Maintenance Technician - Food & Beverage (50% Travel)

Leoforce; Lenoir City (TN); On-site; USD 41,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

50% travel

Job summary

Leoforce is seeking a Maintenance Technician to perform corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance across production lines in our Tennessee facilities. The role involves troubleshooting gearboxes, motors, HVAC, and pneumatics to minimize downtime and ensure food safety compliance.

You will read schematics, interpret PLC/HMI signals, and support equipment installations and startups. Overtime and weekend work may be required based on production needs.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• 3+ years of manufacturing equipment maintenance and repair experience with basic electrical knowledge.
• Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting; able to assemble/dismantle machinery with hand/power tools.
• Experience with production and packaging automation, pneumatics, and vacuum systems.
• Ability to read schematics/diagrams; basic PLC/HMI signal interpretation.
• Familiarity with Allen-Bradley/Omron/Panasonic equipment.
• Overtime, weekends, holidays flexibility.
• Preferred certifications: Millwright/Industrial Electrician; MRP/spreadsheet skills; VFFS/HFFS packaging experience.
• Food/beverage manufacturing experience valuable.

Responsibilities

• Perform corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance on production equipment and building systems.
• Troubleshoot and repair gearboxes, motors, vacuum pumps, blowers, roasters, grinders, conveyors, and packaging equipment.
• Perform basic maintenance on compressors and HVAC systems.
• Diagnose mechanical and electrical faults using schematics, diagrams, and PLC/HMI signals.
• Maintain pneumatic valves, positioning systems, and batching equipment.
• Service filling, sealing, conveying, wrapping, weighing, and batching equipment.
• Support equipment installations, startups, and shutdowns.
• Communicate parts usage and replenishment needs to the maintenance planner.
• Identify equipment bottlenecks and minimize downtime.
• Support process improvements and automation projects.
• Coordinate with production leadership, vendors, and contractors.
• Operate equipment and train operators in proper operation and autonomous maintenance.
• Follow food safety, quality, sanitation, and PPE practices.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Electrical knowledge

Mechanical aptitude

Reading schematics

Team coordination

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Allen-Bradley

Omron

Panasonic

PLC/HMI signals

Hand and power tools

Job description

Leoforce is seeking a Maintenance Technician to perform corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance across production lines in our Tennessee facilities. The role involves troubleshooting gearboxes, motors, HVAC, and pneumatics to minimize downtime and ensure food safety compliance.

You will read schematics, interpret PLC/HMI signals, and support equipment installations and startups. Overtime and weekend work may be required based on production needs.