Maintenance Technician

Job Title: Maintenance Technician

Job Description

As a Maintenance Technician, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of equipment and machinery. You will be responsible for performing preventive and proactive maintenance to prevent equipment breakdowns, utilizing your skills in root-cause analysis to investigate issues and collaborating with other departments for solutions.

Responsibilities

• Effectively complete preventive and proactive maintenance per the schedule to prevent breakdowns on equipment.
• Utilize root-cause analysis skills to investigate breakdowns and line stoppages while collaborating with other departments.
• Act as the initial responder when a line stops producing and ensure that the appropriate mechanical help is on site promptly.
• Prioritize work to ensure timely maintenance, repair, and installation of equipment, tools, and utility systems.
• Complete all required paperwork and documentation in the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Repair or maintain the operating condition of industrial production or processing machinery or equipment.
• Observe and test the operation of machinery or equipment to diagnose malfunctions using voltmeters or other testing devices.
• Operate newly repaired machinery or equipment to verify the adequacy of repairs.
• Analyze test results, machine error messages, or information obtained from operators to diagnose equipment problems.
• Inspect operating machines and equipment for conformance with operational and safety performance standards.
• Support the facility’s food safety and food quality programs to assure compliance and achieve desired results.

Essential Skills

• Experience with conveyors, VFD, PLC troubleshooting, industrial electrical troubleshooting, maintenance repair, motors, hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical, and mechanical systems.
• Food and beverage experience is required.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Demonstrated ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).
• Ability to work flexible hours if needed.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Preferred experience with bearings, conveyors, wiring motors 3 phase 480 volts, PMs, rebuilds, and PLC.
• Knowledge of GMPs.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
• Need own tools.

Why Work Here?

Join a team that values your expertise and skills, offering a dynamic work environment where your contributions make a difference. Experience the satisfaction of working in a facility that prioritizes safety, quality, and innovation.

Work Environment

Work with bottling machines, filling machines, labeling machines, carton making machines, palletizer, conveyors, and PLCs. The position operates on a 223 schedule with hours from 6am to 6:30pm, requiring standing, walking, kneeling, and bending.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of WILSON, NC.

The pay range for this position is $25.00 - $32.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in WILSON,NC.

This position is anticipated to close on Dec 29, 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.