adhere to all company safety policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Set, monitor and improve processes according to Statistical Process Control methodologies.
• Troubleshoot equipment and processes and suggest repairs to senior technicians.
• Review and support onsite chemical blending operations to ensure compliance with formulations and requirements.
• Monitor critical process parameters including mixing times, concentrations, temperatures, and batch yields.
• Knowledge of maintenance planning process and manufacturing work systems.
• Help plan work assignments, considering machine capabilities and production schedules.
• Suggest revisions to operation methods, material handling, or equipment layout.
• Maintain necessary documentation (drawings, diagrams, BOMs) and communicate repairs.
• Participate in improvement projects to reduce maintenance costs and failures.
• Working with mechanical and electrical blueprints or drawings is a big plus.
• Support implementation of new manufacturing technologies, automation systems, and best practices.
• Support infrastructure optimizations and production planning activities.
• Conduct equipment inspections and perform root cause analysis of failures.
• Report machine defects identified during periodic AM or PM reviews.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Preventive maintenance

Data analysis

Process optimization

Operational performance improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Essity in Bordentown, NJ is seeking an Industrial Technician to support production quality and efficiency by maintaining equipment, executing preventive and predictive maintenance, and troubleshooting downtime. You will work with engineering, maintenance, and production teams to optimize processes and apply Root Cause Analysis.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field and 1+ years in industrial operations, with knowledge of maintenance planning and SPC methods.