Senior Packaging Maintenance Tech – High-Speed Food

Sun Recruiting; Glendale Heights (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime available

Modern equipment

Strong team culture

Privately owned company

Talent recruitment

Job summary

Sun Recruiting is seeking a Lead Packaging Maintenance Mechanic for a high-speed food production facility in DuPage County, IL. This on-site role oversees maintenance on multiple lines, ensuring packaging and processing equipment run smoothly.

You will rebuild and repair machinery, diagnose mechanical, pneumatic, and electrical faults, mentor junior technicians, and log all work in the CMMS. Competitive pay $40–$55/hour, with overtime and strong team culture.

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years of maintenance experience in high-speed food packaging.
• Strong electrical troubleshooting ability; no full electrician credentials required.
• Experience maintaining and rebuilding packaging machinery like baggers, form-fill-seal equipment, and sealers.
• CMMS experience preferred.
• HS diploma or GED; AAS degree, technical certifications, or equivalent hands‑on experience preferred.
• Willing and able to coach less experienced mechanics.
• Self-sufficient and comfortable taking on the toughest problems on the floor.

Responsibilities

• Keep high-speed packaging and processing equipment running across a large, multi-line plant.
• Rebuild and refurbish machinery to like-new condition during both planned and emergency downtime.
• Diagnose mechanical, pneumatic, and electrical faults on baggers, sealers, scales, and supporting equipment, and fix them without waiting on help.
• Handle electrical troubleshooting and repairs on the lines as part of your daily work.
• Teach and mentor junior technicians, passing along what you know.
• Complete preventive maintenance tasks and log all work in the CMMS.
• Work alongside operations and engineering on improvement projects.

Skills

Electrical troubleshooting

Maintenance experience

Coaching juniors

Self-sufficient

Education

HS diploma or GED

AAS degree or technical certification

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Sun Recruiting is seeking a Lead Packaging Maintenance Mechanic for a high-speed food production facility in DuPage County, IL. This on-site role oversees maintenance on multiple lines, ensuring packaging and processing equipment run smoothly.

You will rebuild and repair machinery, diagnose mechanical, pneumatic, and electrical faults, mentor junior technicians, and log all work in the CMMS. Competitive pay $40–$55/hour, with overtime and strong team culture.