Maintenance Engineer: Packaging & Forming Machinery

Orange Recruitment; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 47,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Orange Recruitment is seeking an experienced Maintenance Engineer for our fast-growing nutraceutical manufacturing operation. The role focuses on diagnosing and resolving issues on forming and packing machinery, with independence and proactive hands-on problem solving.

You will perform planned and reactive maintenance, minimise downtime, support equipment installations and ensure health and safety compliance while contributing to continuous improvement in production efficiency.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Maintenance Engineer within a manufacturing environment.
• Essential experience with forming and packing machinery.
• Strong mechanical and electrical fault-finding abilities.
• Ability to work independently and solve technical problems proactively.
• Confident troubleshooting machinery issues without constant supervision.
• Experience in food, nutraceutical or pharmaceutical environments is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance across production and packaging machinery.
• Diagnose faults quickly and implement effective repairs to minimise downtime.
• Maintain and troubleshoot forming and packing machines.
• Support continuous improvement of machinery performance and production efficiency.
• Conduct routine inspections and preventative maintenance schedules.
• Work closely with production teams to ensure smooth operation of manufacturing lines.
• Assist with machine installations, upgrades and modifications when required.
• Maintain maintenance records and ensure compliance with health & safety standards.

Skills

Maintenance engineering

Independent work

Fault-finding

Machinery troubleshooting

Forming and packing machinery

Problem solving

Job description

Orange Recruitment is seeking an experienced Maintenance Engineer for our fast-growing nutraceutical manufacturing operation. The role focuses on diagnosing and resolving issues on forming and packing machinery, with independence and proactive hands-on problem solving.

You will perform planned and reactive maintenance, minimise downtime, support equipment installations and ensure health and safety compliance while contributing to continuous improvement in production efficiency.