Job Title: Maintenance Technician

Weekly Pay up tp $40/hr

Job Description

As the largest fresh-cut fruit and vegetable processor in South Texas, our client has been delivering the highest quality products to customers for over forty years. We source only the highest quality ingredients to deliver great-tasting, healthy products to our customers. With exciting innovation, we keep growing!

As a Maintenance Technician, you will be proficient in Mechanics and Electrical fields, working independently and towards the development of other maintenance disciplines. You will maintain typical industrial components that are arrayed into machines to accomplish specific tasks.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Perform scheduled preventive maintenance activities on equipment.

• Troubleshoot and repair Line equipment.

• Support the facility by effectively interfacing with the team by repairing other equipment as needed.

• Troubleshoot and repair electrical equipment.

• Evaluate and make recommendations regarding required repairs and maintenance.

• Replace P.C. Boards, Program VFD's.

• Identify, repair and replace broken machine components.

• Diagnose malfunctions and analyze results using testing devices.

• Perform preventative maintenance and inspect parts for signs of excessive wear or damage.

• Repair, modify and/or replace parts on all production and facility equipment.

• Maintain, replace, and repair all pneumatic equipment.

• Troubleshoot complex pneumatic system issues.

• Repair and maintain air compressors and other plant utility systems.

• Identify energy loss and correct issues.

• Troubleshoot and solve team production problems.

• Replace/repair hydraulic cylinders, valves, and pumps.

• Maintain work and shop area and stock tools, parts, and keep written records of work performed.

• Perform preventative maintenance inspections.

• Complete repairs and parts replacements.

• Repair, install, adjust or maintain machines or vehicles.

• Partake in Safety Observations, Safe Work Practices, LOTO, and Job Hazard Analysis.

• Follow Good Manufacturing Practices and proper quality documentation.

• Develop fundamental skills such as reading schematics and blueprints, mathematics, power tools, measurements, and hand tools.

• Participate in preventive maintenance program for plant equipment, machinery, and related facilities; identify equipment maintenance needs.

Hard Skills

• Mechanics

• Electrical fields

• Preventive maintenance

• Troubleshooting and repair of equipment

• P.C. Boards replacement

• VFD programming

• Pneumatic system maintenance

• Hydraulic system maintenance

• Reading schematics and blueprints

Soft Skills

• Independent work

• Team collaboration

• Problem-solving

• Attention to detail

• Safety awareness

Job Type

This is a Contract-to-Hire position with a duration of 6 Month(s).

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in Austin, Texas.

Work Environment

There are two separate shifts at our client, a day shift and a second shift. Both are Monday through Friday schedule.

1st Shift: 4:30am to 1:30pm

2nd Shift: 11:30am to 8pm

Climate-controlled food manufacturing plant just east of downtown. Small but growing team. Lots of conveyors and distribution equipment in part of the facility, and a lot of food manufacturing equipment in the other.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.