Senior Maintenance Mechanic – Food Packaging

JobSquad (United States); Medley (FL); On-site; USD 41,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

JobSquad is seeking a Senior Industrial Maintenance Mechanic for the Medley, FL area. The role focuses on hands-on maintenance of Flow Pack packaging lines with strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting abilities.

You will diagnose failures, repair components, and improve machine reliability and uptime in a food-processing environment. Candidates should have 5+ years in industrial maintenance (7+ preferred), and expertise in motors, drives, conveyors, and automation.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of hands-on industrial maintenance experience; 7+ years preferred.
• Experience in food processing or packaging is highly desirable.
• Flow Pack experience with fault diagnosis and adjustment is mandatory.
• Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills across drives, motors, and conveyors.
• CAD proficiency (AutoCAD, Fusion 360, or SolidWorks) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and optimize Flow Pack packaging lines: film feeding, registration marks, photoeyes, sealing jaws, cutting systems, product infeed, temperature controls, encoders, servos, and synchronization.
• Diagnose PLC I/O and HMI alarms; troubleshoot sensors, relays, safety circuits, motor controls, and three-phase systems; install and troubleshoot VFDs.
• Repair and align motors, bearings, shafts, gearboxes, chains, and conveyors; identify root causes of vibration or wear.
• Perform MIG/TIG welding, fabrications for stainless-steel supports, guards, and machine modifications; create CAD drawings as needed.
• Measure, reverse-engineer components, sketch or CAD-design parts, prototype and coordinate fabrication.
• Support pumps, piping, valves, pneumatic systems, and related food-processing equipment; contribute to installations and commissioning.
• Conduct root-cause analysis, implement corrective actions, improve changeovers and product flow; document findings.

Skills

Flow Pack experience

Mechanical maintenance

Electrical troubleshooting

PLC & automation

Tools

AutoCAD

Fusion 360

SolidWorks

Job description

JobSquad is seeking a Senior Industrial Maintenance Mechanic for the Medley, FL area. The role focuses on hands-on maintenance of Flow Pack packaging lines with strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting abilities.

You will diagnose failures, repair components, and improve machine reliability and uptime in a food-processing environment. Candidates should have 5+ years in industrial maintenance (7+ preferred), and expertise in motors, drives, conveyors, and automation.