**Job Title: Maintenance Mechanic** **Job Description** As a Maintenance Mechanic, you will be responsible for performing preventive maintenance, repairs, and troubleshooting on all food production plant equipment. This includes working with case packers, processing machines, blenders, grinders, scales, conveyors, motors, and gearboxes. You will be part of either the Canning or Packaging Maintenance Departments, handling machinery such as casers, sifters, dumpers, and boilers. This role requires mostly mechanical experience and a willingness to get hands-on and troubleshoot issues. **Responsibilities** + Perform preventive maintenance on food production plant equipment. + Repair and troubleshoot case packers, processing machines, blenders, grinders, scales, conveyors, motors, and gearboxes. + Work within the Canning and Packaging Maintenance Departments. + Handle machinery such as casers, sifters, dumpers, and boilers. + Test voltages, wire motors, and use a multimeter. + Conduct minor welding and fabrication as needed. + Perform basic facilities maintenance such as plumbing, fixing lighting, and changing light bulbs. + Handle minimal electrical responsibilities. **Essential Skills** + 1 year of industrial maintenance experience maintaining food production equipment. + Mechanical troubleshooting skills. + Experience with repair, hydraulics, pneumatics, and preventive maintenance. + Ability to test voltages and wire motors. + Basic welding and fabrication skills. **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Open to new graduate candidates or with 1 year of industrial maintenance experience. + Vocational mechanics and candidates with demanding field experience, such as farming, are encouraged to apply. **Job Type & Location** This is a Permanent position based out of Beloit, Wisconsin. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $62400.00 - $70720.00 -Direct Hire -Strong benefits and insurance -Will replace your tools if you break them if you bring your own -Very stable and growing company - Hormel is a staple. No lay offs -OT available (working 6 or 7 days a week usually) -They provide steel toes and safety glasses -Will cover your tuition and your kids tuition to a trades school or 2 year community college -Pay is $32.35 for Mechanics. Can work your way up to a Tech and to a Electrical Tech and get up to $35/hr with their onsite training **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in Beloit,WI. **Application Deadline** This position will be accepting applications until Dec 27, 2024. **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.