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Job Title: Maintenance Technician

Job Description

This role entails maintaining and repairing production equipment and facility systems within a fast-paced, GMP-regulated food manufacturing environment. The Maintenance Technician will handle both mechanical and electrical troubleshooting, support preventive maintenance programs, assist with production line changeovers and startups, and ensure all work is properly documented and validated with engineering. Additionally, this position involves ordering parts, coordinating with vendors, and supporting outsourced service teams.

Responsibilities

+ Perform mechanical and electrical troubleshooting of production equipment.

+ Support preventive maintenance programs and production line changeovers.

+ Document and validate all work with engineering.

+ Order parts and coordinate with vendors.

+ Support outsourced service teams.

+ Assist in production line startups.

Essential Skills

+ 5+ years of experience in industrial maintenance within a manufacturing or food processing environment.

+ 2+ years of experience in electrical processing, including troubleshooting 3-phase power systems and interpreting electrical schematics.

+ Experience with motors, VFDs, and control panels.

+ 5 years of experience in mechanical repair, including conveyor systems, gearboxes, bearings, and line changeovers.

+ 5 years of experience in preventive maintenance, specifically with hydraulics and pneumatics.

+ Ability to read pneumatic schematics and troubleshoot valves, cylinders, and air systems.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

+ 1+ year of experience in food manufacturing or GMP environments.

+ 1+ year of experience in TIG welding, particularly light welding on stainless steel components for equipment repair or fabrication.

+ 1+ year of experience in fabrication, including cutting, grinding, and assembling custom brackets or machine parts.

+ Basic PLC troubleshooting skills, including identifying and resetting PLC faults (no programming required).

+ Spanish language skills are helpful for communicating with bilingual team members and vendors.

Why Work Here?

Join a company with over 125 years of history, known for strong job security and representation as a Union 399 shop. Enjoy excellent benefits including health, dental, medical, and pension plans, along with quarterly bonuses and consistent contract renewals. Be part of a small, tight-knit maintenance team where you will be the third technician. Experience a hands-on, high-impact role with real responsibility in a GMP-compliant facility equipped with modern technology.

Work Environment

Work in a GMP-regulated environment with 3-4 production lines, including herring, smoked salmon, fresh salmon, and ready-to-eat food lines. Become part of a two-person maintenance team as the third technician. The environment may have a fishy smell, but masks can be worn due to GMP requirements.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Chicago, Illinois.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $60000.00 - $79000.00/yr.

Excellent benefits: health, dental, medical, and pension

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Chicago,IL.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jun 13, 2025.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.