Manufacturing Maintenance Mechanic
Location: Rock City, Illinois
Pay: Starting around $35 per hour, based on experience
Job Type: Full-time, Direct Hire, Non-Exempt
Available Shifts:
- 2nd Shift: 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Job Summary
We are hiring experienced Manufacturing Maintenance Mechanics for a food ingredient manufacturing facility in Rock City, Illinois.
This is a hands-on maintenance position focused on pumps, motors, valves, piping systems, bearings, seals, couplings, pneumatic systems, hydraulic systems, and other process equipment.
The Maintenance Mechanic will perform preventive, corrective, and emergency maintenance to improve equipment reliability, minimize production downtime, and support safe and efficient plant operations.
Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot and repair manufacturing equipment and facility systems
- Diagnose mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic equipment problems
- Maintain and repair pumps, motors, valves, piping, and process equipment
- Inspect, repair, and replace bearings, seals, couplings, and other mechanical components
- Respond quickly to equipment breakdowns and production maintenance calls
- Perform scheduled preventive and corrective maintenance
- Identify worn, damaged, or failing equipment components
- Help determine the root causes of recurring equipment failures
- Read mechanical drawings, equipment manuals, blueprints, and technical documentation
- Complete work orders and document maintenance activities in the CMMS
- Assist with equipment installations, upgrades, modifications, and improvement projects
- Maintain tools, replacement parts, and work areas in a clean and organized condition
- Follow OSHA, food-safety, sanitation, and plant-safety procedures
- Work closely with Production, Quality, and other maintenance team members
Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED required
- At least two years of industrial or manufacturing maintenance experience preferred
- Strong mechanical troubleshooting and repair skills
- Experience maintaining industrial pumps, motors, valves, and process equipment
- Knowledge of bearings, seals, couplings, piping, and rotating equipment
- Experience troubleshooting pneumatic and hydraulic systems
- Ability to identify equipment failures and complete repairs independently
- Working knowledge of preventive and corrective maintenance practices
- Ability to read mechanical drawings, equipment manuals, and technical documentation
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and as part of a maintenance team
- Comfortable working in a food-manufacturing or regulated production environment
- Ability to perform physically demanding maintenance work and lift equipment as required
- Willingness to work either 2nd or 3rd shift
Preferred Background
- Food, beverage, dairy, ingredient, chemical, or process manufacturing experience
- Experience maintaining pumps, valves, seals, bearings, piping, and rotating equipment
- Pneumatic and hydraulic troubleshooting experience
- CMMS and work-order documentation experience
- Technical certificate or associate degree in industrial maintenance, mechanical technology, or a related field
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is dependable, mechanically inclined, self-motivated, and capable of troubleshooting manufacturing equipment without constant supervision.
Strong mechanical ability, initiative, reliability, and independent problem-solving are the highest priorities.
Relevant previous titles may include Maintenance Mechanic, Industrial Maintenance Mechanic, Manufacturing Maintenance Mechanic, Plant Maintenance Mechanic, Process Maintenance Mechanic, Industrial Mechanic, Millwright, or Mechanical Maintenance Technician.
Apply Today
Qualified candidates interested in a stable, full-time opportunity on 2nd or 3rd shift are encouraged to apply. Please submit an updated resume highlighting your manufacturing maintenance experience and work with pumps, motors, valves, bearings, piping, pneumatic systems, hydraulic systems, and process equipment.
