Industrial Maintenance Tech - Plastics

Tired of the Road? Step Into a Lead Plant Role. Are you a seasoned Field Service Engineer or Packaging Mechanic who knows plastic injection and blow molding equipment like the back of your hand? Tired of airport delays, living out of a suitcase, or working for plants that don't appreciate top-tier mechanical expertise?

We are working with a major, fast-paced PET container manufacturing plant in the Atlanta metro area to find a Maintenance Mechanic with 5+ years of experience to serve as the resident equipment expert on their plastics production lines.

Why You Should Consider This Opportunity:

• 0% Travel: Get off the road and sleep in your own bed every night while keeping top-tier compensation.

• Master Your Craft: Spend 80–90% of your day on the shop floor doing true high-level mechanics and troubleshooting—no sitting at a desk doing paperwork all day.

• Top-Tier Pay & Stability: Premium hourly/salary rates, full health benefits, 401(k) matching, and stable year-round production.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Serving as the primary expert for all mechanical, pneumatic, and electrical troubleshooting on Sidel SBO Series 1 rotary blow molding machinery.

• Overhauling and fine-tuning preform infeeds, oven heating profiles, mandrel drives, blow wheels, and mold changeovers.

• Maintaining high-pressure pneumatic systems (7–40 bar), 40-bar blow valves, and air recovery circuits.

• Supporting vital plant utilities, including high-pressure air compressors (Belliss & Morcom / Atelier François) and process chillers.

• Performing basic PLC diagnostics (Siemens S5/S7) and reading schematics to rapidly resolve line stoppages.

What We’re Looking For:

• 5+ years of direct mechanical maintenance experience in PET bottle manufacturing or packaging operations.

• Deep, hands-on mastery of plastic injection and/or rotary stretch blow molding equipment (OEM Field Service Engineer background is heavily preferred!).

• Advanced experience with high-pressure air systems (up to 40 bar / 600 PSI) and rotary wheel mechanical timing/adjustments.

• strong schematic-reading abilities and legacy controls troubleshooting skills.

• A true shop-floor mechanic who takes pride in solving tough technical problems hands-on.

Ready to Land a Local, High-Paying Plant Role? Confidential conversations start today. Stop chasing flights and leverage your plastics mastery into a career-defining local role.

salary: $70,720 - $74,880 per year
shift: First
work hours: 6:30 AM - 3:30 PM
education: High School

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Equipment Maintenance & Technical Execution

• Sidel Series 1 Operations: Lead all mechanical and electrical troubleshooting, repair, and overhaul efforts on Sidel SBO Series 1 rotary stretch blow molding equipment.

• Core Subsystem Repairs: Service and adjust preform infeed systems, mandrel chain drives, oven heating modules, blow wheels, stretch rods, and mold lock-up mechanisms.

• High-Pressure Air Systems: Maintain and repair high-pressure pneumatic systems (7–40 bar), including 40-bar blow air valves, manifolds, and blow air recovery circuits.

• Tooling & Mold Setups: Perform precise mold changes, neck finish tooling swaps, stretch rod alignments, and nozzle height adjustments.

• Auxiliary Utilities: Maintain plant supporting utilities, including high-pressure air compressors (e.g., Belliss & Morcom, Atelier François) and process chillers.

Controls, Safety & Reliability

• Legacy Controls Support: Read electrical schematics and perform basic PLC diagnostics, sensor calibrations, and timing adjustments (specifically on Siemens S5/S7 or similar legacy platforms).

• Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Diagnose root causes of chronic machinery failure to maximize equipment reliability and drive overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).

• Safety & Compliance: Enforce Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), arc flash safety protocols, and strict adherence to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP/SQF).

The essential functions of this role include:

• working in a smoke free environment
• wearing steel toe shoes
• working in a non-temperature controlled environment
• manual lifting up to 75lbs
• standing for 9 hours at one time
• working up to 15 hrs of overtime per week
• working weekends

Skills

• Mechanical Maintenance (10 years of experience is required)
• Electrical Maintenance (10 years of experience is required)
• Blueprint Reading (10 years of experience is required)
• Hydraulics (10 years of experience is required)
• Pneumatics (10 years of experience is required)
• Mechanical Troubleshooting (10 years of experience is required)
• Schematics (10 years of experience is required)
• Motors (10 years of experience is required)
• Gearboxes (10 years of experience is required)
• PLCs (10 years of experience is required)
• PET Packaging Equipment (7 years of experience is required)
• Rotary Stretch Blow Molding (7 years of experience is required)
• Chillers (7 years of experience is required)
• Mold Changes (7 years of experience is required)
• High Pressure Compressors (7 years of experience is required)

Qualifications

• Years of experience: 10 years
• Experience level: Experienced

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.