Senior Maintenance Technician (1st Shift)

We are seeking a Senior Industrial Maintenance Technician to lead maintenance operations at our Carrollton, GA packaging and paper manufacturing facility on a Monday – Friday, 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM schedule. s the senior lead of a two-person team, you will manage preventive maintenance (PM) scheduling, oversee MRO inventory and spare parts ordering, and serve as the primary technician for complex mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic troubleshooting on advanced automated packaging equipment and plant machinery.

Key Responsibilities

• Department Leadership & Planning: Direct daily maintenance priorities for the two-person team, and build, schedule, and track the plant’s preventive maintenance (PM) program to eliminate unplanned downtime.

• Inventory & Purchasing Management: Manage department spare parts inventory, monitor stock levels, source vendor parts, and issue orders to ensure critical components are always available for repairs.

• Troubleshooting & Emergency Repair: Rapidly diagnose and resolve mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic failures on production machinery and automated packaging lines.

• Automation & Controls: Set up and troubleshoot PLCs and automated industrial control systems.

• Technical Documentation & Safety: Read blueprints, electrical schematics, and technical manuals to execute complex repairs while maintaining strict adherence to safety rules, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) protocols, and OSHA compliance.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Skills

• Multi-Craft Expertise: Advanced hands-on proficiency in mechanics (gearboxes, pumps, conveyors), industrial electronics, 480V electrical systems, hydraulics, and pneumatics.

• PLC & Controls: Direct experience programming, backing up, and fault-finding PLCs and automated control systems.

• PM & Inventory Management: Proven ability to manage PM schedules and handle MRO inventory procurement, preferably using a CMMS.

• Schematics & Blueprints: strong ability to read and interpret mechanical blueprints, electrical schematics, and technical manuals.

Qualifications & Background

• Experience: 3 to 5+ years of hands-on industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing, paper, or packaging plant.

• Leadership Capability: strong leadership skills to mentor junior technicians, direct shift work, and take ownership of plant reliability as the senior technician.

• Safety & Compliance: Excellent safety record with full commitment to plant safety standards,

Apply today! We are actively interviewing. 

salary: $81,120 - $89,440 per year
shift: First
work hours: 7 AM - 5 PM
education: High School

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Department Leadership & Planning: Direct daily maintenance priorities for the two-person team, and build, schedule, and track the plant’s preventive maintenance (PM) program to eliminate unplanned downtime.

• Inventory & Purchasing Management: Manage department spare parts inventory, monitor stock levels, source vendor parts, and issue orders to ensure critical components are always available for repairs.

• Troubleshooting & Emergency Repair: Rapidly diagnose and resolve mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic failures on production machinery and automated packaging lines.

• Automation & Controls: Program, troubleshoot, and back up Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and automated industrial control systems.

• Technical Documentation & Safety: Read blueprints, electrical schematics, and technical manuals to execute complex repairs while maintaining strict adherence to safety rules, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) protocols, and OSHA compliance.

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 50lbs
• standing for 8 hours at one time
• working up to 2 hrs of overtime per week

Skills

• Mechanical Maintenance
• Electronic Maintenance
• Electrical
• Blueprints
• Industrial Installations (3 years of experience is required)
• Three-Phase Motors (3 years of experience is required)
• Industrial Maintenance (4 years of experience is required)
• 480V
• Blueprint Reading
• Industrial
• Pneumatic Troubleshooting (3 years of experience is required)
• Hydraulic Troubleshooting (3 years of experience is required)

Qualifications

• Years of experience: 5 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.