Lead Maintenance Technician

Sanitary Equipment Maintenance Lead – 2nd Shift$29.00 - $34.00/hr + Daily Overtime & Sunday Double-Time • Fort Atkinson, WI Area • Dedicated 2nd Shift • Full-Time / Direct HireCompensation & Earnings: Baseline starting rate up to $34.00/hr, with daily time-and-a-half (1.5x) after 8 hours, automatic double-time (2.0x) on Sundays, and full corporate benefits.Work Environment & Stability: Century-old, expanding manufacturing leader featuring a clean, sanitary plant, a strong safety culture, and long employee tenures.Technical Scope: High-earning lead role maintaining high-speed packaging equipment, automated sorting lines, hydraulic/pneumatic fluid power systems, and sanitary conveyors.Shift Dynamics: Dedicated 2nd shift lead seat in a structured, zero-chaos environment built for long-term career growth.Strict Requirements: U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency (Green Card) required; 3+ years of maintenance experience in regulated FDA/GMP/SQF environments.If you are a skilled maintenance professional looking to maximize your earning potential without sacrificing job security, this direct-hire lead role offers a rock-solid career home. Our client is a century-old, rapidly expanding manufacturing leader in the Fort Atkinson area, renowned for its family-oriented culture, outstanding safety record, and long-term business stability. Taking ownership of 2nd shift maintenance operations, your mechanical grit and technical expertise will be aggressively rewarded through daily overtime pay and automatic double-time on Sundays inside a clean, modern plant.What You Will Be Doing (Daily Responsibilities)Electro-Mechanical Maintenance: Execute complex maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs across a highly automated production floor during the 2nd shift window.Fluid Power Diagnostics: Maintain and rebuild fluid power systems, diagnosing hydraulic pumps, valves, cylinders, and pneumatic circuits as part of an aggressive PM program.Packaging & Line Optimization: Level sanitary conveyors and fine-tune automated sorting and packaging machinery to eliminate line bottlenecks.Emergency Breakdown Response: Rapidly isolate multi-variant electro-mechanical faults to minimize downtime and keep production throughput moving safely.Welding & Fabrication: Perform structural welding and custom shop repairs, modifying equipment frameworks and creating custom fixtures for line enhancements.Sanitary Compliance & CMMS: Maintain strict compliance with FDA, GMP, and SQF sanitary standards while logging work orders and PM tasks in the plant CMMS.What We Are Looking For (Requirements & Qualifications)Regulated Industry Background: 3+ years of experience troubleshooting equipment in clean, sanitary manufacturing environments (Food, Beverage, Pharma, or FDA/SQF operations).Fluid Power & Mechanical Mastery: 3+ years of hands-on expertise rebuilding and troubleshooting hydraulics, pneumatics, multi-axis drives, and high-speed packaging machinery.Welding & Fabrication Capability: Proven ability to perform structural welding, equipment modification, and custom shop fabrication.Diagnostic Intuition: Strong electro-mechanical fault-tracing skills to systematically identify and resolve root-cause line issues.Shift Commitment & Reliability: Full, long-term commitment to a dedicated 2nd shift schedule, backed by a stable employment record with strong tenure.Preferred Technical Assets (Bonus Skills)PLC & Controls Exposure: Basic ladder logic troubleshooting capabilities with Allen-Bradley or Siemens PLCs.Machining & Shop Skills: Hands-on experience operating manual lathes, mills, or precision shop tools for custom part modification.CMMS Systems: Familiarity with software platform work order tracking (e.g., Fiix, MP2, SAP Maintenance).