**Job Title: Maintenance Mechanic** **Job Description** As a Maintenance Mechanic, you will be responsible for ensuring the timely repair of equipment to keep production running smoothly and meeting customer service expectations. You will perform tasks in a cost-effective manner, coordinating activities to ensure work is performed professionally, cleanly, neatly, and safely. You will keep supervision up to date on progress and developments. **Responsibilities** + Perform timely repair of equipment to ensure production runs smoothly. + Conduct plant maintenance, including plumbing, electrical (low & high voltage), mechanical, painting, and cleaning. + Repair, maintain, and install industrial processes such as spray driers, powder blenders, pumps, distillation equipment, percolators, mixers, motors, seals, heat exchangers, material handling equipment, filling equipment, etc. + Maintain mechanical processes such as exhaust fans, motors, boilers, water filtration, air compressors, hot water heaters, etc. + Handle electrical processes including VFDs, PLCs, relays, starters, and low voltage controls. + Focus on specific disciplines such as electrical, mechanical, pipe fitting, welding, soldering as required. + Use CMMS to monitor, schedule, and document all preventative and reactive repair work orders. + Prioritize maintenance work orders and ensure the maintenance program provides a proper schedule. + Use BMS system to ensure HVAC & mechanical equipment runs at peak performance. + Maintain boilers and comply with inspection requirements. + Work on new projects, including preparing areas for new processes and equipment. + Assist in the coordination of third-party contractor activities. + Support and participate in Safety and Good Manufacturing Practices training. + Demonstrate teamwork and a customer-focused attitude, participating in audits upon request. **Essential Skills** + Mechanical ability to work with motors, gear boxes, conveyors, etc. + Electrical experience using a wire diagram to troubleshoot machines. + Experience with low and high voltage systems. + Experience jumping into a control panel. + Plumbing experience including soldering pipe and running PVC. + Experience with pumps. **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + High school graduate. + Driver’s license. + Minimum 5+ years of demonstrated mechanical work experience. + Knowledge of flavor production, food processing, spray drying, extractions, and distillations is a plus. + High Pressure Black Seal Boiler license is a plus. **Why Work Here?** Join a 100-year-old family-owned and operated company that constantly recognizes work anniversaries and birthdays. Enjoy stability in a new facility that has consolidated operations for improved efficiency. **Work Environment** This is a fully on-site position in Carteret, New Jersey, within an industrial environment manufacturing flavors for the food and beverage industry. You will work in a hands-on role, dealing with mechanical and electrical processes, and ensuring equipment runs at peak performance. **Job Type & Location** This is a Permanent position based out of Carteret, New Jersey. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $66560.00 - $83000.00 eligibility to participate in Company sponsored benefits such as health insurance and pre-tax commuter benefits will begin 1st of the month. Benefits such as flexible spending programs, life and disability insurance will begin after completion of three months of service. Initial vacation entitlement will be two weeks per year. After completing 6 months you are eligible to participate in 401k **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in Carteret,NJ. **Application Deadline** This position will be accepting applications until Dec 31, 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.