Maintenance mechanic

Job Title: Maintenance Mechanic - 1st Shift Location: Totowa, NJ Shift: 1st Shift (7:00 AM - 3:00 PM) Pay Rate: $35.00 - $45.00 / hour (Depending on Experience) About the Role: We are seeking a skilled and safety-minded Maintenance Mechanic to join our 1st-shift production team. In this role, you will be responsible for diagnosing, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining high-speed manufacturing and packaging equipment to ensure optimal production flow. This is an excellent opportunity for a technician with electro-mechanical skills who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment (such as plastics, flexible packaging, or food/beverage production). What We Are Looking For: - Electrical & Automation Troubleshooting: Proven ability to diagnose electrical and control failures, read electrical schematics, and work with HMIs (Human Machine Interfaces) and PLCs. - Specialized Machinery Experience: While experience with film forming, film extrusion, blown film, or cast film machinery is highly preferred, we are also eager to speak with technicians who have backgrounds maintaining high-speed packaging lines in food, beverage, or plastics manufacturing. - Dual Mechanical/Electrical Expertise: 3+ years of experience performing mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical repairs.

salary: $72,800 - $93,600 per year
shift: First
work hours: 7 AM - 3 PM
education: No Degree Required

Responsibilities

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

- Always focus on Good Manufacturing and Food Safety practices.
- Analyze mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, or electrical problems and make repairs through adjustments, parts replacement, or fabrication.
- Provide mechanical and technical expertise to maintain high-speed machinery.
- Ensure plant equipment functions at optimum levels via short-term repairs and long-term improvements.
- Report operational problems and generate necessary modifications.
- Document all maintenance actions in logs and checklists.
- Maintain workshop tools used for on-site repairs.
- Analyze failures and contribute to preventative maintenance schedules.
- Setup and adjust machines for changeovers to meet standard run times.
- Teach basic mechanical skills to operators for autonomous maintenance.
- Fabricate or replicate minor pieces for part replacement.
- Identify root causes of mechanical, electrical, and control failures with minimal supervision to reduce downtime.
- Generate productivity and continuous improvement ideas.
- Maintain a safe, clean work environment following all safety and ergonomic policies.
- Perform all other duties as assigned by management.

The essential functions of this role include:

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

Skills

• HMI
• Electronic Maintenance
• Mechanical Maintenance
• Blueprints
• General Maintenance
• Film Forming Machine

Qualifications

• Years of experience: 4 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.