Industrial Maintenance Technician - Overnight Shift

Sweet Candy Company; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 44,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance starting the 1st of a

Domestic partner health coverage

Paid vacation

Job summary

Sweet Candy Company in Salt Lake City, UT is seeking an Industrial Maintenance Technician - Electrical Controls to support our aging lines with focus on electrical controls and automation.

This role is Sunday-Tuesday and every other Saturday, 4pm–4:30am, with wage range $32-$40 per hour plus shift differential. You will troubleshoot PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, motors, read schematics, and collaborate across production, quality, safety to keep lines running.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of industrial maintenance experience in manufacturing with strong electrical and controls background.
• Hands-on PLC and I/O troubleshooting; online monitoring, tracing faults, and logic reading.
• Experience with VFDs, motor controls, and 480V three-phase power; able to read electrical diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and repair electrical controls and automation: PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, servo drives, sensors, relays, and safety circuits.
• Read schematics and wiring diagrams; work from ladder logic and one-lines.
• Maintain and repair motors, gearboxes, conveyors, pumps, bearings, belts, and chains.
• Install, modify, and wire control panels and production equipment; document work in the maintenance system.

Skills

Industrial maintenance

Electrical controls

PLC troubleshooting

VFDs and servo drives

Reading schematics

Tools

CMMS

Thermography

Vibration analysis

Job description

Description

Industrial Maintenance Technician - Electrical Controls

Shift: Sunday - Tuesday and every other Saturday 4pm - 4:30am

Wage Range: $32/r - $40/hr, plus shift differential

At Sweet Candy Company, our mission is to Make Life Sweet. In Maintenance, that means keeping our lines safe, reliable, and running at their best. As an Industrial Maintenance Technician, you'll keep all our production equipment running, with a focus on the electrical controls and automation behind it.

We're one of the oldest family-owned candy companies in the U.S., making taffy, chocolate sticks, cinnamon bears, and other favorites. We keep investing in automation and reliability, and we need technicians who can keep up with it and help push it forward.

If you're a maintenance pro who's strongest when the problem is in the panel, we want to hear from you.

What You'll Do

• Troubleshoot and repair electrical controls and automation: PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, servo drives, sensors, relays, contactors, and safety circuits
• Diagnose problems that cross systems: electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic
• Read and work from schematics, wiring diagrams, ladder logic, and one-lines
• Maintain and repair motors, gearboxes, conveyors, pumps, bearings, belts, and chains
• Install, modify, and wire control panels and production equipment
• Perform preventive and predictive maintenance, and document work in our maintenance system
• Find root causes and recommend improvements that reduce downtime
• Partner with production, quality, sanitation, and leadership to keep lines running
• Follow all safety, LOTO, NFPA 70E, GMP, and food safety requirements

Requirements

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of industrial maintenance experience in manufacturing, with a strong electrical and controls background
• Hands-on PLC and I/O troubleshooting (online monitoring, reading logic, tracing faults)
• Experience with VFDs, motor controls, and 480V three-phase power
• Working mechanical skills: power transmission, pneumatics, and hydraulics
• Able to read electrical schematics and mechanical drawings
• Strong commitment to safety and compliance
• Clear communicator and team player in a multicultural workplace
• Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office

Preferred

• Allen-Bradley (Studio 5000/RSLogix) or Siemens PLC experience
• Food or other regulated manufacturing experience
• CMMS experience and predictive maintenance tools (thermography, vibration analysis)
• Arc-flash, NFPA 70E, or LOTO training
• Welding/fabrication or a technical degree or certificate in industrial maintenance or automation

Equal Opportunity and Accommodations

The qualifications listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Why Join Sweet Candy

Sweet Candy offers a competitive total rewards package, including:

• Health insurance starting the 1st of the month after hire
• Domestic partner health coverage
• Paid vacation ,"IsExpired":false}