Senior Industrial Maintenance Technician – Food Processing (On-site)

Essenti Talent; Blue Island (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Lead Industrial Maintenance Technician role at Essenti Talent in Blue Island, IL. The position covers a true industrial plant environment with three shifts and on-site work.

Expect hands-on mechanical and electrical maintenance, including 480V equipment, in a fast-paced food processing setting. Candidates will diagnose issues with SCADA/PLC/VFD systems, perform welding, fabrication, and rigging, and maintain CMMS records.

Qualifications

• Electrical experience with 480V three-phase systems.
• Industrial plant mechanical troubleshooting experience.
• Welding experience (MIG and stick) preferred.
• SCADA/PLC/VFD exposure preferred.
• CMMS experience preferred.
• OSHA/LOTO training or knowledge required.
• Comfortable in a hot, non-air-conditioned environment.

Responsibilities

• Handle mechanical and electrical maintenance across a three-shift food processing plant
• Diagnose and fix mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic problems, including 480V equipment
• Weld (MIG and stick), fabricate, and rig as jobs call for it
• Install, align, and service pumps, conveyors, motors, gearboxes, screens, and tanks
• Use SCADA, PLCs, VFDs, sensors, and instrumentation to track down equipment faults
• Complete PM work in the CMMS and keep work and parts records accurate
• Follow and enforce LOTO, confined space, hot work, and OSHA rules
• Help the maintenance manager plan and prioritize work
• Be the person any shift can count on when something breaks

Skills

Electrical 480V

Mechanical troubleshooting

Welding MIG/STICK

SCADA/PLC/VFD

CMMS exposure

OSHA/LOTO knowledge

Industrial plant experience

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Lead Industrial Maintenance Technician role at Essenti Talent in Blue Island, IL. The position covers a true industrial plant environment with three shifts and on-site work.

Expect hands-on mechanical and electrical maintenance, including 480V equipment, in a fast-paced food processing setting. Candidates will diagnose issues with SCADA/PLC/VFD systems, perform welding, fabrication, and rigging, and maintain CMMS records.