Maintenance Technician

SIG Group; Chilhowie (VA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K Retirement plan

Vacation & PTO

Paid Holidays

Performance Bonus

Job summary

SIG is seeking a Maintenance Technician to perform preventive and predictive maintenance, diagnose breakdowns, and support production equipment upgrades. The role requires basic electrical/mechanical skills and adherence to safety standards.

You will troubleshoot, repair, and optimize systems, contributing to reliability and efficiency across the facility. The position emphasizes teamwork, safe work practices, and ongoing learning in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Experience in maintenance preferred.
• Ability to read electrical and mechanical diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive and predictive maintenance inspections.
• Conduct breakdown analyses and provide technical assistance.
• Repair, upgrade, and maintain production equipment and systems.
• Adhere to electrical codes, OSHA safety requirements, and site guidelines.
• Interpret electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and mechanical schematics for troubleshooting.
• Support sanitation, housekeeping standards, and safety initiatives.
• Participate in PM optimization Kaizen events.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Electrical skills

Mechanical skills

Troubleshooting

Safety compliance

Electrical codes

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

PLC knowledge

Machining tools

Electrical schematics

Job description

Summary Of Role

Maintenance Technician is to perform preventive and predictive maintenance inspections, conduct breakdown analyses, provide technical assistance for solving reliability issues, assist with production equipment upgrades and rebuilds, and fabricate, modify, assemble and repair a variety of production components/assemblies/systems utilizing various machining and metal fabricating equipment and tools.

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Maintenance Technician

Summary Of Role

Maintenance Technician is to perform preventive and predictive maintenance inspections, conduct breakdown analyses, provide technical assistance for solving reliability issues, assist with production equipment upgrades and rebuilds, and fabricate, modify, assemble and repair a variety of production components/assemblies/systems utilizing various machining and metal fabricating equipment and tools.

Key Responsibilities

As an at-will employer, SIG reserves the right to add to or modify this list to the extent it deems necessary.

• Provides input to preventive & predictive maintenance efforts to improve overall equipment reliability Troubleshoots & repairs production machine equipment and systems
• Ensures Strict conformance to all applicable electrical codes & OSHA safety requirements for facility and production equipment, as well as Scholle IPN safety guidelines.
• Provides mechanical and electrical skills support of routine & preventive maintenance.
• Demonstrates knowledge of basic electricity.
• Demonstrates knowledge of electrical controls as it pertains to PLCs.
• Capable of interpreting electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, & mechanical schematics for troubleshooting.
• Provides support of departmental standards for sanitation & housekeeping
• Supports the introduction of new technology
• Displays strong teamwork & communication skills with a hand on, positive style
• Models safe behavior at all times
• Responsible for reporting food/product safety problems or ris to a supervisor or manager immediately, or take action if possible
• Perform PM’s
• Conduct breakdown analyses
• Participates in annual PM optimization Kaizen events
• Other duties as assigned

Education

YOU BRING THESE SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

• High school diploma or G.E.D required.

Skills & Experience

• Previous Maintenance experi
• Ensures strict conformance to all applicable electrical codes & OSHA safety requirements for facility and production equipment, as well as Scholle IPN safety guidelines
• Provides mechanical and electrical skills in support of routine & preventive maintenance
• Supports the shift maintenance team in problem solving & troubleshooting efforts
• Troubleshoots & repairs produc
• ence preferred. Future training and/or education may be necessary further job skills.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as sa rules, operating and maintenance instructions, proced manuals, and Power Point presentations. Ability to w routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to sp effectively before groups of customers or employee the organization Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all u or measures, using whole numbers, common fracti and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and perc and interpret bar graphs. Ability to calculate me median, and mode, and apply SPC to the quality proces
• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in writ oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with probl involving several concrete variables in standard situations
• Basic skill knowledge and understanding of Micro Word and Excel, and Virtual Client to perform effecti in daily activities Ability to perform visual inspection process successfully read and apply technical material includ print specifications
• Ability to solve problems by identifying root causes developing alternative solutions

We Offer

• Generous Day 1 eligibility healthcare & life insurance for you and qualified dependents
• 401K Retirement matching reimbursement
• Vacation & PSL
• Paid Holidays
• Performance Bonus
• And much more!

SIG COMPENTENCIES

We are looking for people who are willing to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances, employees who create a climate where everyone is motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. If you actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged, if you develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals, SIG is the place for you. To deliver better for our customers, our future colleagues build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Finally, we are looking for colleagues who build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Are you someone who applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals? Are you someone who can create new and better ways for the organization to be successful? If the answer is ‘yes’, come and join us.

OUR PROMISE

SIG is the place for you to build something incredible. We offer competitive compensation and an opportunity to partially work from home. If you join us, you will be part of a globally successful international company, which is leading its industry in sustainability, technology, and more. We think of ourselves as the career launchpad - a place to develop yourself fast with real work, real experience, real opportunities to build skills. You will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team, you will have personal development opportunities, trainings and coaching opportunities from senior team members. If you show skill and willingness to learn, we’ll back you all the way.

About Sig

SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for better. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it’s the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better.

Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.