Production Maintenance Technician

Purpose of the Job: Perform and lead hands-on maintenance activities to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of packaging and production equipment.

Classification: Non-Exempt Hourly

Supervisory Responsibility: No

Essential Job Responsibilities and Duties:

• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and control systems to minimize downtime and maximize equipment performance.
• Support a Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) environment through preventive maintenance execution, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on production and secondary packaging equipment, including rotary blister machines, heat sealing equipment, shrink film systems, conveyors, coders, and related packaging machinery.
• Diagnose and repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and control system failures; lead root cause investigations and implement corrective actions to prevent recurring issues.
• Execute PM schedules, maintain maintenance records, support equipment changeovers and startups, and assist with TPM and continuous improvement projects that improve reliability and reduce downtime.

Education:

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Technical degree or certification in Industrial Maintenance, Mechatronics, Electrical Technology, Mechanical Technology, or a related field preferred
• Additional qualifications such as OSHA safety training, electrical troubleshooting certifications, or training provided by packaging equipment manufacturers are considered a plus.

Experience:

• 5+ years of hands-on industrial maintenance experience in manufacturing, packaging, pharmaceutical, consumer products, or distribution environments required.
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting and repairing mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and PLC-controlled equipment.
• Experience maintaining secondary packaging equipment, including rotary blistering machines, heat sealers, shrink wrappers, shrink tunnels, conveyors, labelers, and coding systems preferred.

Key Competencies:

• Ethics, Integrity, Values: Has values aligned with the company and acts accordingly. Ably builds trust.
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA), failure analysis, and corrective action implementation. Preventive Maintenance (PM) planning, scheduling, and execution within a TPM environment.
• Mechanical troubleshooting of rotary blistering machines, cartoners, conveyors, and shrink wrapping systems. Experience with heat sealing equipment, shrink film machinery, vision systems, barcode/coding equipment, and packaging line integration.
• Strong mechanical aptitude, electrical troubleshooting, pneumatic systems knowledge, and ability to read mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and equipment manuals.
• Understands safety aspects of mechanical operations.
• Organizing Skills: Plans and executes plans for events, tasks or processes in an efficient manner. Attends to all details.
• Timeliness: Can be counted on, especially for critical business needs. Consistenntly punctual and dependable.
• Time Management: Capable of managing and prioirtizing tasks. Spends time on what is important and produces excellent results despite time restraints.
• Adaptability / Flexibility: Maintains focus and postive ttitude amidst change or under pressure.
• Team Orientation: Fulfills own role and can be counted on. Steps up to assit others or support team as needed. Listens well.

Physical and Working Environment:

• Typical office and warehouse working conditions.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds on a consistent basis. Stand/walk for up to 10 hours, heavy lifting and carrying, stooping, bending, kneeling, and reaching. Work around machinery.
• Work around moving equipment and machinery with moving parts.
• Standard hours are 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday through Friday. Flexibility is required to work outside of these hours, including early mornings, evenings, and occasional weekends, to support maintenance, repairs, installations, and production needs to minimize production downtime.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this posi

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Industrial maintenance: 5 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 (Required)

Work Location: In person