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Maintenance Mechanic – Preventive Maintenance

**Pay Rate:** $22.00/hour

**Shift:** 2nd Shift (primary)

_Must be flexible to cover 1st and 3rd shifts when required._

Position Overview

The Maintenance Mechanic is responsible for performing scheduled preventive maintenance on a wide range of plant equipment and production machinery. This role includes identifying potential issues, completing repairs, and ensuring equipment stays in optimal operating condition. A key focus of the role is the care, maintenance, and monitoring of industrial batteries and the battery area.

Key Responsibilities

Preventive Maintenance & Repair

+ Perform routine oiling, greasing, and lubrication of plant equipment such as conveyors, pallet jacks, pallet destackers, multi-shifters, and other machinery based on PM schedules.

+ Conduct preventive maintenance inspections, checking for wear on shafts, belts, chains, sprockets, hoses, lubrication systems, and other critical components using instruments such as feeler gauges, calipers, and ohmmeters.

+ Inspect machinery to diagnose mechanical or electrical issues and determine appropriate corrective action.

+ Use blueprints, schematics, manuals, and verbal instructions to troubleshoot and repair equipment.

+ Replace or repair worn/defective components, including bearings, hoses, relays, switches, fuses, belts, lubrication lines, and hydraulic valves.

+ Perform basic electrical troubleshooting using voltmeters and electrical schematics; clean or replace contacts, fuses, relays, and related components as needed.

Equipment & Facility Care

+ Maintain equipment cleanliness and appearance, including removing dirt, oil, and grease and performing touch-up painting as required.

+ Assist with the installation, rebuilding, or restoration of machinery to original operating condition.

+ Perform minor facility repairs such as light carpentry, plumbing, sheet metal repair, painting, or concrete patching as needed.

+ Organize and maintain spare parts inventory; log usage to support accurate monthly restocking.

Battery Maintenance (Primary Responsibility)

+ Charge, change, clean, and wash industrial batteries according to established safety and operational procedures.

+ Perform monthly preventive maintenance on all batteries.

+ Operate battery wash water evaporators and log volumes processed to ensure compliance.

Requirements & Expectations

+ Ability to work assigned 2nd shift and flex between 1st or 3rd (night) shifts as needed.

+ Willingness to work overtime when required.

+ Strong mechanical aptitude and experience using hand tools, diagnostic tools, schematics, and maintenance equipment.

+ Commitment to safety, organization, and consistent follow-through.

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here (https://www.mykelly.com/help-support-working-with-kelly-us/#Benefits) for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

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