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B and D Foods

Maintenance Mechanic Technician III

Location

Boise, ID

Wage

$32/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

SteelStainless Steel
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Posted on October 18, 2026

Job Description

Overview

The Maintenance Mechanic Technician III at B&D Foods is responsible for troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining production equipment to ensure operational efficiency. This role involves performing preventive maintenance, diagnosing equipment failures, and supporting a collaborative team environment in a food manufacturing setting.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain production equipment to maximize uptime.
  • Perform preventive and predictive maintenance on mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and facility systems.
  • Diagnose equipment failures and identify long-term solutions to prevent repeat issues.
  • Weld and fabricate components to support equipment repairs and plant improvements.
  • Monitor and maintain wastewater treatment systems, including DAF operations.
  • Inspect production equipment to ensure safe operation, food safety compliance, and product quality.
  • Read and complete maintenance work orders, preventive maintenance schedules, inspection logs, and service documentation.
  • Respond quickly to production equipment issues with a strong sense of urgency.
  • Partner with Production, Quality, and Sanitation teams to minimize downtime and keep operations running efficiently.
  • Mentor and train Level I and Level II Maintenance Technicians.
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives throughout the facility.
  • Perform work safely while following all company safety, food safety, and quality standards.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of maintenance experience or equivalent technical training.
  • Experience with industrial mechanical maintenance.
  • Experience with electrical troubleshooting.
  • Familiarity with conveyors, pumps, motors, gearboxes, and actuators.
  • Experience with packaging equipment.
  • Knowledge of VFDs and industrial controls.
  • Experience with refrigeration systems.
  • Familiarity with air compressors and plant utilities.
  • Knowledge of wastewater treatment systems.
  • Experience with boilers and HVAC.
  • Familiarity with plumbing.
  • Experience with welding and stainless steel sanitary fabrication.
  • Knowledge of CNC water jet equipment.
  • Experience in food manufacturing.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Location: Boise, Idaho
  • Schedule: 12-hour shifts on a 4-3-3-4 rotation with built-in days off.
  • Average employee tenure of 10 years.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Boise, ID

Pay in context

At roughly $32/hr, this posting sits about 19% above the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Idaho — toward the top of a $23–$35/hr middle band drawn from 32 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 66% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Boise, ID

Boise, ID currently has 9 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 9 employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across Idaho as a whole we're tracking 47 other active welding openings from 40 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Boise, or widen the search to Idaho.

The most active employers in Idaho at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are MasTec Industrial, a MasTec Company (2), Phoenix Industrial, Inc., a MasTec Company (2), and Jobot (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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