Setup and Maintenance Technician

About Us

IBR Packaging is a contract packaging facility in Carrollton, TX specializing in flexible packaging — stick packs, sachets, and pouches — for food, supplement, cosmetic, and OTC drug customers. FDA-registered, SQF Level 2 certified. We run multiple short production runs per week for different customers, which means our lines change over constantly. Every day looks different.

The Role

We are hiring a Setup and Maintenance Technician. This role owns the packaging lines: setting them up for each new product, running changeovers between customer jobs, and fixing them when something goes wrong. The majority of your day is hands-on setup and changeover work. Preventive maintenance and troubleshooting happen when the lines are down or between runs.

This is not a role for someone who wants to sit in a shop and wait for work orders. This is a role for someone who lives on the production floor, owns the lines, and takes pride in getting them running clean and running fast.

We hire on aptitude and work ethic. You do not need prior experience on our specific equipment — we will teach you the machines. You do need to be someone who can walk up to a machine, understand what it needs, and make it happen.

What You'll Do

• Set up packaging equipment for new production runs. Load film, adjust forming tubes, set fill weights, dial in seal parameters, verify first-off product meets spec.

• Run changeovers between customer jobs. Break down the current setup, clean and sanitize per SQF standards, reconfigure for the next product, and get it running.

• Troubleshoot and repair mechanical and electrical issues. Diagnose sensor faults, motor problems, drive errors, and pneumatic issues in real time during production.

• Perform preventive maintenance on schedule when lines are down. Lubrication, belt and bearing inspection, wear-part replacement.

• Read and work from electrical schematics and mechanical drawings.

• Use precision measurement tools (calipers, micrometers) to verify parts, tolerances, and first-article product.

• Fabricate, modify, and repair parts as needed — small welding, machining, and bench work.

• Document setup parameters, maintenance work, and parts usage in our CMMS.

• Support the production team as an active part of the floor — this is a small-team environment where everyone pitches in.

Equipment You'll Work On

Horizontal pouch machines, vertical baggers, stick pack machines, sachet fillers, auger fillers, vibratory pill counters, air compressors, and general facility mechanical and electrical systems.

Required

• 3+ years of hands-on setup, changeover, or maintenance experience in manufacturing, contract packaging, food/beverage production, or similar production environment. Distillery, craft manufacturing, and short-run production backgrounds are all relevant.

• Setup and changeover experience. You've reconfigured production equipment for different products, sizes, or specifications before. Bonus points if you've done it multiple times per week.

• Mechanical troubleshooting depth. You diagnose root causes, not just swap parts.

• Electrical troubleshooting ability. Sensors, motors, drives, control wiring, schematics.

• Comfortable reading electrical and mechanical schematics.

• Ownership mentality. You take a problem, you own it, you finish it. You don't wait for someone to tell you what to do next.

• Able to work 7:30 AM start with occasional Saturdays and 12-hour days when workload requires.

• Located within reasonable commuting distance of Carrollton, TX.

Helpful but Not Required

• Flexible packaging equipment experience (HFFS, VFFS, stick pack, sachet, auger fillers)

• Contract manufacturing or job shop background (frequent setups and changeovers)

• PLC exposure (Allen-Bradley, Siemens) — you're not programming, but you understand I/O

• Pneumatics and compressed air systems

• Welding, machining, and general fabrication

• CAD or basic technical drawing

• Forklift certification, LOTO, confined space training

• GMP / SQF / FDA-regulated environment experience

• Bilingual English/Spanish

• Military maintenance background

What We Are NOT Looking For

• Machine operators looking to move into maintenance with no troubleshooting background

• Reactive-maintenance-only technicians whose day is waiting for breakdowns to happen — this role requires being active on the floor during setups and changeovers, not just responding to alarms

• Maintenance helpers whose role was assisting a tech rather than leading the work

Compensation

Starting pay is $26–$32 per hour based on demonstrated experience and skills at hire. We do formal reviews at 90 days and annually. Overtime paid at time and a half after 40 hours.

Work Environment

• In-person, on-site at our Carrollton facility

• Tobacco and drug-free workplace

• 100% air conditioned facility

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $26.00 - $32.00 per hour starting

Pay: $26.00 - $32.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• Describe the most difficult mechanical or electrical problem you've personally diagnosed and fixed. What was broken, how did you figure it out, and what did you do to fix it?
• Are you comfortable with a 7:30 AM start, occasional Saturdays, and occasional 12-hour days when workload requires?

Experience:

• Electrical troubleshooting: 2 years (Required)
• Maintenance: 3 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Carrollton, TX 75006 (Required)

Work Location: In person