Maintenance Technician: PLC & Food-Grade Equipment Repair

MSI Express; Portage (IN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

MSI Express in Portage, IN seeks a Maintenance Technician to troubleshoot, repair, and maintain equipment per electrical diagrams, manuals, and CMMS entries. You will ensure safety, quality, and production targets are met.

Responsibilities include routine preventive maintenance, repairs of motors, PLCs, conveyors, and electrical systems, plus documenting work orders and parts usage. This role requires good manual dexterity and lifting capability.

Qualifications

• Ability to write work orders, parts requests, shift logs, routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance manuals.
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, crouch, stoop, reach, stretch, step, climb and/or sit frequently or through the duration of the shift.
• PC or tablet competency, and ability to use handheld devices.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds regularly; and occasionally lift and or move up to 100 pounds with or without assistance.
• Minimum of High School Diploma required.

Responsibilities

• Performs routine maintenance, such as inspecting drives, or belts, checking fluid levels, replacing filters, or doing other preventive maintenance actions such as lubrication of shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of the machinery.
• Troubleshoots, repairs, and maintains mechanical and electrical equipment such as motors, pneumatics, electronic boards, PLCs, touch screens, displays, contactors, conveyors, blending, scaling, filling, cartoning coding/printing, electrical, compressed air, vacuum hydraulic and bulk-filling systems using appropriate tools, precision measuring instruments, or electrical or electronic testing devices.
• Electricity systems related to production and plant support equipment ranging from single phase to three phase equipment along with voltages ranging from 5VDC – 480 VAC.
• Welds different grades of metal for repairs and fabrication using different plant welding techniques (i.e. MIG, TIG, and Arc).
• Thoroughly cleans machines and machine parts, removing parts and reinstalling as necessary.

Skills

Reading safety rules/manuals

Troubleshooting

Reading/interpret documents

PC or tablet competency

Lifting up to 50 pounds

Teamwork and training

Education

High School Diploma

2-year technical or community college degree (preferred)

Tools

CMMS system

Electrical testing tools

Job description

MSI Express in Portage, IN seeks a Maintenance Technician to troubleshoot, repair, and maintain equipment per electrical diagrams, manuals, and CMMS entries. You will ensure safety, quality, and production targets are met.

Responsibilities include routine preventive maintenance, repairs of motors, PLCs, conveyors, and electrical systems, plus documenting work orders and parts usage. This role requires good manual dexterity and lifting capability.