Night Shift Maintenance Tech - Industrial Machinery & PLCs

Shearer's Foods, Inc.; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 62,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Shearer’s Foods Waterford Plant in Pennsylvania is seeking a Maintenance Technician to keep production equipment running in a safety-focused, continuous improvement environment.

The role emphasizes mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and PLC-related maintenance, with a night shift schedule and a $2.00 shift premium. Candidates should be able to manage multiple tasks and follow equipment manuals for preventive maintenance.

Qualifications

• Completion of a craft apprenticeship or equivalent production maintenance experience preferred.
• Successful completion and qualifying scoring on Ramsay Maintenance Skills Assessment.
• 3 years of manufacturing experience; strong hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical and industrial skills with some PLC experience.
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings (hydraulics, pneumatics).
• Ability to manage priorities and multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Performs highly diversified duties to install and maintain production machines and the plant facility’s equipment.
• Performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service
• Provides emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment
• Performs simple machinist duties and responsibilities
• Performs mechanic skills including mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic troubleshooting and repair of production machines
• Reads and interprets equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service
• Diagnoses problems, replaces or repairs parts, tests and makes adjustments
• Performs regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment, and plant facilities
• Performs a variety of plumbing maintenance and carpentry functions
• Uses a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters and material handling equipment in performing duties
• Detects faulty operations and reports those and any unusual situations to supervision
• Complies with safety regulations and maintains clean and orderly work areas

Skills

Hydraulics

Pneumatics

Mechanical

Industrial maintenance

PLC experience

Education

Craft apprenticeship

Tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Electric meters

Job description

Shearer’s Foods Waterford Plant in Pennsylvania is seeking a Maintenance Technician to keep production equipment running in a safety-focused, continuous improvement environment.

The role emphasizes mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and PLC-related maintenance, with a night shift schedule and a $2.00 shift premium. Candidates should be able to manage multiple tasks and follow equipment manuals for preventive maintenance.