Maintenance Technician

Job Title: Maintenance Technician


Job Location:
Louisa, Virginia United States

At Tetra Pak we commit to making food safe and available, everywhere; and we protect what's good - protecting food, protecting people, and protecting the planet. By doing so we touch millions of people's lives every day. And we need people like you to make it happen.

Maintenance Technician (Louisa, VA)

Tetra Pak Tubex Inc. is looking for a Maintenance Technician to be based out of our Louisa, VA factory. This position that will perform all maintenance tasks involved in the production of straws, by following standard work methods to ensure quality and safe work practices.


What you will do

As a Maintenance Technician your key responsibilities will be:

• Perform basic maintenance, repair and troubleshoot on U straw machines, extruders and Telescopic straw production line
• Clean, inspect, lubricate and identify general machine anomalies
• Reporting on all maintenance tasks
• Participate on Autonomous Maintenance Teams, lead teams as needed
• Train other employees as needed
• Problem solving
• Perform other duties as assigned

Who you are

We believe you have:

• 2+ years basic machine maintenance experience
• Problem solving skills
• Embrace change
• Collaboration
• Intermediate Computer Skills
• Basic math skills, reading comprehension
• WCM basic methodology preferred

What we offer you

Tetra Pak provides the following compensation range that in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Ranges are determined by role, level and responsibilities. Within the range, individual pay is defined by diverse factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, work location and others. This compensation range is based on a full-time schedule. The estimate displayed is just one component of Tetra Pak's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards include annual performance bonus, competitive benefits, and work-related allowances.

Hourly Range: $23 - $28
Benefits: 401k company match, paid time off, paid holidays, health, dental, vision, life,
disability insurance, Paid Parental Leave, and much more

Job summary

A maintenance technician works on equipment maintenance including breakdown maintenance. They maintain the machines as per AM/PM logs, ensure proper equipment works during the shift and correct anomalies in case of breakdown, peform preventive and corrective activities on equipment according to maintenance plans under the supervision of Maintenance Engineer.

You will:

• Follow production safety rules and work according to existing procedures/standards and maintenance process
• Receive and sort spare parts, consumables/supplies as per SOP and 5S standards.
• Participate in regular preventive maintenance.
• Maintain MDM request and update equipment tree in SAP5 based on requests.
• Attend to breakdowns onsite ensuring arapid response and that plant equipment and machine breakdown time is minimised
• Participate as a member in maintenance improvement teams

Measurables:

Short stops/ breakdowns on machine/equipment, mean down time targets, red tags numbers, activities in SAP, spare parts storage, time based maintenance, compliance ratio and targets, 5S all maintenance areas

Apply now!

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This job posting has expired as of October 13th, 2026.

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Tetra Pak is not currently sponsoring relocation for this position.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.