Mechanical Maintenance Technician / Industrial Equipment Technician

MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN  

Industrial Equipment Technician | Position Profile  

PRIMARY PURPOSE  

Keep production equipment safe, reliable, food-safe, and running efficiently through troubleshooting, repairs, inspections, preventive maintenance, and continuous improvement. 

MAINTENANCE PRIORITY HIERARCHY  

1. Food Safety: Eliminate contamination risks, damaged food-contact parts, leaking seals, loose hardware, improper temporary repairs, and other conditions that could compromise product safety. 

2. Equipment / Employee Safety: Identify and correct issues involving guards, interlocks, bearings, electrical or mechanical hazards, and other unsafe equipment conditions. 

3. Equipment Reliability & Efficiency: Reduce downtime, correct recurring failures, improve equipment performance, and complete mechanical adjustments needed to maintain consistent production. 

4. Preventive Maintenance: Complete scheduled inspections, lubrication, wear-part replacement, equipment-condition checks, and accurate documentation of maintenance findings. 

5. Continuous Improvement / Projects: Support equipment upgrades, stronger component designs, guarding improvements, changeover improvements, fabrication, and reliability-focused projects. 

EQUIPMENT ENVIRONMENT  

The technician should be comfortable troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining production equipment including: 

• Mixers and blending equipment 

• Conveyors and material-handling systems 

• Ovens and baking equipment 

• Pumps and depositors 

• Packaging equipment 

• Gearboxes and motors 

• Pneumatic systems 

• Stainless-steel food-processing equipment 

PREFERRED MECHANICAL & TECHNICAL SKILLS  

• Bearings, shafts, sprockets, chains, belts, and mechanical power-transmission components 

• Gearboxes and electric motors 

• Pneumatics and basic hydraulics 

• Pumps and mechanical seals 

• Conveyor systems 

• Stainless-steel food equipment 

• Welding and fabrication 

• Troubleshooting recurring mechanical failures and identifying root causes 

• Preventive maintenance procedures and equipment inspections 

• Reading equipment manuals, schematics, and mechanical drawings 

• Basic electrical troubleshooting 

• Sensors, switches, and motors 

• Lockout/tagout (LOTO) 

• Food-manufacturing sanitation, GMP, and hygienic repair requirements 

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE  

• Equipment is repaired correctly and returned to service safely and efficiently. 

• Recurring failures are investigated to determine root cause rather than repeatedly replacing the same part. 

• Food-safety and employee-safety risks are identified and escalated immediately. 

• Preventive maintenance work is completed consistently and documented accurately. 

• Equipment condition, required parts, and outstanding maintenance needs are clearly communicated. 

• The technician contributes ideas that improve equipment reliability, maintainability, and production efficiency.