Maintenance Technician

Description Job Summary Green Sustainable Solutions (GSS) is seeking an experienced Maintenance Technician to support automated bulk material handling and packaging facilities in our organization. This is a hands-on role responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, and improving maintenance processes. The facility utilizes advanced material handling equipment, pneumatic conveying systems, blowers, silos, dryers, automated bagging equipment, conveyors, and robotic palletizing systems.

The Maintenance Technician will lead a small maintenance team to maximize equipment reliability, minimize downtime, and ensure safe, efficient production. The ideal candidate has minimum of 5 years of experience in manufacturing, packaging, bulk material handling, packaging, food processing, chemical processing, or similar industrial environments.

Requirements

Equipment Maintenance & Troubleshooting Maintain and repair of automated material handling, conveying, and packaging equipment. Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on production equipment and facility systems. Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and automation issues to minimize downtime.

Maintain pneumatic conveying systems, blowers, rotary valves, airlocks, vacuum systems, dust collection systems, and associated piping. Troubleshoot and repair storage silos, material transfer equipment, and industrial dryers. Maintain automated bagging equipment, conveyor systems, check weighers, sealing equipment, pallet conveyors, and robotic palletizing systems.

Troubleshoot motors, pumps, gearboxes, bearings, VFDs, sensors, photo eyes, limit switches, encoders, relays, and industrial electrical control systems. Diagnosed faults with PLC-controlled equipment Perform root cause analysis on recurring equipment failures and implement corrective actions. Support equipment installation, upgrades, commissioning, and continuous improvement projects.

Leadership Responsibilities Coordinate maintenance activities with Operations to minimize downtime. Assist in developing preventive maintenance schedules and reliability improvement initiatives. Fabrication & Shop Work Perform welding, fabrication, cutting, drilling, grinding, and machining as required. Fabricate brackets, guards, supports, and replacement components when necessary.

Safely operate fabrication equipment and standard machine shop tools.

Minimum Qualifications

High school diploma or GED required. Minimum 5 years of industrial maintenance experience in automated manufacturing, packaging, bulk material handling, food processing, chemical processing, or similar industrial environment. Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills. Experience preferred: Automated packaging equipment Pneumatic conveying systems Industrial blowers and vacuum systems Conveyors Storage silos Industrial dryers Motors, pumps, and gearboxes Experience troubleshooting PLC-controlled equipment (Allen-Bradley preferred).

Working knowledge of VFDs, motor controls, sensors, safety circuits, and industrial electrical systems. Ability to read blueprints, electrical schematics, P&IDs, and technical manuals. Experience in performing preventive and predictive maintenance. Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills. Ability to work overtime, weekends, and respond to emergency breakdowns as needed.