Maintenance technician

1st Shift Maintenance Technician

Location: Des Moines, IA | Type: Full-Time, Hourly Pay: $27.45 - $31.45/hr + Overtime | Paid Weekly

Why You'll Love This Role

• The Coveted 1st Shift: Keep your evenings. Enjoy a stable, reliable daytime schedule.
• Weekly Paydays: Get paid every single Friday, with plenty of overtime opportunities.
• Autonomy & Trust: We hire experts and treat them as such. Diagnose and solve mechanical issues with zero micromanagement.
• Recession-Proof Stability: As a global leader in sustainability, Darling Ingredients offers long-term job security other sectors can't match.

The Perks & Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare: Excellent Health, Dental, and Vision insurance plans.
• Build Your Future: Robust 401(k) retirement plan with company matching.
• Rest & Recharge: Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) from the start.
• Safety-First Culture: High-quality PPE provided, regular training, and a real voice on our Safety Committee.

What You'll Do (Key Responsibilities)

• Maximize Uptime: Perform proactive preventative maintenance on plant equipment.
• Mechanical Repair: Install and overhaul motors, gearboxes, screw conveyors, and pumps.
• Welding & Fabrication: Use stick/arc welding, plasma cutters, and torches for piping and custom fixes.
• Independent Troubleshooting: Run daily diagnostics and replace parts with minimal direction.
• Maintain Safety: Keep a clean workspace and champion company safety rules.

What You Bring

• Experience: 1+ years in industrial maintenance, 2+ years of stick/arc welding, and 1+ years using a plasma cutter/torch.
• Equipment: 1+ years of experience safely operating aerial lifts.
• Flexibility: Ability to work a rotating weekend shift to support continuous operations.
• Preferred: Experience with high-pressure boilers or rendering/slaughter plant environments.

Physical Demands Must be comfortable walking, climbing, crawling, and frequently pushing, pulling, or lifting up to 100 lbs.

salary: $57,100 - $65,416 per year
shift: First
work hours: 8 AM - 4 PM
education: High School

Responsibilities

What You'll Do (Key Responsibilities)

As a critical part of our maintenance team, you will ensure our plant operations run safely, smoothly, and without interruption. Your daily impact will include:

• Maximize Plant Uptime: Take ownership of the plant's efficiency by performing proactive preventative maintenance on all mechanical systems and equipment.
• Precision Mechanical Repair: Diagnose, troubleshoot, and overhaul critical machinery-including installing and replacing motors, gearboxes, screw conveyors, and pumps.
• Welding & Fabrication: Put your hands-on skills to work by threading and welding piping, and utilizing stick/arc welding, plasma cutters, and oxygen-acetylene torches for custom fixes.
• Autonomous Problem Solving: Move past simple part-changing. You will be trusted to run independent diagnostics and replace equipment parts with little to no direct supervision.
• Keep a Top-Tier Workspace: Maintain a clean, highly organized, and orderly work area to ensure a safe and efficient environment for the entire team.
• Champion Safety: Actively protect yourself and your teammates by utilizing proper PPE, observing all company safety regulations, and participating in (or serving on) our site Safety Committee.

The essential functions of this role include:

• working in a smoke free environment
• wearing steel toe shoes
• manual lifting up to 100lbs
• standing for 6 hours at one time
• working up to 5 hrs of overtime per week
• working weekends

Skills

• Electronic Maintenance
• Mechanical Maintenance
• Maintenance
• General Maintenance
• Stick Welding

Qualifications

• Years of experience: 2 years
• Experience level: Experienced

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At Randstad, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io.

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.