Production/Industrial Maintenance Technician

Lakeside Foods Inc.; New Richmond (WI); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Lakeside Foods Inc. is seeking a Production/Industrial Maintenance Technician to join their team in New Richmond, WI. The role is essential for ensuring optimal equipment functionality and involves repairing and maintaining food processing machinery. Ideal candidates are mechanically inclined, possess a strong work ethic, and are eager to learn. This position offers competitive wages, excellent benefits, and a supportive work environment focused on safety and growth.

Benefits

Excellent market-leading low cost medical insurance

Paid vacation and personal time after 30 days

Retirement plan with company match of 40% up to 5% of pay

Paid onsite and offsite training

Safety glasses & safety shoe reimbursement

Qualifications

• Prior experience with mechanical maintenance preferred.
• Willingness to learn/enhance skills through on the job training.

Responsibilities

• Repair and maintain a wide variety of food processing machinery and conveyors.
• Work with fabrication, installation of equipment, hydraulics and pneumatics.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Strong work ethic

Safety mindset

Job description

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Production/Industrial Maintenance Technician

Department: Plant

Location:

New Richmond, WI, US, 54017

At Lakeside Foods and our family of companies, we're committed to providing wholesome foods to enrich people’s lives through food. We are a culture that pursues our vision of growth and innovation with passion, confidence, and commitment. We are strongest together – valuing collaborative contribution, transparency and new ideas to enable change and growth. We are committed to an inclusive and respectful environment that promotes a healthy work-life balance, and there’s a seat at the table for you.

Here at Lakeside Foods, our maintenance technician team is the backbone of our operations, ensuring equipment runs optimally while maintaining the facility. Maintenance mechanics/technicians are respected versatile team members, performing mechanical and/or fabrication updates and using their knowledge to continuously improve production processes. If you are a creative problem-solver who perseveres through challenging equipment repairs, or is willing to learn, we want to talk with you.

What You’ll Get:

• Competitive wages based on experience
• Preventative Maintenance Season (November – May): Four 10’s Monday – Thursday
• Production Season (July – November) – 12 hours shift 4 days on 2 days off rotating schedule (2nd Shift)
• Non-Production Season (December – June) – Mon-Thursday/4, 10 hour days
• Stable work environment with a growing company
• Excellent market-leading low cost medical insurance, dental and vision insurance
• Paid vacation and personal time after 30 days of employment
• Retirement plan with company match of 40% up to 5% of pay
• Prescription safety glasses & safety shoe reimbursement
• Paid onsite and offsite training
• Positive work environment with family spirit
• An Employer that works hard to ensure your safety on the job

What You’ll Do:

• Repair and maintain a wide variety of food processing machinery and conveyers
• Work with fabrication, installation of equipment, hydraulics and pneumatics
• Assist with maintaining product flow through the plant as needed

What You’ll Bring:

• Mechanical aptitude
• Prior experience with mechanical maintenance preferred
• Willingness to learn/enhance skills through on the job training
• Strong work ethic
• Safety mindset

Where You’ll Work:

Located 29 miles from Saint Paul, MN and 37 miles from Minneapolis, MN New Richmond is known for its breathtaking scenery. Explore everything this area has to offer — from activities and attractions, to fairs and festivals, there's something here for everybody!

Lakeside Foods and our family of companies welcomes people of all backgrounds and the varied ideas they bring to the workplace. Being an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer is part of our heritage and culture. We recruit, hire and promote employees based on qualifications and merit, without regard to race, religion, age, gender, disability, marital or veteran status. Lakeside Foods participates in E-Verify.