Senior Packaging Maintenance Tech – High‑Speed Lines

Horan Hiring Solutions, LLC; Glendale Heights (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Horan Hiring Solutions, LLC is seeking a Lead Packaging Maintenance Mechanic in DuPage County, IL (on-site) with strong experience in high-speed food packaging. Pay ranges from $40.00 to $55.00 per hour, with multiple shifts available.

This role leads maintenance on multi-line packaging and processing lines, supports downtime repairs, and mentors junior techs. The ideal candidate has 5–10+ years in food packaging maintenance, solid electrical troubleshooting skills, and familiarity with baggers,

Qualifications

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

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

Mechanical repair

Preventive maintenance

CMMS

Education

High school diploma or GED

AAS degree or technical certifications preferred

Job description

Horan Hiring Solutions, LLC is seeking a Lead Packaging Maintenance Mechanic in DuPage County, IL (on-site) with strong experience in high-speed food packaging. Pay ranges from $40.00 to $55.00 per hour, with multiple shifts available.

This role leads maintenance on multi-line packaging and processing lines, supports downtime repairs, and mentors junior techs. The ideal candidate has 5–10+ years in food packaging maintenance, solid electrical troubleshooting skills, and familiarity with baggers,