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Overview

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for safely maintaining, repairing, replacing, and modifying all processing, packaging, and facility equipment with optimal quality and efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Support the food safety culture of the company.
  • Communicate effectively with production personnel and other mechanics to identify and address concerns.
  • Maintain equipment and perform mechanical tasks to keep it operational; repair 80% of equipment without direction.
  • Perform electrical repairs and troubleshoot PLC controls, AC & DC motor controls, and advanced circuits.
  • Read schematics, drawings, and manuals to establish facts and draw conclusions.
  • Support facility maintenance equipment including wastewater equipment and refrigeration.
  • Demonstrate understanding of company objectives including productivity and food safety.
  • Perform daily inspections, emergency repairs, and routine adjustments.
  • Maintain organized documentation, inspection records, and work orders.
  • Serve as a resource to other departments to resolve mechanical issues.
  • Provide support to Process Improvement projects and participate on safety teams.
  • Assist with cross-training and process support during breaks and meal periods.
  • Weld and fabricate; assess welded surfaces and components for errors.

Requirements

  • Proficient mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic troubleshooting skills.
  • Ability to read, write, and speak English.
  • Effective team player.
  • Ability to cross-train other mechanics and production personnel.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.
  • Demonstrated math skills including fractions, decimals, and percentages.
  • Ability to understand schematics, drawings, and manuals.
  • Familiarity with preventive and reliability-based maintenance.
  • Ability to use a multimeter and other measurement instruments.
  • Knowledge of operations and ability to operate all production equipment.
  • Certified for operating a forklift.
  • Minimum 2-5 years of experience with industrial processing and packaging equipment or two years of technical training.
  • Medium computer skills.
  • Bilingual (English & Spanish) a plus.

Benefits

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

Additional Info

  • Work Location: In person

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Idaho, whose middle half runs $23–$35/hr across 32 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 59% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Caldwell, ID

Caldwell, ID is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Idaho as a whole we're tracking 47 other active welding openings from 40 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across 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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