Industrial Maintenance Technician: Preventive & Upgrades

Star Brands - A Division of the Middleby Corporation; Smithville (TN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Star Brands - A Division of the Middleby Corporation is seeking a Maintenance Technician to maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and improve equipment and facility systems to ensure safe and reliable operations. You will perform PMs, diagnose root causes, and support upgrades and line changes.

You will also read schematics and drawings, assist with installations and testing, maintain a clean safety-focused workspace, and identify reliability improvements while coordinating with production to minimize

Qualifications

• PM experience on production equipment or facility systems.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and mechanical drawings.
• Experience troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance on production equipment and facility systems.
• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic issues; diagnose root cause and repair.
• Repair components such as motors, bearings, belts, gearboxes, sensors, valves, pumps, conveyors.
• Read and interpret electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, and manuals.
• Support installations, upgrades, and line changeovers; assist commissioning and testing.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area; follow safety procedures.
• Identify recurring issues and propose reliability improvements.
• Coordinate with production to prioritize repairs and minimize downtime.
• Assist with spare parts inventory and communicate needs to maintenance leadership.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Mechanical maintenance

Electrical basics

Pneumatics & hydraulics

Safety procedures

Read schematics

Troubleshoot & repair

Welding/fabrication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Technical school or apprenticeship preferred

Tools

Multimeter

Clamp meter

Allen-Bradley PLC

Siemens PLC

Job description

Star Brands - A Division of the Middleby Corporation is seeking a Maintenance Technician to maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and improve equipment and facility systems to ensure safe and reliable operations. You will perform PMs, diagnose root causes, and support upgrades and line changes.

You will also read schematics and drawings, assist with installations and testing, maintain a clean safety-focused workspace, and identify reliability improvements while coordinating with production to minimize