Maintenance Technician (Apprentice Engineer)

The J.M. Smucker Company; Emporia (KS); On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The J.M. Smucker Company is seeking an on-site Maintenance/Engineering professional at our Emporia, KS facility.

Responsibilities include repairing and maintaining motors, conveyors, and production equipment, performing preventive maintenance, and running various metalworking tools to fabricate parts. The role requires the ability to work night shifts (2nd/3rd), follow diagrams and manuals, and ensure safe, reliable operation of critical plant systems.

Qualifications

• Requires a high school diploma or GED; post-secondary industrial tech education preferred.
• Experience in maintenance/repair of industrial machinery is expected.
• Willingness to work 2nd/3rd shift and on-site on a 8-hour shift pattern.

Responsibilities

• Repairs and maintains machinery and equipment using hand and power tools.
• Dismantles devices to access defective parts and replaces them.
• Inspects parts with calipers, micrometers, and measurement tools.
• Adjusts parts and control instruments for proper function.
• Lubricates, tests, and tunes equipment for performance.
• Operates metalworking tools to fabricate or repair parts as needed.
• Performs preventive maintenance on power systems, generators, and air compressors.
• May respond to 24-hour emergency calls for repairs.

Skills

Machinery maintenance

Electrical troubleshooting

Welding

Preventive maintenance

Reading diagrams

Education

High school diploma or GED

Industrial Technical/Vocational training preferred

Tools

Lathe

Drill press

Calipers

Amp meter

Hydrometer

Job description

As a part of the Engineering Team, the employee performs a full range of maintenance/engineering assignments using independent judgment to make decisions requiring the application of procedures and practices to specific work situations. Location: Emporia, KS – Hostess Manufacturing Plant Work Arrangements: 100% On-site, 8-hour shifts, opening on 2nd shift and 3rd shift

In this role you will:

• Repairs and maintains, in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operation manuals, and manufacturer's specifications, machinery and mechanical equipment, such as motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines and equipment, using hand tools, power tools, and precision‑measuring and testing instruments.
• Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts, using hoists, cranes, hand tools, and power tools.
• Inspects used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements, using rules, calipers, micrometers, and other measuring instruments.
• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments, using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, and straightedges.
• Repairs or replaces defective parts, using hand tools and power tools.
• Installs special functional and structural parts in devices, using hand tools.
• Starts devices to test their performance.
• Lubricates and cleans parts.
• May set up and operate lathe, drill press, grinder, and other metalworking tools to make and repair parts.
• Requisitions supplies, materials, tools, machine parts, and other necessary equipment.
• May repair electrical equipment.
• Ensures the proper use, care, and storage of tools and equipment.
• Perform bearing analysis and installation.
• Analyzes electrical circuits, wiring diagrams and drawings, and installs, repairs, calibrates, services or replaces electrical devices and systems, and power generation devices to prevent overload using an amp probe, recording meter and various hand, power, and specialty tools.
• Welds various types of metal to repair or fabricate metal assemblies (e.g. racks, shelves, stands for equipment, etc.) using appropriate tools (e.g. cutting torch, arc and gas welder, high-speed disk, grinders, files, etc.).
• Performs preventive maintenance on uninterrupted power supply systems, generators, and air compressors to maintain system operation and reliability to ensure uninterrupted power and continuous air supply to critical facilities, equipment and systems using appropriate hand, power and specialty tools (e.g. hydrometer, voltmeter, amp meter, digital keypad, etc.).
• May be required to respond to 24‑hour emergency calls for assigned work area to perform emergency building or equipment repairs during off‑duty hours using a vehicle, telephone, hand, power and specialty tools and necessary materials and other related duties as assigned.
• Other duties as defined.
• Tools and Equipment – Engineering will provide a tool list.

What we are looking for:

Minimum Requirements:

• Ability to work night shift.

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:

Requires High school diploma or equivalent (GED). Additional post‑secondary education is preferred (Technical or Vocational education) in area of Industrial Engineering. Previous work experience in industrial engineering preferred. Prefer previous safety training.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit (5%), stand (25%), walk (25%), kneel/squat (25%), and bend (20%) for 8 hours.
• Ability to lift approximately up to a maximum of 75 pounds, approximately 2 times per week from floor to waist.
• Ability to reach overhead various times per day and to ground various times per day.
• Climbing stairs and ladders various times per day.
• Ability to push/pull refrigeration compressors, 55‑gallon barrels, motors, gearboxes, and panels weighing heavy amounts, upper and lower body various times per day.
• Reading, writing, seeing, hearing, communicating, adding, subtracting, understanding instructions, and complete mental capabilities.
• Ability to tolerate temperature extremes daily.
• To be in unprotected heights approximately daily.
• Exposure and sugar dust, refrigerants, and chemicals daily.

The Right Place for You

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, age, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.

We’re a community of passionate, talented professionals dedicated to creating food people and pets love—while supporting the communities in which we work and live. We value what makes each person unique, champion growth and development, and foster collaboration that fuels productivity and drives our shared success.

Learn more about our Thrive Together purpose

At Smucker, we’re passionate about creating a workplace where you truly belong. With a culture rooted in our Basic Beliefs and a competitive Total Rewards program, we aim to support every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

Learn more about working at Smucker. Our culture is sustained and brought to life every day by the people of Smucker and our hiring process is designed to identify the right candidate for every position at our company.

The J.M.Smucker Co. (the “Company”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

No person will be discriminated against in hiring or in any other aspect of their employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information, protected veteran/military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.