Mechanic Technician - Processing

McCain Foods; Wisconsin Rapids (WI); On-site; USD 39,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive hourly rate

Insurance day one

401k match

PTO & holidays

Maternity/paternity leave

Set schedule & overtime

Education reimbursement

Job summary

McCain Foods USA, Inc. in Wisconsin Rapids seeks a Maintenance Technician – Processing for 3rd shift (11PM–7AM) with weekend rotation. You’ll maintain, troubleshoot, and repair mechanical and electrical plant systems, ensuring safety, quality, and compliance with OSHA/NEC codes.

Strong documentation in CMMS and ability to read prints are required. Qualified candidates will have Industrial Maintenance Mechanic or Journeyman certification, basic electrical knowledge, own tools, and a mindset for

Qualifications

• Requires Industrial Maintenance Mechanic and/or State Mechanical Journeyman certification.
• Basic electrical knowledge—including electrical/instrumentation tech school credits, OJT, or millwright coursework.
• Must have own tools to perform related tasks safely.
• Must possess strong ability to interpret mechanical and electrical prints, schematics, and wiring diagrams.
• Demonstrates safety-minded approach and meticulous documentation.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, modify, and design equipment layouts under supervision.
• Ensure mechanical/electrical care, maintenance, and operability per safety and quality standards.
• Operate, troubleshoot, repair plant systems using specialized tools and expertise.
• Complete required reports and work orders in CMMS with proper documentation.
• Keep repair areas clean to meet food safety guidelines.

Skills

Electrical knowledge

Troubleshooting

Prints & schematics

Tool use

Safety-minded

Education

Industrial Maintenance Mechanic certification

State Mechanical Journeyman certification

Tools

Hand tools

Electrical testing tools

Job description

Position Title: Maintenance Technician - Processing

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Grade: MEC_U_14

Requisition ID: 44969

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences —together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About The Role.

What you’ll be doing.

Responsibilities

The Maintenance Technician – Processing maintains, modifies and occasionally designs equipment layouts, estimates costs, and builds plant equipment under slight supervision. This role is responsible for the mechanical/electrical care, maintenance, and operability of all associated equipment in accordance with safety, quality, specifications, federal guidelines and company policies. Your day-to-day may consist of:

• Promotes job safety, participates in developing plant safety goals, policies, and maintains compliance with OSHA and NEC/70E codes.
• Operates, troubleshoots, repairs, and maintains mechanical, electrical, and automated plant systems using specialized tools and technical expertise.
• Performs assigned and emergency maintenance tasks, including lubrication, electrical work, and responding efficiently to trouble calls.
• Accurately completes required reports, work orders, and records within the CMMS system, maintaining proper documentation and supporting quality processes.
• Ensures repair areas are properly cleaned to meet food safety guidelines; collaborates with team members and provides technical support as needed.

This role works in a manufacturing environment with potential exposure to loud noises, strong odors, temperature fluctuations, moving machinery, wet or humid conditions, hazardous chemicals, high or confined areas, extreme temperatures, and vibration throughout various facility areas. This role also regularly engages in prolonged standing, walking, communicating, and sensory tasks throughout each shift, while frequently handling objects, climbing, balancing, and performing various physical movements such as stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling as part of job duties. The use of close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus is required.

Available Shift: 3rd Shift (11PM-7AM) & alternating weekends, shift differential offered.

What You’ll Need To Be Successful.

• Requires Industrial Maintenance Mechanic and/or State Mechanical Journeyman certification, or equivalent experience and demonstrated competency; additionally, candidate must possess basic electrical knowledge—including electrical/instrumentation tech school credits, OJT, or millwright coursework (2008 or later)—or equivalent experience and demonstrated competency.
• Demonstrates safe working practices with 480 volt three-phase power, possesses basic knowledge of electrical systems (power distribution, control wiring, PLCs, VFDs, servos), performs troubleshooting and component replacement, interprets VFD faults, and sets up codes on coders; does not perform installation or programming of advanced systems.
• Must have own tools to perform related tasks safely.
• Must possess strong knowledge and ability to interpret mechanical and electrical prints, schematics, and wiring diagrams relevant to the field.
• Maintains a continuous learning mindset and adapts quickly to new equipment, processes, and roles.
• Demonstrates strong technical ability with a digital-first approach, embracing new technologies and accurately entering data.
• Communicates clearly with all levels of the organization, follows instructions (written/oral/diagram form), and completes necessary documentation independently in English.
• Pays close attention to detail, prioritizing product quality, safety, and accurate record-keeping.
• Physically capable of meeting job requirements and consistently brings a positive, team-focused attitude to work.
• Demonstrates adaptability, technical proficiency, analytical ability, and problem-solving skills while working independently or collaboratively to ensure effective and logical decision-making in diverse situations.
• Demonstrates the physical capability to bend frequently and lift heavy objects (up to 40 pounds), alongside proficiency in safely operating Powered Industrial Vehicles to support workplace operations.

Benefits Of The Role.

• Competitive hourly rate
• Insurance day ONE of employment
• 401k match up to 6%
• PTO, company holidays, wellness days
• Maternity/paternity leave
• Set schedule/overtime allowances
• Education reimbursement

Leadership principles.

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

AI & Digital Capabilities

At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture

The McCain Experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.

Compensation Package

Starting at 34.60 USD hourly + Bonus eligibility + Hourly Pay Differential for applicable shifts

The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Benefits

At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support, including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with applicable law and can vary by work level, location, and nature of the role. Additional benefits details available during the application process.

Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here.

Job Family:

Manufacturing

Location(s):

US - United States of America : Wisconsin : Wisconsin Rapids

Company:

McCain Foods USA, Inc.