Industrial Maintenance Trainee Caseyville IL

Tyson Foods; Caseyville (IL); On-site; USD 34,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Tyson Foods in Caseyville is offering a Maintenance Intern position for students actively pursuing a degree in Mechanical, Automation, Refrigeration, Industrial or Electrical Maintenance. The role focuses on installing, maintaining, and repairing machinery and electrical systems within a high‑level manufacturing environment.

Multiple shifts are available, with a schedule that includes extended weekends and rotating days to promote work‑life balance.

Qualifications

• Actively enrolled in an accredited university or technical school seeking a degree in a maintenance-related field.

Responsibilities

• Follow GMP and SQF policies while performing essential job functions.
• Troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic problems with equipment.
• Replace or repair broken parts on equipment.
• Modify equipment to meet changing manufacturing requirements.
• Install new equipment and perform preventive maintenance.
• Perform limited masonry, plumbing, and woodwork tasks.
• Maintain electrical systems and fixtures including conduit installation.
• Install new water, steam, and air piping runs and electrical feeds.
• Maintain building and grounds; use hand and power tools.
• Work in teams with rotating days to balance schedule.

Skills

Near Vision

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Visualization

Deductive Reasoning

Finger Dexterity

Inductive Reasoning

Education

Maintenance degree pursuit

Job description

Job Details

Candidates who have previously worked for Tyson Foods will have a minimum rehire waiting period of 90 days and are limited to 3 times of employment. Pay is $25.95 Join the Maintenance & Reliability Team at our Caseyville Prepared Foods Plant as a Maintenance Intern! This is the ideal opportunity for a current student that has general knowledge in industrial maintenance, manufacturing, refrigeration and/or automation. We have Multiple Shifts available. Tyson is currently in the process of expanding our operations in Caseyville with an $181 million dollar investment to add 7 new state of the art production lines to our current 4 production lines. With automated warehousing and robotics at the heart of this expansion the facility will be a Flagship of the Prepared Foods division. The facility currently produces Jimmy Dean and Hillshire branded retail products and the expansion will further develop our capabilities. With around the clock operations we offer a creative schedule for our Maintenance & Reliability Team that provides our team members with the ability to have not only time off during the traditional work week (Mon – Fri) but allows for a 3-day weekend every other week (Fri, Sat, Sun). Crews work in Teams and alternate days to allow for an ideal work / home-life balance.

Brief Job Summary

Installs, maintains, and repairs machinery, equipment, and electrical systems by performing the essential job functions. Performs limited facility maintenance tasks as required.

Essential Job Functions

1. Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and SQF Quality Management policies and procedures while performing essential job functions.
2. Troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic problems with equipment
3. Replace \ Repair broken or worn out parts on Equipment.
4. Modify equipment to meet changing manufacturing requirements.
5. Install new equipment.
6. Perform preventive maintenance on equipment.
7. Performs limited masonry work, repairs plumbing fixtures and woodwork.
8. Repairs, maintains and installs electrical systems and fixtures.
9. Measures, cuts, bonds, threads, assembles and installs electrical conduit.
10. Uses hand and power tools.
11. Install new runs of water, steam, and air piping
12. Install new runs of electric to various equipment
13. Maintain the building and grounds
14. Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

Actively enrolled in an accredited university or technical school seeking a degree or diploma in a Maintenance specific field such as: Mechanical, Automation, Refrigeration, Industrial Maintenance, Production Maintenance, Electrical and maintaining enrollment.

Required Skills/Attributes

• Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
• Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Working Conditions

• Work near moving mechanical parts.
• Work where the noise level is usually moderate to high.
• Required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Employee may occasionally be required to lift up to 100 pounds with assistance of other employees.
• Work from a ladder or a man lift at heights greater than 20 feet.
• Drive a forklift.

Work Schedule

Traditional shift, some weekend work may be required or a rotating schedule where technicians work (3) 12-hour days one week and (4) 12 hour days the next week (alternating a 3 day weekend every‑other week).

Work Shift

ALL SHIFTS (United States of America)

Relocation Assistance Eligible

No

Pay Range/Rate

$25.95

Incentives

Annual Incentive Plan: No

Long-Term Incentive Plan: No

Certain roles at Tyson require background checks. If you are offered a position that requires a background check you will be provided additional documentation to complete once an offer has been extended. Any listed amounts represent the base pay range. Additional compensation may be available for this position based on various factors such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonuses. Pay is just one part of Tyson’s total compensation package. Tyson will develop an offer based on a candidate's or team member’s relevant skills and capabilities, the market data for the role described in this requisition, internal equity, and other information relevant to the candidate and role.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

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Join Our Team

Our team members make the difference. If you are ready to grow your career with an industry leader and want to positively impact the team and community around you, then join us in helping us in raising expectations. Join us on the journey. At Tyson, we feed the world like family. Our Talent Strategy is to Attract, Grow, Reward and Retain the best talent, and we believe that our Culture is the connecting thread that drives that strategy! We strive to be a talent magnet to establish a reputation for being a talent rich organization where team members can grow their career while growing the business. We are a high performing organization where team members are rewarded (Pay, Benefits and Recognition) for their contributions, and given the opportunity to support and/or volunteer with programs that help Tyson make a lasting social impact in the communities where we live and work. To learn more about our culture, please read Our Purpose. The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

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