Senior Lead Technician – High-Speed Packaging Maintenance

Professional Recruiting Consultants, Inc.; Glendale Heights (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime up to 50 hours/week

Modern equipment

Strong team culture

Company actively recruiting top talent

Job summary

Professional Recruiting Consultants, Inc. is seeking a Lead Packaging Maintenance Mechanic for a high-speed food production facility in DuPage County, IL. This on-site role focuses on keeping multiple lines running, with a strong emphasis on preventive maintenance and CMMS documentation.

You will rebuild, troubleshoot, and repair packaging machinery, mentor junior technicians, and collaborate with operations and engineering on improvement projects. Overtime opportunities exist.

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years of maintenance experience in high-speed food packaging/manufacturing.
• Strong electrical troubleshooting ability, with no full electrician credentials required.
• Experience maintaining and rebuilding packaging machinery such as baggers, form-fill-seal equipment, and sealers.
• CMMS experience preferred.
• Willing and able to coach less experienced mechanics.
• High school diploma or GED; AAS degree or certifications preferred.
• Self-sufficient and on-floor problem solver.
• Familiarity with common packaging brands is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Keep high-speed packaging and processing equipment running across a large, multi-line plant.
• Rebuild and refurbish machinery to like-new condition during planned and emergency downtime.
• Diagnose mechanical, pneumatic, and electrical faults on baggers, sealers, scales, and supporting equipment; fix independently.
• Handle electrical troubleshooting and repairs on the lines daily.
• Teach and mentor junior technicians.
• Complete preventive maintenance tasks and log all work in the CMMS.
• Work alongside operations and engineering on improvement projects.

Skills

Electrical troubleshooting

Mentoring technicians

Floor problem solving

Education

High school diploma or GED

AAS degree or technical certifications

Tools

CMMS experience

Job description

Professional Recruiting Consultants, Inc. is seeking a Lead Packaging Maintenance Mechanic for a high-speed food production facility in DuPage County, IL. This on-site role focuses on keeping multiple lines running, with a strong emphasis on preventive maintenance and CMMS documentation.

You will rebuild, troubleshoot, and repair packaging machinery, mentor junior technicians, and collaborate with operations and engineering on improvement projects. Overtime opportunities exist.