Maintenance Mechanic

Overnight Maintenance Mechanic

Location: Longmont, CO

Pay: $42/hour

Job Type: Direct Hire | Permanent

Position Overview

We are seeking a skilled Maintenance Mechanic to support preventative and corrective maintenance across all plant equipment, including conveyor, processing, and packaging systems. This role is critical to maintaining safe, reliable operations in a GMP-regulated food manufacturing environment, ensuring equipment performance, food safety, and regulatory compliance.

The ideal candidate has strong mechanical troubleshooting abilities, a safety-first mindset, and hands-on experience maintaining industrial manufacturing equipment.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance, including work orders, inspections, and lubrication
• Inspect, troubleshoot, repair, and replace processing and packaging equipment to minimize downtime
• Maintain and repair conveyor systems (belts, bearings, motors, gearboxes, mechanical drives)
• Troubleshoot pneumatic systems (air cylinders, valves, diverters, hoses)
• Complete equipment changeovers, startups, shutdowns, and line clearances
• Support sanitation and equipment readiness for food safety compliance
• Accurately document maintenance activities using computer-based systems (CMMS)
• Read and interpret blueprints, mechanical drawings, manuals, and work instructions
• Follow all OSHA, EPA, GMP, safety, and Lockout/Tagout procedures

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven mechanical maintenance experience in an industrial or manufacturing setting
• Strong understanding of preventative and corrective maintenance practices
• Ability to troubleshoot and repair mechanical and pneumatic systems
• Experience working with conveyors and packaging equipment
• Comfortable following SOPs, GMPs, work orders, and technical documentation
• Strong safety awareness in a regulated environment

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of industrial mechanical maintenance experience
• (2+ years considered with food manufacturing experience)
• Prior GMP or food manufacturing experience
• Exposure to PLC troubleshooting
• Welding and fabrication experience
• Knowledge of hydraulics
• Strong computer and documentation skills (CMMS experience preferred)

Why Join Our Team

• Up to 4 weeks of vacation in your first year
• Very low-cost medical benefits
• Brand-new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility
• Clean, modern, and organized work environment
• Schedule designed to support work-life balance

Work Schedule & Environment

• 2-2-3 rotating schedule
• Night shift: 6:00 PM – 6:30 AM
• Initial training on day shift for approximately 60 days
• Climate-controlled, newly built facility with modern equipment