Lead Packaging Maintenance Mechanic - High-Speed Food

RRC Solutions Group; Glendale Heights (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime up to 50 hours per week

Modern equipment

Strong team culture

Job summary

RRC Solutions Group is seeking a Lead Packaging Maintenance Mechanic for our on-site DuPage County, IL facility. The role focuses on keeping high-speed packaging lines running, rebuilding machinery, and diagnosing mechanical, pneumatic, and electrical faults with minimal downtime.

You will mentor junior technicians and contribute to a modern CMMS rollout. This is a senior position requiring substantial experience in food packaging maintenance and hands-on problem solving in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years of maintenance experience in high-speed food packaging, co-packing, or food manufacturing.
• Strong electrical troubleshooting ability, with no full electrician credentials required.
• Proven experience maintaining and rebuilding packaging machinery such as baggers, form-fill-seal equipment, and sealers.
• Familiarity with common packaging and weighing brands is a plus.
• CMMS experience preferred.
• Willing and able to coach less experienced mechanics.

Responsibilities

• Keep high-speed packaging and processing equipment running across a large, multi-line plant.
• Rebuild and refurbish machinery to like-new condition during planned and emergency downtime.
• Diagnose mechanical, pneumatic, and electrical faults on baggers, sealers, scales, and supporting equipment, and fix them without waiting on help.
• Handle electrical troubleshooting and repairs on the lines as part of daily work.
• Teach and mentor junior technicians, passing along knowledge.

Skills

Electrical troubleshooting

High-speed maintenance

Coaching juniors

CMMS experience

Troubleshooting downtime

Education

High school diploma or GED

AAS degree or certs preferred

Tools

CMMS software

Job description

RRC Solutions Group is seeking a Lead Packaging Maintenance Mechanic for our on-site DuPage County, IL facility. The role focuses on keeping high-speed packaging lines running, rebuilding machinery, and diagnosing mechanical, pneumatic, and electrical faults with minimal downtime.

You will mentor junior technicians and contribute to a modern CMMS rollout. This is a senior position requiring substantial experience in food packaging maintenance and hands-on problem solving in a fast-paced